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Unemployment rate in Zion

2000 – 2025 · 26 data points 12 of 101 · Towns of Illinois Updated Oct 21, 2026

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

Unemployment rate, 2000 – 2025 percent · Zion · Illinois · United States · World
−1.6 pp since 2015
Zion 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
Zion
6.1%
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 Zion · 2000 – 2025
Latest value 6.1% · 2025
First value 6.0% · 2000
Highest 13.8% · 2010
Lowest 5.1% · 2019
Data points 26

By year

All years · 2000 – 2025

YearZionChange IllinoisUnited StatesWorld
2025 6.1% −0.3 pp 4.6% — 4.8%
2024 6.4% −0.3 pp 5.0% — 4.8%
2023 6.7% +0.8 pp 4.5% 3.6% 4.8%
2022 5.9% −2.5 pp 4.6% 3.7% 5.2%
2021 8.4% −1.5 pp 6.1% 5.4% 6.0%
2020 9.9% +4.8 pp 9.3% 8.1% 6.6%
2019 5.1% −0.6 pp 4.0% 3.7% 5.6%
2018 5.7% +0.2 pp 4.4% 3.9% 5.8%
2017 5.5% −0.8 pp 5.0% 4.4% 5.9%
2016 6.3% −1.4 pp 5.9% 4.9% 6.0%
2015 7.7% −1.4 pp 6.0% 5.3% 6.0%
2014 9.1% −1.7 pp 7.2% 6.2% 6.0%
2013 10.8% −0.1 pp 9.1% 5.3% 6.1%
2012 10.9% −1.7 pp 9.0% 8.1% 6.2%
2011 12.6% −1.2 pp 9.8% 9.0% 6.1%
2010 13.8% +1.2 pp 10.4% 9.6% 6.3%
2009 12.6% +3.4 pp 10.0% 9.3% 6.4%
2008 9.2% +2.4 pp 6.5% 5.8% 5.8%
2007 6.8% +0.7 pp 5.1% 4.6% 5.8%
2006 6.1% −0.6 pp 4.6% 4.6% 6.0%
2005 6.7% −0.8 pp 5.7% 5.1% 6.2%
2004 7.5% −0.8 pp 6.2% 5.5% 6.3%
2003 8.3% +1.0 pp 6.7% 6.0% 6.5%
2002 7.3% −0.2 pp 6.5% 5.8% 6.4%
2001 7.5% +1.5 pp 5.4% 4.8% 6.2%
2000 6.0% 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

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%
…

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.