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Unemployment rate in Romeoville

2000 – 2025 · 26 data points 45 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 · Romeoville · Illinois · United States · World
−2.2 pp since 2015
Romeoville 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
Romeoville
4.4%
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 Romeoville · 2000 – 2025
Latest value 4.4% · 2025
First value 3.9% · 2000
Highest 12.0% · 2010
Lowest 3.7% · 2019
Data points 26

By year

All years · 2000 – 2025

YearRomeovilleChange IllinoisUnited StatesWorld
2025 4.4% −0.4 pp 4.6% — 4.8%
2024 4.8% +0.7 pp 5.0% — 4.8%
2023 4.1% −0.2 pp 4.5% 3.6% 4.8%
2022 4.3% −1.6 pp 4.6% 3.7% 5.2%
2021 5.9% −4.1 pp 6.1% 5.4% 6.0%
2020 10.0% +6.3 pp 9.3% 8.1% 6.6%
2019 3.7% −0.3 pp 4.0% 3.7% 5.6%
2018 4.0% −0.8 pp 4.4% 3.9% 5.8%
2017 4.8% −0.8 pp 5.0% 4.4% 5.9%
2016 5.6% −1.0 pp 5.9% 4.9% 6.0%
2015 6.6% −2.1 pp 6.0% 5.3% 6.0%
2014 8.7% −2.2 pp 7.2% 6.2% 6.0%
2013 10.9% +0.1 pp 9.1% 5.3% 6.1%
2012 10.8% −0.7 pp 9.0% 8.1% 6.2%
2011 11.5% −0.5 pp 9.8% 9.0% 6.1%
2010 12.0% +1.8 pp 10.4% 9.6% 6.3%
2009 10.2% +3.9 pp 10.0% 9.3% 6.4%
2008 6.3% +1.4 pp 6.5% 5.8% 5.8%
2007 4.9% +0.5 pp 5.1% 4.6% 5.8%
2006 4.4% −1.4 pp 4.6% 4.6% 6.0%
2005 5.8% −0.5 pp 5.7% 5.1% 6.2%
2004 6.3% −0.5 pp 6.2% 5.5% 6.3%
2003 6.8% −0.1 pp 6.7% 6.0% 6.5%
2002 6.9% +1.8 pp 6.5% 5.8% 6.4%
2001 5.1% +1.2 pp 5.4% 4.8% 6.2%
2000 3.9% 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

2019 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryUnemployment rate
100 Wilmette 2.8%
99 Glenview 2.8%
98 Downers Grove 2.8%
97 Arlington Heights 2.8%
96 Northbrook 2.9%
95 Glen Ellyn 2.9%
94 Elmhurst 2.9%
93 Woodridge 3.0%
92 Wheaton 3.0%
91 Plainfield 3.0%
90 Park Ridge 3.0%
89 Naperville 3.0%
88 Morton Grove 3.0%
87 Lombard 3.0%
86 Highland Park 3.0%
85 Wheeling 3.1%
84 Palatine 3.1%
83 Edwardsville 3.1%
82 Crystal Lake 3.1%
81 Bartlett 3.1%
80 Woodstock 3.2%
79 Westmont 3.2%
78 Skokie 3.2%
77 Orland Park 3.2%
76 Oak Park 3.2%
…
49 Huntley 3.6%
48 Champaign 3.6%
47 Elizabethtown 3.7%
46 Romeoville 3.7%
45 Berwyn 3.7%
44 West Chicago 3.8%
43 Urbana 3.8%
…

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2019

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.