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Unemployment rate in Moline

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 27 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 · Moline · Illinois · United States · World
−0.9 pp since 2015
Moline 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
Moline
5.1%
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 Moline · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 5.1% · 2025
First value 5.0% · 1990
Highest 9.6% · 2020
Lowest 3.2% · 1998
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearMolineChange IllinoisUnited StatesWorld
2025 5.1% −0.5 pp 4.6% — 4.8%
2024 5.6% +0.4 pp 5.0% — 4.8%
2023 5.2% +0.6 pp 4.5% 3.6% 4.8%
2022 4.6% −1.1 pp 4.6% 3.7% 5.2%
2021 5.7% −3.9 pp 6.1% 5.4% 6.0%
2020 9.6% +4.8 pp 9.3% 8.1% 6.6%
2019 4.8% −0.4 pp 4.0% 3.7% 5.6%
2018 5.2% +0.3 pp 4.4% 3.9% 5.8%
2017 4.9% −1.0 pp 5.0% 4.4% 5.9%
2016 5.9% −0.1 pp 5.9% 4.9% 6.0%
2015 6.0% −0.7 pp 6.0% 5.3% 6.0%
2014 6.7% −1.2 pp 7.2% 6.2% 6.0%
2013 7.9% +0.4 pp 9.1% 5.3% 6.1%
2012 7.5% −0.3 pp 9.0% 8.1% 6.2%
2011 7.8% −1.0 pp 9.8% 9.0% 6.1%
2010 8.8% +0.3 pp 10.4% 9.6% 6.3%
2009 8.5% +3.0 pp 10.0% 9.3% 6.4%
2008 5.5% +1.1 pp 6.5% 5.8% 5.8%
2007 4.4% +0.2 pp 5.1% 4.6% 5.8%
2006 4.2% −0.1 pp 4.6% 4.6% 6.0%
2005 4.3% −0.6 pp 5.7% 5.1% 6.2%
2004 4.9% −0.6 pp 6.2% 5.5% 6.3%
2003 5.5% +0.7 pp 6.7% 6.0% 6.5%
2002 4.8% +0.5 pp 6.5% 5.8% 6.4%
2001 4.3% +0.1 pp 5.4% 4.8% 6.2%
2000 4.2% −0.7 pp 4.5% 4.0% 6.1%
1999 4.9% +1.7 pp 4.4% 4.2% 6.3%
1998 3.2% −0.1 pp 4.5% 4.5% 6.2%
1997 3.3% −0.6 pp 4.8% 4.9% 6.0%
1996 3.9% −0.6 pp 5.3% 5.4% 6.0%
1995 4.5% −0.3 pp 5.2% 5.6% 5.9%
1994 4.8% −1.4 pp 5.8% — 5.8%
1993 6.2% −0.6 pp 7.5% — 5.5%
1992 6.8% +0.9 pp 7.9% — 5.3%
1991 5.9% +0.9 pp 7.3% — 5.1%
1990 5.0% 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

2017 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryUnemployment rate
1 Dolton 9.6%
2 East St Louis 8.9%
3 Harvey 8.6%
4 Chicago Heights 8.5%
5 Maywood 8.2%
6 Danville 7.8%
7 Kankakee 7.5%
8 Rockford 7.2%
9 Belvidere 7.1%
10 Park Forest 7.1%
11 Round Lake Beach 6.4%
12 Decatur 6.2%
13 Lansing 6.1%
14 Pekin 6.1%
15 Joliet 6.0%
16 Alton 5.9%
17 Peoria 5.8%
18 Hanover Park 5.6%
19 Carpentersville 5.5%
20 Waukegan 5.5%
21 Zion 5.5%
22 North Chicago 5.4%
23 Belleville 5.3%
24 Elgin 5.3%
25 Galesburg 5.3%
…
33 Cicero 4.9%
34 Homer Glen 4.9%
35 Melrose Park 4.9%
36 Moline 4.9%
37 Springfield 4.9%
38 Berwyn 4.8%
39 Carbondale 4.8%
…

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2017

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.