# Cities in Illinois by unemployed people, 2025

All 104 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `unemployed_persons`
- Unit: persons
- 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.
- Source: 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)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-labor-statistics
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/illinois-cities

| Rank | Place | persons |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Chicago, IL | 73,793 |
| 2 | Aurora, IL | 4,495 |
| 3 | Joliet, IL | 4,422 |
| 4 | Rockford, IL | 3,933 |
| 5 | Elgin, IL | 3,360 |
| 6 | Naperville, IL | 3,145 |
| 7 | Peoria, IL | 2,835 |
| 8 | Waukegan, IL | 2,655 |
| 9 | Springfield, IL | 2,533 |
| 10 | Cicero, IL | 2,040 |
| 11 | Champaign, IL | 1,939 |
| 12 | Decatur, IL | 1,906 |
| 13 | Bolingbrook, IL | 1,873 |
| 14 | Schaumburg, IL | 1,727 |
| 15 | Bloomington, IL | 1,724 |
| 16 | Evanston, IL | 1,718 |
| 17 | Arlington Heights, IL | 1,556 |
| 18 | Palatine, IL | 1,535 |
| 19 | Berwyn, IL | 1,529 |
| 20 | Oak Lawn, IL | 1,405 |
| 21 | Skokie, IL | 1,389 |
| 22 | Des Plaines, IL | 1,378 |
| 23 | Oak Park, IL | 1,265 |
| 24 | Tinley Park, IL | 1,244 |
| 25 | Orland Park, IL | 1,222 |
| 26 | Carpentersville, IL | 1,182 |
| 27 | Normal, IL | 1,145 |
| 28 | Hoffman Estates, IL | 1,139 |
| 29 | Calumet City, IL | 1,137 |
| 30 | Mount Prospect, IL | 1,116 |
| 31 | Romeoville, IL | 1,094 |
| 32 | Streamwood, IL | 1,072 |
| 32 | Wheaton, IL | 1,072 |
| 34 | Downers Grove, IL | 1,058 |
| 35 | Moline, IL | 1,051 |
| 36 | Lombard, IL | 1,011 |
| 37 | Hanover Park, IL | 1,005 |
| 38 | DeKalb, IL | 1,000 |
| 39 | Plainfield, IL | 999 |
| 40 | Round Lake Beach, IL | 969 |
| 41 | Elmhurst, IL | 933 |
| 42 | Bartlett, IL | 932 |
| 43 | Crystal Lake, IL | 925 |
| 44 | Belleville, IL | 922 |
| 45 | Wheeling, IL | 912 |
| 46 | Buffalo Grove, IL | 907 |
| 46 | Glenview, IL | 907 |
| 48 | Urbana, IL | 900 |
| 49 | Addison, IL | 899 |
| 50 | Rock Island, IL | 889 |
| 51 | Lansing, IL | 876 |
| 52 | Chicago Heights, IL | 874 |
| 53 | Carol Stream, IL | 858 |
| 54 | Oswego, IL | 822 |
| 55 | Maywood, IL | 807 |
| 56 | Mundelein, IL | 801 |
| 57 | Glendale Heights, IL | 787 |
| 58 | Woodridge, IL | 782 |
| 59 | Dolton, IL | 767 |
| 60 | Pekin, IL | 766 |
| 61 | Belvidere, IL | 763 |
| 62 | Park Ridge, IL | 758 |
| 63 | Zion, IL | 750 |
| 64 | Elk Grove Village, IL | 749 |
| 65 | Burbank, IL | 736 |
| 66 | Algonquin, IL | 729 |
| 67 | St. Charles, IL | 723 |
| 68 | Kankakee, IL | 717 |
| 69 | Quincy, IL | 709 |
| 70 | Park Forest, IL | 702 |
| 71 | Lake in the Hills, IL | 701 |
| 72 | Oak Forest, IL | 694 |
| 73 | Gurnee, IL | 692 |
| 74 | Danville, IL | 689 |
| 75 | Northbrook, IL | 669 |
| 76 | McHenry, IL | 656 |
| 77 | West Chicago, IL | 651 |
| 78 | Harvey, IL | 634 |
| 79 | Galesburg, IL | 631 |
| 79 | Woodstock, IL | 631 |
| 81 | Lockport, IL | 626 |
| 82 | New Lenox, IL | 614 |
| 83 | Melrose Park, IL | 604 |
| 84 | Niles, IL | 602 |
| 85 | Highland Park, IL | 589 |
| 86 | O'Fallon, IL | 580 |
| 87 | Elmwood Park, IL | 577 |
| 87 | Yorkville, IL | 577 |
| 89 | Granite City, IL | 572 |
| 90 | Vernon Hills, IL | 567 |
| 91 | Alton, IL | 566 |
| 92 | Glen Ellyn, IL | 565 |
| 93 | Batavia, IL | 557 |
| 94 | Carbondale, IL | 544 |
| 95 | North Chicago, IL | 541 |
| 96 | Huntley, IL | 530 |
| 97 | Freeport, IL | 527 |
| 98 | Westmont, IL | 518 |
| 99 | Morton Grove, IL | 512 |
| 100 | Homer Glen, IL | 509 |
| 101 | Wilmette, IL | 497 |
| 102 | Collinsville, IL | 492 |
| 103 | Edwardsville, IL | 482 |
| 104 | East St. Louis, IL | 479 |