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 LAUMT171698000000004A
Source U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Release Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment
Seasonal Adjustment Not Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency Annual
Units Persons
Date Range 1990-01-01 to 2024-01-01
Last Updated 2025-04-29 10:33 AM CDT
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 268007
1991-01-01 310553
1992-01-01 344476
1993-01-01 332646
1994-01-01 265738
1995-01-01 241504
1996-01-01 241096
1997-01-01 224321
1998-01-01 208688
1999-01-01 208968
2000-01-01 207160
2001-01-01 260587
2002-01-01 317893
2003-01-01 311016
2004-01-01 289186
2005-01-01 274300
2006-01-01 215425
2007-01-01 239108
2008-01-01 300036
2009-01-01 472962
2010-01-01 502196
2011-01-01 477329
2012-01-01 441628
2013-01-01 444160
2014-01-01 349925
2015-01-01 290916
2016-01-01 288208
2017-01-01 238929
2018-01-01 201507
2019-01-01 188706
2020-01-01 462606
2021-01-01 294890
2022-01-01 224775
2023-01-01 215708
2024-01-01 257224

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