Ontario city: Unemployment Rate Trend
How Ontario 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
2.0%
2023
5.1%
Total change
+3.1 pp
% change
+155%
| Year | Unemployment Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2.0% | — |
| 2019 | 1.8% | -0.2 pp (-10%) |
| 2020 | 1.0% | -0.8 pp (-44.4%) |
| 2021 | 2.2% | +1.2 pp (120%) |
| 2022 | 4.9% | +2.7 pp (122.7%) |
| 2023 | 5.1% | +0.2 pp (4.1%) |