Unemployed people in Wheaton, IL

Unemployed people in Wheaton, IL was 1,072 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is down 9.2% from 2024. That is the 32nd highest of 104 cities in 2025.

2025, persons1,072

Change on 2024-9.2%

Rank32nd of 104Cities in Illinois ranked

Series high2,1802010

Series low7491998

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

Unemployed people in Wheaton, 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	1,072
2024	1,181
2023	945
2022	949
2021	1,060
2020	1,853
2019	824
2018	867
2017	1,097
2016	1,356
2015	1,284
2014	1,563
2013	1,983
2012	1,922
2011	2,081
2010	2,180
2009	2,101
2008	1,257
2007	998
2006	861
2005	1,161
2004	1,263
2003	1,390
2002	1,484
2001	1,254
2000	929
1999	811
1998	749
1997	817
1996	889
1995	896
1994	1,068
1993	1,380
1992	1,360
1991	1,161
1990	992

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, Wheaton, 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, Wheaton, 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/wheaton-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, Wheaton, 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/wheaton-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, Wheaton, 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/wheaton-il (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  howpublished = {Data set},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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}

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What is the unemployed people in Wheaton, IL?

Unemployed people in Wheaton, IL was 1,072 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is down 9.2% from 2024. That is the 32nd 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 Wheaton, IL?

2,180 in 2010, the highest value since 1990 in this series.

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