Mount Vernon, IL Micro Area: Unemployment Rate Trend
How Mount Vernon, IL Micro Area'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
8.5%
2023
6.6%
Total change
-1.9 pp
% change
-22.4%
| Year | Unemployment Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 8.5% | — |
| 2019 | 7.2% | -1.3 pp (-15.3%) |
| 2020 | 6.2% | -1.0 pp (-13.9%) |
| 2021 | 6.8% | +0.6 pp (9.7%) |
| 2022 | 6.5% | -0.3 pp (-4.4%) |
| 2023 | 6.6% | +0.1 pp (1.5%) |