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Unemployed people in Springfield, IL

Unemployed people in Springfield, IL was 2,533 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is down 0.5% from 2024. That is the 9th highest of 104 cities in 2025.

2025, persons2,533
Change on 2024-0.5%
Rank9th of 104Cities in Illinois ranked
Series high5,0602010
Series low2,3692019

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Unemployed people in Springfield, IL, 1990 to 2025

2,0003,0004,0005,0006,00019901996200220082014202020251990: 2,548 persons1991: 3,047 persons1992: 3,743 persons1993: 3,425 persons1994: 2,886 persons1995: 2,896 persons1996: 2,910 persons1997: 2,693 persons1998: 2,530 persons1999: 2,392 persons2000: 2,494 persons2001: 2,750 persons2002: 2,869 persons2003: 3,355 persons2004: 3,217 persons2005: 2,873 persons2006: 2,760 persons2007: 3,006 persons2008: 3,810 persons2009: 4,785 persons2010: 5,060 persons2011: 4,912 persons2012: 4,742 persons2013: 4,644 persons2014: 3,732 persons2015: 3,285 persons2016: 3,095 persons2017: 2,716 persons2018: 2,721 persons2019: 2,369 persons2020: 5,054 persons2021: 3,624 persons2022: 2,566 persons2023: 2,542 persons2024: 2,545 persons2025: 2,533 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 36 values
Periodpersons
20252,533
20242,545
20232,542
20222,566
20213,624
20205,054
20192,369
20182,721
20172,716
20163,095
20153,285
20143,732
20134,644
20124,742
20114,912
20105,060
20094,785
20083,810
20073,006
20062,760
20052,873
20043,217
20033,355
20022,869
20012,750
20002,494
19992,392
19982,530
19972,693
19962,910
19952,896
19942,886
19933,425
19923,743
19913,047
19902,548

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. 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.

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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, Springfield, 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, Springfield, 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/springfield-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, Springfield, 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/springfield-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, Springfield, 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/springfield-il (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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What is the unemployed people in Springfield, IL?

Unemployed people in Springfield, IL was 2,533 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is down 0.5% from 2024. That is the 9th 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 Springfield, IL?

5,060 in 2010, the highest value since 1990 in this series.

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