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Unemployment rate in Hazelwood

1998 – 2025 · 28 data points 6 of 15 · Towns of St. Louis Updated Oct 21, 2026

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 1998 – 2025

Unemployment rate, 1998 – 2025 percent · Hazelwood · Missouri · United States · World
−1.1 pp since 2015
Hazelwood Missouri United States World

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics · OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1998 – 2025

Compared with Unemployment rate · percent
Hazelwood
4.4%
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 Hazelwood · 1998 – 2025
Latest value 4.4% · 2025
First value 2.8% · 1998
Highest 10.0% · 2010
Lowest 2.3% · 1999
Data points 28

By year

All years · 1998 – 2025

YearHazelwoodChange MissouriUnited StatesWorld
2025 4.4% +0.4 pp 4.0% — 4.8%
2024 4.0% +0.6 pp 3.7% — 4.8%
2023 3.4% +0.1 pp 3.1% 3.6% 4.8%
2022 3.3% −2.3 pp 2.6% 3.7% 5.2%
2021 5.6% −2.4 pp 4.1% 5.4% 6.0%
2020 8.0% +4.5 pp 6.1% 8.1% 6.6%
2019 3.5% −0.1 pp 3.2% 3.7% 5.6%
2018 3.6% −0.4 pp 3.2% 3.9% 5.8%
2017 4.0% −1.0 pp 3.8% 4.4% 5.9%
2016 5.0% −0.5 pp 4.6% 4.9% 6.0%
2015 5.5% −1.2 pp 5.1% 5.3% 6.0%
2014 6.7% −0.5 pp 6.2% 6.2% 6.0%
2013 7.2% −0.1 pp 6.8% 5.3% 6.1%
2012 7.3% −1.8 pp 7.1% 8.1% 6.2%
2011 9.1% −0.9 pp 8.6% 9.0% 6.1%
2010 10.0% +0.6 pp 9.4% 9.6% 6.3%
2009 9.4% +3.2 pp 9.1% 9.3% 6.4%
2008 6.2% +1.1 pp 6.1% 5.8% 5.8%
2007 5.1% +0.2 pp 5.1% 4.6% 5.8%
2006 4.9% −0.5 pp 4.9% 4.6% 6.0%
2005 5.4% −0.4 pp 5.4% 5.1% 6.2%
2004 5.8% +0.3 pp 5.9% 5.5% 6.3%
2003 5.5% +0.5 pp 5.7% 6.0% 6.5%
2002 5.0% +0.9 pp 5.3% 5.8% 6.4%
2001 4.1% +1.1 pp 4.5% 4.8% 6.2%
2000 3.0% +0.7 pp 3.4% 4.0% 6.1%
1999 2.3% −0.5 pp 3.2% 4.2% 6.3%
1998 2.8% 4.1% 4.5% 6.2%

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics · OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1998 – 2025

Ranking · Towns of St. Louis

2024 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryUnemployment rate
1 East St Louis 8.1%
2 Alton 5.2%
3 Belleville 4.9%
4 St. Louis 4.2%
5 Collinsville 4.1%
6 O'Fallon 4.0%
7 Florissant 4.0%
8 Hazelwood 4.0%
9 Edwardsville 3.7%
10 Columbia 3.3%
11 Maryland Heights 3.3%
12 St Charles 3.3%
13 Kirkwood 3.2%
14 Chesterfield 3.1%
15 Ballwin 3.0%

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2024

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.