Unemployed people in East St. Louis, IL

Unemployed people in East St. Louis, IL was 479 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is down 13.5% from 2024. That is the 104th highest of 104 cities in 2025.

2025, persons479

Change on 2024-13.5%

Rank104th of 104Cities in Illinois ranked

Series high1,7722010

Series low4792025

Next release: Wednesday, 28 October 2026, 10:00 ET, announced by BLS. Release calendar

Unemployed people in East St. Louis, IL, 1990 to 2025

persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-30.

All 36 values

Period	persons
2025	479
2024	554
2023	544
2022	512
2021	912
2020	1,148
2019	568
2018	680
2017	654
2016	816
2015	1,044
2014	1,231
2013	1,504
2012	1,502
2011	1,663
2010	1,772
2009	1,686
2008	1,264
2007	982
2006	934
2005	1,000
2004	1,124
2003	1,184
2002	1,035
2001	917
2000	892
1999	993
1998	1,007
1997	903
1996	988
1995	1,113
1994	1,202
1993	1,361
1992	1,557
1991	1,572
1990	1,738

Rankings

US cities by unemployed people 1706 places
Cities in Illinois by unemployed people 104 places

Definition

Residents with no job who were available for work and had looked for work in the previous four weeks, or were waiting to be recalled from a layoff, annual average.

How to cite

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average (Unemployed people, East St. Louis, IL, 1990 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29

MLA 9

Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Unemployed people, East St. Louis, IL, 1990 to 2025. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/unemployed-people/east-st-louis-il. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Unemployed people, East St. Louis, IL, 1990 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/unemployed-people/east-st-louis-il.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Unemployed people, East St. Louis, IL, 1990 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/unemployed-people/east-st-louis-il (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  title = {{Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average: Unemployed people, East St. Louis, IL, 1990 to 2025}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/unemployed-people/east-st-louis-il. Publisher attribution: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

RIS

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What is the unemployed people in East St. Louis, IL?

Unemployed people in East St. Louis, IL was 479 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is down 13.5% from 2024. That is the 104th highest of 104 cities in 2025.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest unemployed people in East St. Louis, IL?

1,772 in 2010, the highest value since 1990 in this series.

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