Table Data - Unemployed Persons in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI (MSA)

Title Unemployed Persons in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI (MSA)
Series ID LAUMT171698000000004
Source U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Release Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment
Seasonal Adjustment Not Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency Monthly
Units Persons
Date Range 1990-01-01 to 2025-12-01
Last Updated 2026-02-06 7:29 PM CST
Notes These data come from the Current Population Survey (CPS), also known as the household survey.

Unemployed persons are all persons who had no employment during the reference week, were available for work, except for temporary illness, and had made specific efforts to find employment some time during the 4 week-period ending with the reference week. Persons who were waiting to be recalled to a job from which they had been laid off need not have been looking for work to be classified as unemployed.

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DATE VALUE
1990-01-01 287346
1990-02-01 274834
1990-03-01 263945
1990-04-01 272900
1990-05-01 258484
1990-06-01 272517
1990-07-01 275505
1990-08-01 274216
1990-09-01 268677
1990-10-01 250413
1990-11-01 255376
1990-12-01 261865
1991-01-01 300597
1991-02-01 295467
1991-03-01 301452
1991-04-01 284148
1991-05-01 289092
1991-06-01 324196
1991-07-01 311262
1991-08-01 306816
1991-09-01 303756
1991-10-01 313925
1991-11-01 338463
1991-12-01 357465
1992-01-01 387533
1992-02-01 384150
1992-03-01 369513
1992-04-01 350531
1992-05-01 360389
1992-06-01 393170
1992-07-01 361890
1992-08-01 323341
1992-09-01 305504
1992-10-01 277548
1992-11-01 302297
1992-12-01 317840
1993-01-01 354094
1993-02-01 359561
1993-03-01 353356
1993-04-01 346859
1993-05-01 353510
1993-06-01 380484
1993-07-01 341377
1993-08-01 322952
1993-09-01 315384
1993-10-01 302596
1993-11-01 281571
1993-12-01 280008
1994-01-01 338664
1994-02-01 324036
1994-03-01 304427
1994-04-01 275150
1994-05-01 255481
1994-06-01 273560
1994-07-01 261297
1994-08-01 252175
1994-09-01 232672
1994-10-01 238041
1994-11-01 220139
1994-12-01 213208
1995-01-01 263140
1995-02-01 258748
1995-03-01 251095
1995-04-01 268182
1995-05-01 246372
1995-06-01 248353
1995-07-01 247856
1995-08-01 245286
1995-09-01 226346
1995-10-01 212943
1995-11-01 210927
1995-12-01 218800
1996-01-01 265979
1996-02-01 253942
1996-03-01 249295
1996-04-01 247848
1996-05-01 248794
1996-06-01 262900
1996-07-01 261374
1996-08-01 239152
1996-09-01 223361
1996-10-01 212131
1996-11-01 210223
1996-12-01 218157
1997-01-01 257579
1997-02-01 250345
1997-03-01 242860
1997-04-01 222317
1997-05-01 199862
1997-06-01 228633
1997-07-01 225498
1997-08-01 216840
1997-09-01 211665
1997-10-01 207702
1997-11-01 211283
1997-12-01 217270
1998-01-01 251561
1998-02-01 228784
1998-03-01 226652
1998-04-01 182180
1998-05-01 180263
1998-06-01 225255
1998-07-01 209080
1998-08-01 204562
1998-09-01 208503
1998-10-01 200381
1998-11-01 198229
1998-12-01 188800
1999-01-01 219489
1999-02-01 215511
1999-03-01 196823
1999-04-01 203262
1999-05-01 207962
1999-06-01 243293
1999-07-01 235440
1999-08-01 217392
1999-09-01 198360
1999-10-01 190642
1999-11-01 191133
1999-12-01 188312
2000-01-01 218576
2000-02-01 225601
2000-03-01 219098
2000-04-01 196299
2000-05-01 200516
2000-06-01 231082
2000-07-01 219134
2000-08-01 209252
2000-09-01 187514
2000-10-01 172277
2000-11-01 197399
2000-12-01 209172
2001-01-01 257581
2001-02-01 257774
2001-03-01 266490
2001-04-01 253258
2001-05-01 236161
2001-06-01 277693
2001-07-01 261178
2001-08-01 263048
2001-09-01 246327
2001-10-01 255707
2001-11-01 272918
2001-12-01 278908
2002-01-01 333716
2002-02-01 330929
2002-03-01 330288
2002-04-01 324741
2002-05-01 307004
2002-06-01 346055
2002-07-01 336369
2002-08-01 311609
2002-09-01 291589
2002-10-01 299358
2002-11-01 305614
2002-12-01 297445
2003-01-01 334138
2003-02-01 327611
2003-03-01 317380
2003-04-01 299908
2003-05-01 293541
2003-06-01 353439
2003-07-01 331901
2003-08-01 321614
2003-09-01 302712
2003-10-01 285879
2003-11-01 289258
2003-12-01 274807
2004-01-01 316111
2004-02-01 308641
2004-03-01 307847
2004-04-01 283240
2004-05-01 279344
2004-06-01 306851
2004-07-01 300748
2004-08-01 286876
2004-09-01 269605
2004-10-01 271608
2004-11-01 273839
2004-12-01 265519
2005-01-01 298795
2005-02-01 314272
2005-03-01 296136
2005-04-01 285014
2005-05-01 277870
2005-06-01 310290
2005-07-01 288003
