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Unemployment rate in Kettering

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 7 of 9 · Towns of Dayton Updated Oct 22, 2026

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

Unemployment rate, 1990 – 2025 percent · Kettering · Ohio · United States · World
+0.2 pp since 2015
Kettering Ohio 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
Kettering
4.4%
Ohio
4.6%
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 Kettering · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 4.4% · 2025
First value 2.6% · 1990
Highest 10.1% · 2009
Lowest 2.1% · 1995
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearKetteringChange OhioUnited StatesWorld
2025 4.4% +0.3 pp 4.6% — 4.8%
2024 4.1% +0.7 pp 4.4% — 4.8%
2023 3.4% −0.1 pp 3.7% 3.6% 4.8%
2022 3.5% −1.3 pp 4.0% 3.7% 5.2%
2021 4.8% −2.6 pp 5.3% 5.4% 6.0%
2020 7.4% +3.7 pp 8.2% 8.1% 6.6%
2019 3.7% −0.3 pp 4.1% 3.7% 5.6%
2018 4.0% −0.3 pp 4.5% 3.9% 5.8%
2017 4.3% ±0.0 pp 4.9% 4.4% 5.9%
2016 4.3% +0.1 pp 5.0% 4.9% 6.0%
2015 4.2% −1.0 pp 5.0% 5.3% 6.0%
2014 5.2% −1.8 pp 5.8% 6.2% 6.0%
2013 7.0% ±0.0 pp 7.4% 5.3% 6.1%
2012 7.0% −1.2 pp 7.4% 8.1% 6.2%
2011 8.2% −1.4 pp 8.8% 9.0% 6.1%
2010 9.6% −0.5 pp 10.0% 9.6% 6.3%
2009 10.1% +3.7 pp 10.2% 9.3% 6.4%
2008 6.4% +1.3 pp 6.6% 5.8% 5.8%
2007 5.1% +0.3 pp 5.6% 4.6% 5.8%
2006 4.8% −0.7 pp 5.4% 4.6% 6.0%
2005 5.5% −0.2 pp 5.9% 5.1% 6.2%
2004 5.7% +0.4 pp 6.2% 5.5% 6.3%
2003 5.3% +1.6 pp 6.2% 6.0% 6.5%
2002 3.7% +0.9 pp 5.8% 5.8% 6.4%
2001 2.8% +0.3 pp 4.4% 4.8% 6.2%
2000 2.5% +0.4 pp 4.1% 4.0% 6.1%
1999 2.1% −0.2 pp 4.3% 4.2% 6.3%
1998 2.3% +0.1 pp 4.3% 4.5% 6.2%
1997 2.2% −0.2 pp 4.6% 4.9% 6.0%
1996 2.4% +0.3 pp 5.0% 5.4% 6.0%
1995 2.1% −0.4 pp 4.9% 5.6% 5.9%
1994 2.5% −0.3 pp 5.6% — 5.8%
1993 2.8% −0.5 pp 6.7% — 5.5%
1992 3.3% +0.4 pp 7.4% — 5.3%
1991 2.9% +0.3 pp 6.6% — 5.1%
1990 2.6% 5.7% — —

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

Ranking · Towns of Dayton

2025 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryUnemployment rate
9 Beavercreek 3.9%
8 Centerville 4.2%
7 Kettering 4.4%
6 Fairborn 4.5%
5 Huber Heights 4.7%
4 Xenia 5.1%
3 Riverside 5.1%
2 Trotwood 6.1%
1 Dayton 6.1%

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

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.