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Unemployed people in Wilmington, DE

Unemployed people in Wilmington, DE was 2,435 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 18.6% from 2024.

2025, persons2,435
Change on 2024+18.6%
Series high3,9482009
Series low1,5212000

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Unemployed people in Wilmington, DE, 1990 to 2025

1,5002,0002,5003,0003,5004,00019901996200220082014202020251990: 1,920 persons1991: 2,448 persons1992: 2,485 persons1993: 2,070 persons1994: 1,915 persons1995: 1,750 persons1996: 1,912 persons1997: 1,982 persons1998: 1,595 persons1999: 1,535 persons2000: 1,521 persons2001: 1,680 persons2002: 1,978 persons2003: 1,706 persons2004: 2,018 persons2005: 1,961 persons2006: 1,711 persons2007: 1,884 persons2008: 2,511 persons2009: 3,948 persons2010: 3,622 persons2011: 3,368 persons2012: 3,061 persons2013: 2,888 persons2014: 2,493 persons2015: 2,298 persons2016: 2,251 persons2017: 2,117 persons2018: 1,765 persons2019: 1,751 persons2020: 3,907 persons2021: 2,950 persons2022: 1,940 persons2023: 2,013 persons2024: 2,053 persons2025: 2,435 persons1,0002,0003,0004,00019902002201420251990: 1,920 persons1991: 2,448 persons1992: 2,485 persons1993: 2,070 persons1994: 1,915 persons1995: 1,750 persons1996: 1,912 persons1997: 1,982 persons1998: 1,595 persons1999: 1,535 persons2000: 1,521 persons2001: 1,680 persons2002: 1,978 persons2003: 1,706 persons2004: 2,018 persons2005: 1,961 persons2006: 1,711 persons2007: 1,884 persons2008: 2,511 persons2009: 3,948 persons2010: 3,622 persons2011: 3,368 persons2012: 3,061 persons2013: 2,888 persons2014: 2,493 persons2015: 2,298 persons2016: 2,251 persons2017: 2,117 persons2018: 1,765 persons2019: 1,751 persons2020: 3,907 persons2021: 2,950 persons2022: 1,940 persons2023: 2,013 persons2024: 2,053 persons2025: 2,435 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
20252,435
20242,053
20232,013
20221,940
20212,950
20203,907
20191,751
20181,765
20172,117
20162,251
20152,298
20142,493
20132,888
20123,061
20113,368
20103,622
20093,948
20082,511
20071,884
20061,711
20051,961
20042,018
20031,706
20021,978
20011,680
20001,521
19991,535
19981,595
19971,982
19961,912
19951,750
19941,915
19932,070
19922,485
19912,448
19901,920

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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.

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

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Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Unemployed people, Wilmington, DE, 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/wilmington-de. 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, Wilmington, DE, 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/wilmington-de.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Unemployed people, Wilmington, DE, 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/wilmington-de (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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What is the unemployed people in Wilmington, DE?

Unemployed people in Wilmington, DE was 2,435 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 18.6% from 2024.

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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. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest unemployed people in Wilmington, DE?

3,948 in 2009, the highest value since 1990 in this series.

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