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Unemployed people in Plainfield, IL

Unemployed people in Plainfield, IL was 999 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is down 8.9% from 2024. That is the 39th highest of 104 cities in 2025.

2025, persons999
Change on 2024-8.9%
Rank39th of 104Cities in Illinois ranked
Series high1,8342020
Series low3522000

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Unemployed people in Plainfield, IL, 2000 to 2025

05001,0001,5002,00020002004200820122016202020252000: 352 persons2001: 473 persons2002: 560 persons2003: 612 persons2004: 645 persons2005: 730 persons2006: 640 persons2007: 799 persons2008: 1,083 persons2009: 1,766 persons2010: 1,763 persons2011: 1,742 persons2012: 1,584 persons2013: 1,695 persons2014: 1,345 persons2015: 1,128 persons2016: 1,105 persons2017: 904 persons2018: 743 persons2019: 712 persons2020: 1,834 persons2021: 1,003 persons2022: 853 persons2023: 880 persons2024: 1,097 persons2025: 999 persons05001,0001,5002,00020002009201820252000: 352 persons2001: 473 persons2002: 560 persons2003: 612 persons2004: 645 persons2005: 730 persons2006: 640 persons2007: 799 persons2008: 1,083 persons2009: 1,766 persons2010: 1,763 persons2011: 1,742 persons2012: 1,584 persons2013: 1,695 persons2014: 1,345 persons2015: 1,128 persons2016: 1,105 persons2017: 904 persons2018: 743 persons2019: 712 persons2020: 1,834 persons2021: 1,003 persons2022: 853 persons2023: 880 persons2024: 1,097 persons2025: 999 persons
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 26 values
Periodpersons
2025999
20241,097
2023880
2022853
20211,003
20201,834
2019712
2018743
2017904
20161,105
20151,128
20141,345
20131,695
20121,584
20111,742
20101,763
20091,766
20081,083
2007799
2006640
2005730
2004645
2003612
2002560
2001473
2000352

Rankings

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.

More on how it is measured
  • People aged 16 and over by place of residence, from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
  • Active-duty military personnel and people living in institutions are excluded.

United States cities only for now. The survey definition, not a count of benefit claimants. BLS estimates cities by splitting county estimates with Census Bureau employment and population data and unemployment insurance claims, so city figures are less precise than state ones. BLS publishes cities of 25,000 or more, and smaller cities in New England.

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, Plainfield, IL, 2000 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, Plainfield, IL, 2000 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/plainfield-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, Plainfield, IL, 2000 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/plainfield-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, Plainfield, IL, 2000 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/plainfield-il (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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What is the unemployed people in Plainfield, IL?

Unemployed people in Plainfield, IL was 999 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is down 8.9% from 2024. That is the 39th 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 Plainfield, IL?

1,834 in 2020, the highest value since 2000 in this series.

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