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Unemployment rate in Chesterfield

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 2 of 4 · Towns of Romeo Updated Oct 22, 2026

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

Unemployment rate, 1990 – 2025 percent · Chesterfield · Michigan · United States · World
−1.8 pp since 2015
Chesterfield Michigan 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
Chesterfield
3.8%
Michigan
5.2%
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 Chesterfield · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 3.8% · 2025
First value 7.1% · 1990
Highest 13.6% · 2010
Lowest 2.7% · 2023
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearChesterfieldChange MichiganUnited StatesWorld
2025 3.8% +0.4 pp 5.2% — 4.8%
2024 3.4% +0.7 pp 4.7% — 4.8%
2023 2.7% −0.2 pp 3.9% 3.6% 4.8%
2022 2.9% −1.5 pp 4.2% 3.7% 5.2%
2021 4.4% −4.8 pp 5.7% 5.4% 6.0%
2020 9.2% +6.0 pp 10.0% 8.1% 6.6%
2019 3.2% +0.1 pp 4.1% 3.7% 5.6%
2018 3.1% −0.3 pp 4.2% 3.9% 5.8%
2017 3.4% −0.6 pp 4.6% 4.4% 5.9%
2016 4.0% −1.6 pp 5.0% 4.9% 6.0%
2015 5.6% −2.0 pp 5.4% 5.3% 6.0%
2014 7.6% −1.5 pp 7.2% 6.2% 6.0%
2013 9.1% −0.3 pp 8.8% 5.3% 6.1%
2012 9.4% −1.1 pp 9.1% 8.1% 6.2%
2011 10.5% −3.1 pp 10.1% 9.0% 6.1%
2010 13.6% +0.4 pp 12.8% 9.6% 6.3%
2009 13.2% +5.9 pp 13.5% 9.3% 6.4%
2008 7.3% +1.2 pp 8.2% 5.8% 5.8%
2007 6.1% +0.2 pp 7.1% 4.6% 5.8%
2006 5.9% +0.2 pp 6.9% 4.6% 6.0%
2005 5.7% −0.1 pp 6.8% 5.1% 6.2%
2004 5.8% ±0.0 pp 7.0% 5.5% 6.3%
2003 5.8% +0.7 pp 7.1% 6.0% 6.5%
2002 5.1% +0.9 pp 6.2% 5.8% 6.4%
2001 4.2% +1.4 pp 5.2% 4.8% 6.2%
2000 2.8% −0.4 pp 3.6% 4.0% 6.1%
1999 3.2% −0.2 pp 3.8% 4.2% 6.3%
1998 3.4% −0.1 pp 4.0% 4.5% 6.2%
1997 3.5% −0.5 pp 4.3% 4.9% 6.0%
1996 4.0% −0.2 pp 4.9% 5.4% 6.0%
1995 4.2% −0.8 pp 5.3% 5.6% 5.9%
1994 5.0% −1.1 pp 6.1% — 5.8%
1993 6.1% −2.0 pp 7.3% — 5.5%
1992 8.1% −0.6 pp 9.1% — 5.3%
1991 8.7% +1.6 pp 9.3% — 5.1%
1990 7.1% 7.7% — —

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics · OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2025

Ranking · Towns of Romeo

2015 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryUnemployment rate
3 Troy 3.9%
2 Rochester Hills 3.9%
1 Chesterfield 5.6%

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.