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Unemployment rate in St Charles

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 9 of 15 · Towns of St. Louis Updated Oct 22, 2026

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

Unemployment rate, 1990 – 2025 percent · St Charles · Missouri · United States · World
−0.6 pp since 2015
St Charles 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
St Charles
3.7%
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 St Charles · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 3.7% · 2025
First value 4.7% · 1990
Highest 8.2% · 2010
Lowest 2.0% · 1999
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearSt CharlesChange MissouriUnited StatesWorld
2025 3.7% +0.4 pp 4.0% — 4.8%
2024 3.3% +0.4 pp 3.7% — 4.8%
2023 2.9% +0.6 pp 3.1% 3.6% 4.8%
2022 2.3% −1.2 pp 2.6% 3.7% 5.2%
2021 3.5% −2.1 pp 4.1% 5.4% 6.0%
2020 5.6% +2.9 pp 6.1% 8.1% 6.6%
2019 2.7% −0.1 pp 3.2% 3.7% 5.6%
2018 2.8% −0.4 pp 3.2% 3.9% 5.8%
2017 3.2% −0.7 pp 3.8% 4.4% 5.9%
2016 3.9% −0.4 pp 4.6% 4.9% 6.0%
2015 4.3% −1.0 pp 5.1% 5.3% 6.0%
2014 5.3% −0.2 pp 6.2% 6.2% 6.0%
2013 5.5% −0.4 pp 6.8% 5.3% 6.1%
2012 5.9% −1.3 pp 7.1% 8.1% 6.2%
2011 7.2% −1.0 pp 8.6% 9.0% 6.1%
2010 8.2% +0.1 pp 9.4% 9.6% 6.3%
2009 8.1% +1.6 pp 9.1% 9.3% 6.4%
2008 6.5% +1.6 pp 6.1% 5.8% 5.8%
2007 4.9% +0.2 pp 5.1% 4.6% 5.8%
2006 4.7% −0.4 pp 4.9% 4.6% 6.0%
2005 5.1% −0.3 pp 5.4% 5.1% 6.2%
2004 5.4% +0.2 pp 5.9% 5.5% 6.3%
2003 5.2% +0.3 pp 5.7% 6.0% 6.5%
2002 4.9% +0.8 pp 5.3% 5.8% 6.4%
2001 4.1% +1.1 pp 4.5% 4.8% 6.2%
2000 3.0% +1.0 pp 3.4% 4.0% 6.1%
1999 2.0% −0.8 pp 3.2% 4.2% 6.3%
1998 2.8% +0.1 pp 4.1% 4.5% 6.2%
1997 2.7% −0.3 pp 4.4% 4.9% 6.0%
1996 3.0% −0.3 pp 4.7% 5.4% 6.0%
1995 3.3% −0.6 pp 4.8% 5.6% 5.9%
1994 3.9% −1.1 pp 5.1% — 5.8%
1993 5.0% −0.2 pp 6.1% — 5.5%
1992 5.2% −0.7 pp 6.1% — 5.3%
1991 5.9% +1.2 pp 6.6% — 5.1%
1990 4.7% 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

2015 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryUnemployment rate
1 East St Louis 11.4%
2 Alton 8.5%
3 Belleville 6.3%
4 St. Louis 6.2%
5 Collinsville 5.9%
6 Hazelwood 5.5%
7 O'Fallon 5.4%
8 Florissant 5.3%
9 Edwardsville 4.3%
10 St Charles 4.3%
11 Maryland Heights 4.2%
12 Ballwin 3.6%
13 Chesterfield 3.6%
14 Columbia 3.6%
15 Kirkwood 3.5%

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2015

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.