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Cities in Illinois by unemployment rate

Dolton, IL had the highest unemployment rate of 104 cities in June 2026, at 10.4%. Quincy, IL had the lowest, at 3.6%. The median was 4.95% and the figure for Illinois was 5.1%. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest10.4Dolton, IL
Lowest3.6Quincy, IL
Median4.95104 cities
Illinois5.1History

Top 40 cities, June 2026

Dolton, IL: 10.4 %Dolton, IL10.4Maywood, IL: 9.2 %Maywood, IL9.2Harvey, IL: 8.6 %Harvey, IL8.6Calumet City, IL: 8.1 %Calumet City, IL8.1Park Forest, IL: 8.1 %Park Forest, IL8.1Chicago Heights, IL: 7.9 %Chicago Heights, IL7.9East St. Louis, IL: 7.2 %East St. Louis, IL7.2Lansing, IL: 7.2 %Lansing, IL7.2Decatur, IL: 6.6 %Decatur, IL6.6Danville, IL: 6.4 %Danville, IL6.4Carbondale, IL: 6.2 %Carbondale, IL6.2Joliet, IL: 6 %Joliet, IL6Burbank, IL: 5.9 %Burbank, IL5.9Chicago, IL: 5.9 %Chicago, IL5.9Berwyn, IL: 5.8 %Berwyn, IL5.8Kankakee, IL: 5.8 %Kankakee, IL5.8Oak Lawn, IL: 5.8 %Oak Lawn, IL5.8Rockford, IL: 5.8 %Rockford, IL5.8Elmwood Park, IL: 5.7 %Elmwood Park, IL5.7Galesburg, IL: 5.7 %Galesburg, IL5.7Melrose Park, IL: 5.7 %Melrose Park, IL5.7Oak Park, IL: 5.6 %Oak Park, IL5.6Romeoville, IL: 5.5 %Romeoville, IL5.5Alton, IL: 5.4 %Alton, IL5.4DeKalb, IL: 5.4 %DeKalb, IL5.4Evanston, IL: 5.4 %Evanston, IL5.4Hanover Park, IL: 5.4 %Hanover Park, IL5.4Morton Grove, IL: 5.4 %Morton Grove, IL5.4Oak Forest, IL: 5.4 %Oak Forest, IL5.4Belvidere, IL: 5.3 %Belvidere, IL5.3Bolingbrook, IL: 5.3 %Bolingbrook, IL5.3Niles, IL: 5.2 %Niles, IL5.2Peoria, IL: 5.2 %Peoria, IL5.2Skokie, IL: 5.2 %Skokie, IL5.2Streamwood, IL: 5.2 %Streamwood, IL5.2Tinley Park, IL: 5.2 %Tinley Park, IL5.2Urbana, IL: 5.2 %Urbana, IL5.2Cicero, IL: 5.1 %Cicero, IL5.1Huntley, IL: 5.1 %Huntley, IL5.1Schaumburg, IL: 5.1 %Schaumburg, IL5.1Dolton, IL: 10.4 %Dolton, IL10.4Maywood, IL: 9.2 %Maywood, IL9.2Harvey, IL: 8.6 %Harvey, IL8.6Calumet City, IL: 8.1 %Calumet City, IL8.1Park Forest, IL: 8.1 %Park Forest, IL8.1Chicago Heights, IL: 7.9 %Chicago Heights, IL7.9East St. Louis, IL: 7.2 %East St. Louis, IL7.2Lansing, IL: 7.2 %Lansing, IL7.2Decatur, IL: 6.6 %Decatur, IL6.6Danville, IL: 6.4 %Danville, IL6.4Carbondale, IL: 6.2 %Carbondale, IL6.2Joliet, IL: 6 %Joliet, IL6Burbank, IL: 5.9 %Burbank, IL5.9Chicago, IL: 5.9 %Chicago, IL5.9Berwyn, IL: 5.8 %Berwyn, IL5.8Kankakee, IL: 5.8 %Kankakee, IL5.8Oak Lawn, IL: 5.8 %Oak Lawn, IL5.8Rockford, IL: 5.8 %Rockford, IL5.8Elmwood Park, IL: 5.7 %Elmwood Park, IL5.7Galesburg, IL: 5.7 %Galesburg, IL5.7Melrose Park, IL: 5.7 %Melrose Park, IL5.7Oak Park, IL: 5.6 %Oak Park, IL5.6Romeoville, IL: 5.5 %Romeoville, IL5.5Alton, IL: 5.4 %Alton, IL5.4DeKalb, IL: 5.4 %DeKalb, IL5.4Evanston, IL: 5.4 %Evanston, IL5.4Hanover Park, IL: 5.4 %Hanover Park, IL5.4Morton Grove, IL: 5.4 %Morton Grove, IL5.4Oak Forest, IL: 5.4 %Oak Forest, IL5.4Belvidere, IL: 5.3 %Belvidere, IL5.3Bolingbrook, IL: 5.3 %Bolingbrook, IL5.3Niles, IL: 5.2 %Niles, IL5.2Peoria, IL: 5.2 %Peoria, IL5.2Skokie, IL: 5.2 %Skokie, IL5.2Streamwood, IL: 5.2 %Streamwood, IL5.2Tinley Park, IL: 5.2 %Tinley Park, IL5.2Urbana, IL: 5.2 %Urbana, IL5.2Cicero, IL: 5.1 %Cicero, IL5.1Huntley, IL: 5.1 %Huntley, IL5.1Schaumburg, IL: 5.1 %Schaumburg, IL5.1
%. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment rate (measure 03). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCitiesJune 2026 (%)Change on June 2025
1Dolton, IL10.4+1.9 pts
2Maywood, IL9.2+1 pts
3Harvey, IL8.6+1.3 pts
4Calumet City, IL8.1+1.1 pts
4Park Forest, IL8.1+1 pts
6Chicago Heights, IL7.9+1.3 pts
7East St. Louis, IL7.2-0.1 pts
7Lansing, IL7.2+0.9 pts
9Decatur, IL6.6+0.2 pts
10Danville, IL6.4+0.2 pts
11Carbondale, IL6.2+0.7 pts
12Joliet, IL6+0.7 pts
13Burbank, IL5.9+1.1 pts
13Chicago, IL5.9+0.8 pts
15Berwyn, IL5.8+0.8 pts
15Kankakee, IL5.8-0.3 pts
15Oak Lawn, IL5.8+0.8 pts
15Rockford, IL5.80 pts
19Elmwood Park, IL5.7+0.8 pts
19Galesburg, IL5.7+0.4 pts
19Melrose Park, IL5.7+1.3 pts
22Oak Park, IL5.6+0.9 pts
23Romeoville, IL5.5+0.9 pts
24Alton, IL5.4+0.4 pts
24DeKalb, IL5.4+0.5 pts
24Evanston, IL5.4+0.8 pts
24Hanover Park, IL5.4+0.7 pts
24Morton Grove, IL5.4+1 pts
24Oak Forest, IL5.4+0.6 pts
30Belvidere, IL5.3+0.3 pts
30Bolingbrook, IL5.3+0.8 pts
32Niles, IL5.2+0.6 pts
32Peoria, IL5.2+0.1 pts
32Skokie, IL5.2+0.6 pts
32Streamwood, IL5.2+0.8 pts
32Tinley Park, IL5.2+0.8 pts
32Urbana, IL5.2+0.6 pts
38Cicero, IL5.1+0.5 pts
38Huntley, IL5.1+0.9 pts
38Schaumburg, IL5.1+0.6 pts
38Westmont, IL5.1+0.6 pts
38Wilmette, IL5.1+0.8 pts
43Crystal Lake, IL5+0.9 pts
43Des Plaines, IL5+0.6 pts
43Elk Grove Village, IL5+0.6 pts
43Elmhurst, IL5+0.9 pts
43Glenview, IL5+0.9 pts
43Hoffman Estates, IL5+0.9 pts
43Lake in the Hills, IL5+0.6 pts
43Naperville, IL5+0.7 pts
43Northbrook, IL5+0.8 pts
43Pekin, IL50 pts
53Addison, IL4.9+1 pts
53Aurora, IL4.9+0.4 pts
53Homer Glen, IL4.9+0.7 pts
53Lombard, IL4.9+0.7 pts
53Orland Park, IL4.9+0.5 pts
53Park Ridge, IL4.9+0.9 pts
53Plainfield, IL4.9+0.8 pts
53Wheaton, IL4.9+0.9 pts
61Carpentersville, IL4.8+0.3 pts
61Springfield, IL4.8+0.2 pts
61Woodridge, IL4.8+0.7 pts
61Zion, IL4.8-0.7 pts
65Arlington Heights, IL4.7+0.6 pts
65Carol Stream, IL4.7+0.7 pts
65Champaign, IL4.7+0.4 pts
65Elgin, IL4.7+0.4 pts
65Glen Ellyn, IL4.7+0.5 pts
65Glendale Heights, IL4.7+0.6 pts
65North Chicago, IL4.7+0.4 pts
65Palatine, IL4.7+0.7 pts
65Waukegan, IL4.7+0.3 pts
65Woodstock, IL4.7+0.9 pts
75Algonquin, IL4.6+0.4 pts
75Bartlett, IL4.6+0.7 pts
75Downers Grove, IL4.6+0.5 pts
75Granite City, IL4.60 pts
75Lockport, IL4.6+0.5 pts
75New Lenox, IL4.6+0.7 pts
75Rock Island, IL4.6-0.2 pts
75West Chicago, IL4.6+0.9 pts
83McHenry, IL4.5+0.7 pts
83Mount Prospect, IL4.5+0.6 pts
83Round Lake Beach, IL4.5+0.1 pts
83Wheeling, IL4.5+0.8 pts
87Belleville, IL4.4+0.1 pts
87Buffalo Grove, IL4.4+0.6 pts
87Freeport, IL4.40 pts
87Moline, IL4.40 pts
87Normal, IL4.4+0.4 pts
87Yorkville, IL4.4+0.5 pts
93Mundelein, IL4.3+0.7 pts
93Oswego, IL4.3+0.4 pts
95Gurnee, IL4.2+0.2 pts
96Vernon Hills, IL4.1+0.3 pts
97Batavia, IL4+0.2 pts
97Bloomington, IL4+0.1 pts
97St. Charles, IL4+0.3 pts
100Collinsville, IL3.9+0.1 pts
100Edwardsville, IL3.9+0.2 pts
100Highland Park, IL3.90 pts
100O'Fallon, IL3.90 pts
104Quincy, IL3.6+0.2 pts

