Forest City city: Unemployment Rate Trend
How Forest City city's unemployment rate changed from 2017 to 2023, based on U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates. The 2019 vintage reflects the pre-COVID peak; 2021 captures the immediate COVID-era disruption; 2022–2023 show the recovery.
2017
8.3%
2023
2.5%
Total change
-5.8 pp
% change
-69.9%
| Year | Unemployment Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 8.3% | — |
| 2019 | 5.3% | -3.0 pp (-36.1%) |
| 2020 | 4.3% | -1.0 pp (-18.9%) |
| 2021 | 1.4% | -2.9 pp (-67.4%) |
| 2022 | 2.4% | +1.0 pp (71.4%) |
| 2023 | 2.5% | +0.1 pp (4.2%) |