Metro Chicago Unemployment Level Heat Map - January 2021

Over 15%

10-15%

8-10%

6-8%

4-6%

2-4%

0-2%

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Unemployment Rates for Selected Locations in Metro Chicago

Place Name

Current Rate

Previous Month Rate

6 Months Ago

1 Year Ago

Addison

5.60%

6.80%

14.40%

3.20%

Algonquin

5.70%

6.30%

14.00%

2.70%

Arlington Heights

5.60%

6.10%

12.20%

2.00%

Aurora

6.10%

6.40%

13.50%

3.80%

Bartlett

5.60%

6.40%

13.80%

2.30%

Batavia

5.70%

5.30%

11.20%

3.20%

Berwyn

7.60%

9.30%

19.50%

3.10%

Bolingbrook

6.60%

7.80%

15.90%

2.60%

Buffalo Grove

5.10%

5.30%

11.40%

2.80%

Burbank

6.30%

8.10%

17.40%

3.20%

Calumet City

12.50%

14.90%

21.90%

4.80%

Carol Stream

5.20%

6.20%

14.30%

2.20%

Carpentersville

7.10%

6.60%

15.60%

7.10%

Chicago

8.80%

10.50%

18.60%

3.10%

Chicago Heights

10.80%

11.90%

17.60%

5.50%

Cicero

6.60%

8.30%

17.90%

3.50%

Cook County

7.90%

9.40%

17.40%

2.90%

Crown Point

4.70%

5.20%

14.10%

3.70%

Crystal Lake

5.50%

6.00%

13.20%

2.30%

DeKalb

6.50%

6.80%

13.40%

3.90%

DeKalb County

5.60%

5.60%

12.20%

3.90%

Des Plaines

5.90%

7.20%

16.10%

2.60%

Dolton

14.50%

17.40%

23.80%

4.50%

Downers Grove

5.40%

5.80%

11.30%

1.90%

DuPage County

5.40%

6.20%

13.00%

2.20%

East Chicago

11.70%

13.00%

20.80%

6.90%

Elgin

7.00%

7.10%

15.40%

6.00%

Elk Grove Village

5.80%

6.80%

15.10%

2.30%

Elmhurst

5.30%

6.10%

11.60%

2.00%

Elmwood Park

6.60%

8.10%

16.90%

2.50%

Evanston

6.30%

6.90%

13.00%

2.20%

Gary

15.10%

15.70%

21.70%

6.70%

Glen Ellyn

5.80%

6.20%

11.90%

1.90%

Glendale Heights

5.80%

7.40%

15.40%

2.60%

Glenview

5.50%

6.20%

13.20%

2.00%

Grundy County

5.50%

6.00%

13.90%

3.50%

Gurnee

5.30%

5.30%

11.70%

3.30%

Hammond

8.40%

8.70%

16.20%

5.40%

Hanover Park

5.90%

7.40%

15.80%

3.80%

Harvey

15.70%

18.40%

23.60%

5.70%

Highland Park

5.60%

5.10%

9.60%

2.60%

Hobart

6.60%

6.50%

17.40%

5.20%

Hoffman Estates

5.50%

6.50%

14.40%

2.20%

Homer Glen

5.20%

6.10%

13.50%

2.30%

Huntley

5.50%

6.60%

14.30%

2.50%

Jasper County

4.20%

4.50%

10.40%

3.40%

Joliet

7.50%

8.70%

17.50%

3.90%

Kane County

6.10%

5.90%

13.30%

4.50%

Kankakee

9.50%

8.70%

14.90%

8.60%

Kankakee County

6.00%

5.70%

12.00%

5.40%

Kendall County

5.30%

6.20%

13.80%

2.60%

Lake County

5.70%

5.50%

11.50%

4.20%

Lake County

7.40%

7.80%

15.60%

4.80%

Lake in the Hills

5.80%

6.40%

15.20%

2.60%

Lansing

9.90%

11.00%

18.00%

3.80%

LaPorte County

6.90%

7.00%

15.50%

4.10%

LaSalle County

5.80%

5.60%

13.60%

5.30%

Lockport

5.10%

6.00%

13.40%

2.30%

Lombard

5.70%

6.50%

13.60%

2.20%

Maywood

14.50%

17.10%

24.90%

4.80%

McHenry

5.20%

6.00%

13.10%

2.60%

McHenry County

5.40%

6.10%

13.30%

2.70%

Melrose Park

6.20%

7.60%

16.20%

3.60%

Merrillville

8.30%

9.00%

17.50%

5.40%

Michigan City

9.80%

10.20%

19.80%

4.20%

Mount Prospect

5.40%

6.50%

13.50%

2.00%

Mundelein

5.20%

5.10%

11.80%

4.30%

Naperville

5.20%

5.80%

11.40%

2.00%

New Lenox

4.50%

5.30%

12.50%

2.40%

Newton County

4.00%

4.00%

10.20%

3.80%

Niles

6.10%

8.20%

18.10%

2.50%

North Chicago

7.50%

7.80%

13.50%

6.10%

Northbrook

6.40%

6.60%

12.80%

2.10%

Oak Forest

6.10%

7.10%

16.00%

3.00%

Oak Lawn

6.90%

8.00%

16.90%

2.80%

Oak Park

6.50%

7.20%

13.20%

2.10%

Orland Park

5.60%

6.50%

14.20%

2.30%

Oswego

5.20%

6.30%

13.40%

2.30%

Palatine

5.30%

5.90%

13.00%

2.40%

Park Forest

11.40%

13.30%

20.70%

4.20%

Park Ridge

5.60%

6.40%

13.50%

2.20%

Plainfield

5.20%

5.90%

13.60%

2.10%

Portage

6.60%

6.90%

16.50%

4.30%

Porter County

5.20%

5.40%

13.20%

3.50%

Romeoville

7.30%

8.50%

17.80%

3.40%

Round Lake Beach

6.50%

6.20%

13.50%

8.50%

Schaumburg

5.30%

6.40%

14.00%

2.10%

Schererville

4.90%

4.90%

12.30%

3.40%

Skokie

6.60%

8.50%

18.40%

2.10%

St. Charles

5.10%

4.80%

12.00%

3.10%

Streamwood

6.00%

7.20%

15.80%

3.00%

Tinley Park

5.70%

6.30%

14.70%

2.20%

Valparaiso

4.70%

5.20%

12.40%

3.00%

Vernon Hills

5.00%

5.00%

11.20%

2.90%

Waukegan

6.40%

6.60%

12.80%

6.30%

West Chicago

4.70%

5.20%

11.00%

3.60%

Westmont

5.40%

6.40%

13.70%

2.10%

Wheaton

5.00%

5.50%

11.20%

1.80%

Wheeling

5.00%

5.90%

13.60%

2.40%

Will County

6.30%

7.30%

15.10%

3.00%

Wilmette

5.40%

6.00%

10.60%

1.70%

Woodridge

5.40%

6.20%

13.50%

2.10%

Woodstock

5.20%

6.10%

12.90%

2.80%

Zion

8.00%

8.40%

15.80%

6.30%

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