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Unemployment rate in Harvey

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 6 of 101 · Towns of Illinois Updated Oct 21, 2026

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 1990 – 2025

Unemployment rate, 1990 – 2025 percent · Harvey · Illinois · United States · World
−4.8 pp since 2015
Harvey Illinois United States World

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics · OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2025

Compared with Unemployment rate · percent
Harvey
7.2%
Illinois
4.6%
United States
3.6% · 2023
World
4.8%

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics · OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators

The series at a glance Harvey · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 7.2% · 2025
First value 14.2% · 1990
Highest 21.0% · 2010
Lowest 6.7% · 2019
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearHarveyChange IllinoisUnited StatesWorld
2025 7.2% −0.8 pp 4.6% — 4.8%
2024 8.0% +1.2 pp 5.0% — 4.8%
2023 6.8% −1.0 pp 4.5% 3.6% 4.8%
2022 7.8% −5.1 pp 4.6% 3.7% 5.2%
2021 12.9% −2.8 pp 6.1% 5.4% 6.0%
2020 15.7% +9.0 pp 9.3% 8.1% 6.6%
2019 6.7% −0.4 pp 4.0% 3.7% 5.6%
2018 7.1% −1.5 pp 4.4% 3.9% 5.8%
2017 8.6% −1.5 pp 5.0% 4.4% 5.9%
2016 10.1% −1.9 pp 5.9% 4.9% 6.0%
2015 12.0% −2.6 pp 6.0% 5.3% 6.0%
2014 14.6% −3.4 pp 7.2% 6.2% 6.0%
2013 18.0% +0.2 pp 9.1% 5.3% 6.1%
2012 17.8% −2.0 pp 9.0% 8.1% 6.2%
2011 19.8% −1.2 pp 9.8% 9.0% 6.1%
2010 21.0% +5.7 pp 10.4% 9.6% 6.3%
2009 15.3% +4.4 pp 10.0% 9.3% 6.4%
2008 10.9% +1.2 pp 6.5% 5.8% 5.8%
2007 9.7% +0.7 pp 5.1% 4.6% 5.8%
2006 9.0% −2.0 pp 4.6% 4.6% 6.0%
2005 11.0% −0.5 pp 5.7% 5.1% 6.2%
2004 11.5% −0.8 pp 6.2% 5.5% 6.3%
2003 12.3% −0.4 pp 6.7% 6.0% 6.5%
2002 12.7% +2.9 pp 6.5% 5.8% 6.4%
2001 9.8% +1.2 pp 5.4% 4.8% 6.2%
2000 8.6% −1.3 pp 4.5% 4.0% 6.1%
1999 9.9% −0.5 pp 4.4% 4.2% 6.3%
1998 10.4% −0.8 pp 4.5% 4.5% 6.2%
1997 11.2% +0.1 pp 4.8% 4.9% 6.0%
1996 11.1% −0.3 pp 5.3% 5.4% 6.0%
1995 11.4% ±0.0 pp 5.2% 5.6% 5.9%
1994 11.4% −2.4 pp 5.8% — 5.8%
1993 13.8% −1.0 pp 7.5% — 5.5%
1992 14.8% +0.8 pp 7.9% — 5.3%
1991 14.0% −0.2 pp 7.3% — 5.1%
1990 14.2% 6.3% — —

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics · OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2025

Ranking · Towns of Illinois

2021 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryUnemployment rate
1 Dolton 14.8%
2 Harvey 12.9%
3 East St Louis 12.8%
4 Maywood 12.5%
5 Chicago Heights 12.2%
6 Park Forest 10.4%
7 Kankakee 10.3%
8 Rockford 10.0%
9 Lansing 9.5%
10 Belvidere 9.4%
11 Decatur 9.1%
12 Zion 8.4%
13 Danville 8.3%
14 Round Lake Beach 7.9%
15 Peoria 7.7%
16 Waukegan 7.5%
17 Belleville 7.3%
18 Chicago 7.3%
19 North Chicago 7.3%
20 Burbank 7.2%
21 Carpentersville 7.2%
22 Galesburg 7.2%
23 Carbondale 7.1%
24 Alton 7.0%
25 Elgin 7.0%
…

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2021

What it means

The share of people who want a job and are looking for one but do not have one.

How it is calculated

Unemployed people divided by the labour force (employed plus unemployed), following the international definition; annual average.