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Unemployment rate in Chesterfield

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 12 of 15 · Towns of St. Louis Updated Oct 21, 2026

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 1990 – 2025

Unemployment rate, 1990 – 2025 percent · Chesterfield · Missouri · United States · World
−0.1 pp since 2015
Chesterfield Missouri United States World

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics · OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2025

Compared with Unemployment rate · percent
Chesterfield
3.5%
Missouri
4.0%
United States
3.6% · 2023
World
4.8%

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics · OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators

The series at a glance Chesterfield · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 3.5% · 2025
First value 2.2% · 1990
Highest 6.4% · 2010
Lowest 1.3% · 1999
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearChesterfieldChange MissouriUnited StatesWorld
2025 3.5% +0.4 pp 4.0% — 4.8%
2024 3.1% +0.5 pp 3.7% — 4.8%
2023 2.6% +0.5 pp 3.1% 3.6% 4.8%
2022 2.1% −0.9 pp 2.6% 3.7% 5.2%
2021 3.0% −1.6 pp 4.1% 5.4% 6.0%
2020 4.6% +2.2 pp 6.1% 8.1% 6.6%
2019 2.4% +0.1 pp 3.2% 3.7% 5.6%
2018 2.3% −0.3 pp 3.2% 3.9% 5.8%
2017 2.6% −0.5 pp 3.8% 4.4% 5.9%
2016 3.1% −0.5 pp 4.6% 4.9% 6.0%
2015 3.6% −0.7 pp 5.1% 5.3% 6.0%
2014 4.3% −0.2 pp 6.2% 6.2% 6.0%
2013 4.5% −0.2 pp 6.8% 5.3% 6.1%
2012 4.7% −0.9 pp 7.1% 8.1% 6.2%
2011 5.6% −0.8 pp 8.6% 9.0% 6.1%
2010 6.4% +0.4 pp 9.4% 9.6% 6.3%
2009 6.0% +2.1 pp 9.1% 9.3% 6.4%
2008 3.9% +0.7 pp 6.1% 5.8% 5.8%
2007 3.2% +0.2 pp 5.1% 4.6% 5.8%
2006 3.0% −0.3 pp 4.9% 4.6% 6.0%
2005 3.3% −0.3 pp 5.4% 5.1% 6.2%
2004 3.6% +0.2 pp 5.9% 5.5% 6.3%
2003 3.4% +0.3 pp 5.7% 6.0% 6.5%
2002 3.1% +0.6 pp 5.3% 5.8% 6.4%
2001 2.5% +0.6 pp 4.5% 4.8% 6.2%
2000 1.9% +0.6 pp 3.4% 4.0% 6.1%
1999 1.3% −0.3 pp 3.2% 4.2% 6.3%
1998 1.6% ±0.0 pp 4.1% 4.5% 6.2%
1997 1.6% −0.2 pp 4.4% 4.9% 6.0%
1996 1.8% ±0.0 pp 4.7% 5.4% 6.0%
1995 1.8% −0.1 pp 4.8% 5.6% 5.9%
1994 1.9% −0.4 pp 5.1% — 5.8%
1993 2.3% −0.1 pp 6.1% — 5.5%
1992 2.4% −0.3 pp 6.1% — 5.3%
1991 2.7% +0.5 pp 6.6% — 5.1%
1990 2.2% 5.9% — —

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics · OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2025

Ranking · Towns of St. Louis

2025 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryUnemployment rate
1 East St Louis 7.2%
2 Alton 4.8%
3 Belleville 4.6%
4 St. Louis 4.6%
5 Florissant 4.5%
6 Hazelwood 4.4%
7 Collinsville 3.8%
8 O'Fallon 3.8%
9 St Charles 3.7%
10 Edwardsville 3.6%
11 Columbia 3.6%
12 Chesterfield 3.5%
13 Kirkwood 3.5%
14 Maryland Heights 3.5%
15 Ballwin 3.3%

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2025

What it means

The share of people who want a job and are looking for one but do not have one.

How it is calculated

Unemployed people divided by the labour force (employed plus unemployed), following the international definition; annual average.