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Unemployment rate in Lockport

2000 – 2025 · 26 data points 79 of 101 · Towns of Illinois Updated Oct 22, 2026

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2000 – 2025

Unemployment rate, 2000 – 2025 percent · Lockport · Illinois · United States · World
−1.5 pp since 2015
Lockport Illinois United States World

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics · OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2000 – 2025

Compared with Unemployment rate · percent
Lockport
3.9%
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 Lockport · 2000 – 2025
Latest value 3.9% · 2025
First value 2.7% · 2000
Highest 10.5% · 2009
Lowest 2.7% · 2000
Data points 26

By year

All years · 2000 – 2025

YearLockportChange IllinoisUnited StatesWorld
2025 3.9% −0.3 pp 4.6% — 4.8%
2024 4.2% +0.8 pp 5.0% — 4.8%
2023 3.4% −0.3 pp 4.5% 3.6% 4.8%
2022 3.7% −1.0 pp 4.6% 3.7% 5.2%
2021 4.7% −3.4 pp 6.1% 5.4% 6.0%
2020 8.1% +4.8 pp 9.3% 8.1% 6.6%
2019 3.3% −0.2 pp 4.0% 3.7% 5.6%
2018 3.5% −0.6 pp 4.4% 3.9% 5.8%
2017 4.1% −1.0 pp 5.0% 4.4% 5.9%
2016 5.1% −0.3 pp 5.9% 4.9% 6.0%
2015 5.4% −1.5 pp 6.0% 5.3% 6.0%
2014 6.9% −1.6 pp 7.2% 6.2% 6.0%
2013 8.5% −0.4 pp 9.1% 5.3% 6.1%
2012 8.9% −0.9 pp 9.0% 8.1% 6.2%
2011 9.8% −0.4 pp 9.8% 9.0% 6.1%
2010 10.2% −0.3 pp 10.4% 9.6% 6.3%
2009 10.5% +4.4 pp 10.0% 9.3% 6.4%
2008 6.1% +1.2 pp 6.5% 5.8% 5.8%
2007 4.9% +0.6 pp 5.1% 4.6% 5.8%
2006 4.3% −1.8 pp 4.6% 4.6% 6.0%
2005 6.1% −0.4 pp 5.7% 5.1% 6.2%
2004 6.5% −0.5 pp 6.2% 5.5% 6.3%
2003 7.0% +0.2 pp 6.7% 6.0% 6.5%
2002 6.8% +3.6 pp 6.5% 5.8% 6.4%
2001 3.2% +0.5 pp 5.4% 4.8% 6.2%
2000 2.7% 4.5% 4.0% 6.1%

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics · OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2000 – 2025

Ranking · Towns of Illinois

2015 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryUnemployment rate
48 Addison 5.4%
64 Algonquin 5.0%
8 Alton 8.5%
89 Arlington Heights 4.5%
41 Aurora 5.7%
75 Bartlett 4.8%
71 Batavia 4.9%
30 Belleville 6.3%
10 Belvidere 7.8%
27 Berwyn 6.6%
76 Bloomington 4.8%
42 Bolingbrook 5.7%
94 Buffalo Grove 4.4%
31 Burbank 6.3%
40 Carbondale 5.8%
65 Carol Stream 5.0%
19 Carpentersville 7.1%
66 Champaign 5.0%
23 Chicago 6.7%
5 Chicago Heights 9.8%
24 Cicero 6.7%
39 Collinsville 5.9%
67 Crystal Lake 5.0%
11 Danville 7.7%
43 DeKalb 5.7%
…
6 Kankakee 9.5%
56 Lake in the Hills 5.2%
21 Lansing 6.9%
49 Lockport 5.4%
77 Lombard 4.8%
4 Maywood 10.1%
50 McHenry 5.4%
…

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2015

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.