Federal Reserve Economic Data

Table Data - Unemployment Rate in FRB-Chicago District (DISCONTINUED)

Title Unemployment Rate in FRB-Chicago District (DISCONTINUED)
Series ID D7URN
Source U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Release Unemployment in States and Local Areas (all other areas) (Not a Press Release)
Seasonal Adjustment Not Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency Monthly
Units Percent
Date Range 1990-01-01 to 2015-11-01
Last Updated 2015-12-30 11:06 AM CST
Notes These data come from the Current Population Survey (CPS), also known as the household survey.

Civilian Labor Force includes all persons in the civilian noninstitutional population ages 16 and older classified as either employed or unemployed.

Employed persons are all persons who, during the reference week (the week including the 12th day of the month), (a) did any work as paid employees, worked in their own business or profession or on their own farm, or worked 15 hours or more as unpaid workers in an enterprise operated by a member of their family, or (b) were not working but who had jobs from which they were temporarily absent because of vacation, illness, bad weather, childcare problems, maternity or paternity leave, labor-management dispute, job training, or other family or personal reasons, whether or not they were paid for the time off or were seeking other jobs. Each employed person is counted only once, even if he or she holds more than one job.

Unemployed persons are all persons who had no employment during the reference week, were available for work, except for temporary illness, and had made specific efforts to find employment some time during the 4 week-period ending with the reference week. Persons who were waiting to be recalled to a job from which they had been laid off need not have been looking for work to be classified as unemployed.

The unemployment rate is the unemployed percent of the civilian labor force [100 times (unemployed/civilian labor force)].

