Metro Chicago Unemployment Level Heat Map - January 2021

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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%