Other periods

About this ranking

Unemployed people as a percentage of the labour force, using the survey definition of unemployment: without work, available and looking for work.

More on how it is measured
  • Spain: EPA, aged 16 and over.
  • EU: Labour Force Survey, aged 15 to 74.
  • United States: civilian labour force aged 16 and over, from the Current Population Survey for the nation and from BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics models, consistent with that survey, for states, counties and cities.
  • United Kingdom regions: Labour Force Survey, aged 16 and over, seasonally adjusted.
  • Canada: Labour Force Survey, aged 15 and over, seasonally adjusted, for the country and the provinces.
  • Australia: Labour Force Survey, aged 15 and over, seasonally adjusted, for the nation and the six states; the ABS publishes no seasonally adjusted series for the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory.
  • New Zealand: Household Labour Force Survey, aged 15 and over, seasonally adjusted for the country and not seasonally adjusted for regional council areas.
  • Norway: Statistics Norway Labour Force Survey, aged 15 to 74, seasonally adjusted monthly figures.
  • Sweden: Labour Force Survey, aged 15 to 74, seasonally adjusted and smoothed (the series Statistics Sweden gives in its monthly release), national.
  • Switzerland: Swiss Labour Force Survey (SLFS), ILO definition, permanent resident population aged 15 and over, seasonally adjusted quarterly averages, national.
  • For other countries, the source may be OECD survey-based rates, annual survey-based rates compiled by the ILO in ILOSTAT, or annual ILO modelled estimates published by the World Bank.
  • ILO modelled estimates cover ages 15 and over.
  • The World series uses those ILO modelled estimates.

Survey-based for national and Eurostat series. Available for Spain, regions, provinces, EU countries, US states, US counties, US cities (those of 25,000 or more and smaller New England cities), United Kingdom regions, Canadian provinces, Australia and its six states, New Zealand with 10 of its regions, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland (national), not Spanish municipalities. For Spanish municipalities use registered_unemployment_rate.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment rate (measure 03). 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 rate (measure 03) (Cities in Illinois by unemployment rate, 2026-06) [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 rate (measure 03), Cities in Illinois by unemployment rate, 2026-06. 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/rankings/unemployment-rate/illinois-cities?period=2026-06. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment rate (measure 03). Cities in Illinois by unemployment rate, 2026-06. 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/rankings/unemployment-rate/illinois-cities?period=2026-06.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment rate (measure 03), Cities in Illinois by unemployment rate, 2026-06 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployment-rate/illinois-cities?period=2026-06 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest unemployment rate?

Dolton, IL, with 10.4% in June 2026, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest unemployment rate?

Quincy, IL, with 3.6% in June 2026.

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