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Unemployment rate in Sheboygan

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 66 of 72 · Regions of Wisconsin Updated Oct 22, 2026

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

Unemployment rate, 1990 – 2025 percent · Sheboygan · Wisconsin · United States · World
−0.9 pp since 2015
Sheboygan Wisconsin 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
Sheboygan
2.8%
Wisconsin
3.2%
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 Sheboygan · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 2.8% · 2025
First value 4.2% · 1990
Highest 9.4% · 2009
Lowest 2.0% · 1999
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearSheboyganChange WisconsinUnited StatesWorld
2025 2.8% +0.3 pp 3.2% — 4.8%
2024 2.5% +0.2 pp 3.0% — 4.8%
2023 2.3% −0.1 pp 2.8% 3.6% 4.8%
2022 2.4% −0.7 pp 2.8% 3.7% 5.2%
2021 3.1% −2.7 pp 3.8% 5.4% 6.0%
2020 5.8% +3.2 pp 6.4% 8.1% 6.6%
2019 2.6% +0.1 pp 3.2% 3.7% 5.6%
2018 2.5% −0.3 pp 3.0% 3.9% 5.8%
2017 2.8% −0.5 pp 3.3% 4.4% 5.9%
2016 3.3% −0.4 pp 3.9% 4.9% 6.0%
2015 3.7% −0.8 pp 4.4% 5.3% 6.0%
2014 4.5% −1.6 pp 5.3% 6.2% 6.0%
2013 6.1% −0.6 pp 6.7% 5.3% 6.1%
2012 6.7% −1.3 pp 6.9% 8.1% 6.2%
2011 8.0% −1.0 pp 7.5% 9.0% 6.1%
2010 9.0% −0.4 pp 8.4% 9.6% 6.3%
2009 9.4% +4.9 pp 8.8% 9.3% 6.4%
2008 4.5% +0.3 pp 4.9% 5.8% 5.8%
2007 4.2% +0.3 pp 4.8% 4.6% 5.8%
2006 3.9% −0.1 pp 4.7% 4.6% 6.0%
2005 4.0% −0.4 pp 4.7% 5.1% 6.2%
2004 4.4% −0.7 pp 5.0% 5.5% 6.3%
2003 5.1% +0.3 pp 5.6% 6.0% 6.5%
2002 4.8% +1.0 pp 5.3% 5.8% 6.4%
2001 3.8% +1.3 pp 4.4% 4.8% 6.2%
2000 2.5% +0.5 pp 3.4% 4.0% 6.1%
1999 2.0% −0.3 pp 3.1% 4.2% 6.3%
1998 2.3% −0.2 pp 3.3% 4.5% 6.2%
1997 2.5% −0.4 pp 3.5% 4.9% 6.0%
1996 2.9% +0.2 pp 3.6% 5.4% 6.0%
1995 2.7% −0.3 pp 3.7% 5.6% 5.9%
1994 3.0% −0.1 pp 4.3% — 5.8%
1993 3.1% −1.2 pp 4.4% — 5.5%
1992 4.3% −1.3 pp 5.1% — 5.3%
1991 5.6% +1.4 pp 5.4% — 5.1%
1990 4.2% 4.4% — —

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

Ranking · Regions of Wisconsin

2015 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryUnemployment rate
6 Adams County 7.1%
11 Ashland County 6.1%
28 Barron County 4.9%
3 Bayfield County 8.1%
53 Brown County 4.0%
31 Buffalo County 4.8%
8 Burnett County 6.8%
71 Calumet County 3.5%
36 Chippewa County 4.6%
41 Clark County 4.3%
42 Columbia County 4.3%
15 Crawford County 5.7%
72 Dane County 3.1%
43 Dodge County 4.3%
10 Door County 6.5%
32 Douglas County 4.8%
40 Dunn County 4.4%
63 Eau Claire County 3.7%
9 Florence County 6.6%
54 Fond du Lac County 4.0%
5 Forest County 7.3%
44 Grant County 4.3%
64 Green County 3.7%
21 Green Lake County 5.3%
48 Iowa County 4.1%
…
56 Sauk County 4.0%
4 Sawyer County 7.7%
33 Shawano County 4.8%
66 Sheboygan County 3.7%
65 St. Croix County 3.7%
47 Taylor County 4.3%
62 Trempealeau County 3.8%
…

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.