2005-08-01 264747
2005-09-01 253574
2005-10-01 233846
2005-11-01 233454
2005-12-01 235603
2006-01-01 253617
2006-02-01 249282
2006-03-01 233389
2006-04-01 215743
2006-05-01 197905
2006-06-01 231600
2006-07-01 224534
2006-08-01 215676
2006-09-01 194537
2006-10-01 180708
2006-11-01 188352
2006-12-01 199758
2007-01-01 248733
2007-02-01 246323
2007-03-01 219463
2007-04-01 226170
2007-05-01 221751
2007-06-01 265845
2007-07-01 258757
2007-08-01 245251
2007-09-01 228329
2007-10-01 227779
2007-11-01 231461
2007-12-01 249432
2008-01-01 287692
2008-02-01 281489
2008-03-01 274944
2008-04-01 261204
2008-05-01 290429
2008-06-01 332181
2008-07-01 326149
2008-08-01 319066
2008-09-01 292091
2008-10-01 295054
2008-11-01 302886
2008-12-01 337250
2009-01-01 410363
2009-02-01 442518
2009-03-01 452085
2009-04-01 450005
2009-05-01 466330
2009-06-01 507408
2009-07-01 494582
2009-08-01 479713
2009-09-01 480764
2009-10-01 491326
2009-11-01 490346
2009-12-01 510102
2010-01-01 568979
2010-02-01 561208
2010-03-01 548816
2010-04-01 512316
2010-05-01 493023
2010-06-01 520004
2010-07-01 513676
2010-08-01 490116
2010-09-01 462431
2010-10-01 450684
2010-11-01 456056
2010-12-01 449044
2011-01-01 483158
2011-02-01 475169
2011-03-01 465679
2011-04-01 451219
2011-05-01 463497
2011-06-01 516959
2011-07-01 509477
2011-08-01 504981
2011-09-01 483018
2011-10-01 474482
2011-11-01 452643
2011-12-01 447668
2012-01-01 470791
2012-02-01 463206
2012-03-01 444020
2012-04-01 420532
2012-05-01 423098
2012-06-01 473489
2012-07-01 466588
2012-08-01 447578
2012-09-01 415230
2012-10-01 425566
2012-11-01 413727
2012-12-01 435705
2013-01-01 493985
2013-02-01 483160
2013-03-01 450721
2013-04-01 434358
2013-05-01 436089
2013-06-01 489609
2013-07-01 467856
2013-08-01 444971
2013-09-01 418939
2013-10-01 418342
2013-11-01 399599
2013-12-01 392296
2014-01-01 420128
2014-02-01 423427
2014-03-01 395633
2014-04-01 347058
2014-05-01 343159
2014-06-01 361661
2014-07-01 358340
2014-08-01 340882
2014-09-01 315812
2014-10-01 308379
2014-11-01 298683
2014-12-01 285932
2015-01-01 334597
2015-02-01 321564
2015-03-01 302538
2015-04-01 274812
2015-05-01 286424
2015-06-01 307316
2015-07-01 300907
2015-08-01 280486
2015-09-01 255995
2015-10-01 265617
2015-11-01 276403
2015-12-01 284338
2016-01-01 324166
2016-02-01 324280
2016-03-01 316892
2016-04-01 293491
2016-05-01 270131
2016-06-01 307736
2016-07-01 289892
2016-08-01 284602
2016-09-01 276215
2016-10-01 273570
2016-11-01 248709
2016-12-01 248811
2017-01-01 277923
2017-02-01 256065
2017-03-01 231460
2017-04-01 219444
2017-05-01 218018
2017-06-01 259605
2017-07-01 251855
2017-08-01 260109
2017-09-01 232169
2017-10-01 227616
2017-11-01 219956
2017-12-01 212927
2018-01-01 241201
2018-02-01 233371
2018-03-01 201886
2018-04-01 176239
2018-05-01 172952
2018-06-01 225391
2018-07-01 211941
2018-08-01 201890
2018-09-01 184976
2018-10-01 192973
2018-11-01 181614
2018-12-01 193652
2019-01-01 240422
2019-02-01 221874
2019-03-01 212575
2019-04-01 184099
2019-05-01 171501
2019-06-01 205517
2019-07-01 203012
2019-08-01 184853
2019-09-01 166156
2019-10-01 166248
2019-11-01 154996
2019-12-01 153215
2020-01-01 194452
2020-02-01 193940
2020-03-01 303445
2020-04-01 876452
2020-05-01 717058
2020-06-01 649632
2020-07-01 592822
2020-08-01 476689
2020-09-01 440985
2020-10-01 369677
2020-11-01 363249
2020-12-01 372874
2021-01-01 372006
2021-02-01 348638
2021-03-01 320371
2021-04-01 313248
2021-05-01 311043
2021-06-01 366902
2021-07-01 329442
2021-08-01 297357
2021-09-01 247907
2021-10-01 232049
2021-11-01 205790
2021-12-01 193925
2022-01-01 245802
2022-02-01 243424
2022-03-01 220614
2022-04-01 206305
2022-05-01 215714
2022-06-01 254257
2022-07-01 240681
2022-08-01 246976
2022-09-01 215535
2022-10-01 212843
2022-11-01 204337
2022-12-01 190809
2023-01-01 218429
2023-02-01 220246
2023-03-01 208532
2023-04-01 176129
2023-05-01 188652
2023-06-01 234904
2023-07-01 223724
2023-08-01 250536
2023-09-01 227667
2023-10-01 223331
2023-11-01 210067
2023-12-01 206282
2024-01-01 246974
2024-02-01 265124
2024-03-01 250661
2024-04-01 232186
2024-05-01 247237
2024-06-01 302941
2024-07-01 299250
2024-08-01 280451
2024-09-01 249256
2024-10-01 249684
2024-11-01 239245
2024-12-01 223677
2025-01-01 256672
2025-02-01 267579
2025-03-01 267673
2025-04-01 242060
2025-05-01 230701
2025-06-01 239508
2025-07-01 248965
2025-08-01 231375
2025-09-01 207473
2025-10-01 .
2025-11-01 224427
2025-12-01 224917

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