For more details, see the release's frequently asked questions.
DATE VALUE
1990-01-01 6.784
1990-02-01 6.515
1990-03-01 6.202
1990-04-01 5.756
1990-05-01 5.509
1990-06-01 5.598
1990-07-01 5.802
1990-08-01 5.791
1990-09-01 5.604
1990-10-01 5.475
1990-11-01 5.871
1990-12-01 6.121
1991-01-01 7.294
1991-02-01 7.676
1991-03-01 7.836
1991-04-01 6.881
1991-05-01 6.900
1991-06-01 7.200
1991-07-01 6.926
1991-08-01 6.721
1991-09-01 6.498
1991-10-01 6.526
1991-11-01 6.805
1991-12-01 7.226
1992-01-01 8.321
1992-02-01 8.362
1992-03-01 7.975
1992-04-01 7.151
1992-05-01 7.288
1992-06-01 7.834
1992-07-01 7.514
1992-08-01 6.892
1992-09-01 6.534
1992-10-01 5.998
1992-11-01 6.137
1992-12-01 6.337
1993-01-01 7.270
1993-02-01 7.233
1993-03-01 6.945
1993-04-01 6.441
1993-05-01 6.434
1993-06-01 6.850
1993-07-01 6.387
1993-08-01 5.787
1993-09-01 5.613
1993-10-01 5.560
1993-11-01 5.357
1993-12-01 5.464
1994-01-01 6.797
1994-02-01 6.571
1994-03-01 6.269
1994-04-01 5.371
1994-05-01 4.941
1994-06-01 5.240
1994-07-01 5.357
1994-08-01 4.934
1994-09-01 4.530
1994-10-01 4.390
1994-11-01 4.098
1994-12-01 4.064
1995-01-01 5.246
1995-02-01 5.032
1995-03-01 5.076
1995-04-01 4.936
1995-05-01 4.660
1995-06-01 4.826
1995-07-01 4.895
1995-08-01 4.472
1995-09-01 4.181
1995-10-01 3.989
1995-11-01 4.125
1995-12-01 4.245
1996-01-01 5.383
1996-02-01 5.109
1996-03-01 5.021
1996-04-01 4.521
1996-05-01 4.545
1996-06-01 4.628
1996-07-01 4.876
1996-08-01 4.148
1996-09-01 3.945
1996-10-01 3.770
1996-11-01 3.866
1996-12-01 4.042
1997-01-01 4.976
1997-02-01 4.772
1997-03-01 4.660
1997-04-01 3.910
1997-05-01 3.675
1997-06-01 4.137
1997-07-01 4.097
1997-08-01 3.785
1997-09-01 3.700
1997-10-01 3.463
1997-11-01 3.469
1997-12-01 3.688
1998-01-01 4.497
1998-02-01 4.264
1998-03-01 4.256
1998-04-01 3.128
1998-05-01 3.199
1998-06-01 3.823
1998-07-01 3.842
1998-08-01 3.535
1998-09-01 3.496
1998-10-01 3.355
1998-11-01 3.350
1998-12-01 3.445
1999-01-01 4.178
1999-02-01 4.179
1999-03-01 3.799
1999-04-01 3.449
1999-05-01 3.355
1999-06-01 3.847
1999-07-01 3.889
1999-08-01 3.401
1999-09-01 3.234
1999-10-01 3.099
1999-11-01 3.197
1999-12-01 3.251
2000-01-01 3.963
2000-02-01 4.014
2000-03-01 3.966
2000-04-01 3.252
2000-05-01 3.455
2000-06-01 3.865
2000-07-01 3.988
2000-08-01 3.702
2000-09-01 3.230
2000-10-01 3.030
2000-11-01 3.406
2000-12-01 3.625
2001-01-01 4.835
2001-02-01 4.823
2001-03-01 4.994
2001-04-01 4.436
2001-05-01 4.259
2001-06-01 4.838
2001-07-01 4.786
2001-08-01 4.791
2001-09-01 4.481
2001-10-01 4.749
2001-11-01 5.197
2001-12-01 5.495
2002-01-01 6.556
2002-02-01 6.390
2002-03-01 6.451
2002-04-01 5.899
2002-05-01 5.624
2002-06-01 6.215
2002-07-01 6.184
2002-08-01 5.645
2002-09-01 5.137
2002-10-01 5.154
2002-11-01 5.475
2002-12-01 5.677
2003-01-01 6.661
2003-02-01 6.715
2003-03-01 6.654
2003-04-01 6.092
2003-05-01 6.108
2003-06-01 6.932
2003-07-01 6.815
2003-08-01 6.355
2003-09-01 6.000
2003-10-01 5.694
2003-11-01 5.700
2003-12-01 5.689
2004-01-01 6.644
2004-02-01 6.518
2004-03-01 6.651
2004-04-01 5.684
2004-05-01 5.745
2004-06-01 6.222
2004-07-01 6.298
2004-08-01 5.735
2004-09-01 5.440
2004-10-01 5.467
2004-11-01 5.613
2004-12-01 5.734
2005-01-01 6.410
2005-02-01 6.647
2005-03-01 6.207
2005-04-01 5.626
2005-05-01 5.549
2005-06-01 5.873
2005-07-01 5.862
2005-08-01 5.296
2005-09-01 5.269
2005-10-01 4.970
2005-11-01 5.254
2005-12-01 5.297
2006-01-01 5.741
2006-02-01 5.942
2006-03-01 5.631
2006-04-01 5.198
2006-05-01 5.062
2006-06-01 5.363
2006-07-01 5.654
2006-08-01 5.203
2006-09-01 4.808
2006-10-01 4.455
2006-11-01 4.667
2006-12-01 4.918
2007-01-01 5.871
2007-02-01 5.722
2007-03-01 5.349
2007-04-01 5.085
2007-05-01 4.957
2007-06-01 5.510
2007-07-01 5.669
2007-08-01 5.244
2007-09-01 5.038
2007-10-01 4.950
2007-11-01 4.923
2007-12-01 5.436
2008-01-01 6.041
2008-02-01 5.962
2008-03-01 5.904
2008-04-01 5.250
2008-05-01 5.851
2008-06-01 6.355
2008-07-01 6.630
2008-08-01 6.498
2008-09-01 6.082
2008-10-01 6.288
2008-11-01 6.615
2008-12-01 7.648
2009-01-01 9.469
2009-02-01 10.210
2009-03-01 10.566
2009-04-01 10.072
2009-05-01 10.683
2009-06-01 11.417
2009-07-01 11.402
2009-08-01 10.895
2009-09-01 10.565
2009-10-01 10.654
2009-11-01 10.409
2009-12-01 10.953
2010-01-01 12.002
2010-02-01 11.886
2010-03-01 11.649
2010-04-01 10.565
2010-05-01 10.200
2010-06-01 10.412
2010-07-01 10.611
2010-08-01 10.066
2010-09-01 9.388
2010-10-01 9.169
2010-11-01 9.246
2010-12-01 9.171
2011-01-01 9.948
2011-02-01 9.766
2011-03-01 9.449
2011-04-01 8.742
2011-05-01 8.931
2011-06-01 9.681
2011-07-01 9.805
2011-08-01 9.424
2011-09-01 8.922
2011-10-01 8.611
2011-11-01 8.142
2011-12-01 8.376
2012-01-01 9.020
2012-02-01 8.970
2012-03-01 8.557
2012-04-01 7.750
2012-05-01 8.051
2012-06-01 8.717
2012-07-01 8.999
2012-08-01 8.403
2012-09-01 7.595
2012-10-01 7.669
2012-11-01 7.495
2012-12-01 8.143
2013-01-01 9.350
2013-02-01 8.937
2013-03-01 8.413
2013-04-01 7.746
2013-05-01 7.907
2013-06-01 8.631
2013-07-01 8.560
2013-08-01 7.960
2013-09-01 7.490
2013-10-01 7.502
2013-11-01 7.130
2013-12-01 7.093
2014-01-01 7.661
2014-02-01 7.815
2014-03-01 7.453
2014-04-01 6.245
2014-05-01 6.407
2014-06-01 6.603
2014-07-01 6.919
2014-08-01 6.368
2014-09-01 5.763
2014-10-01 5.609
2014-11-01 5.501
2014-12-01 5.405
2015-01-01 6.364
2015-02-01 5.933
2015-03-01 5.709
2015-04-01 4.829
2015-05-01 5.230
2015-06-01 5.334
2015-07-01 5.338
2015-08-01 4.842
2015-09-01 4.415
2015-10-01 4.596
2015-11-01 4.674

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