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Unemployment rate in Riverside

1998 – 2025 · 28 data points 3 of 9 · Towns of Dayton Updated Oct 22, 2026

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 1998 – 2025

Unemployment rate, 1998 – 2025 percent · Riverside · Ohio · United States · World
−0.5 pp since 2015
Riverside Ohio United States World

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics · OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1998 – 2025

Compared with Unemployment rate · percent
Riverside
5.1%
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 Riverside · 1998 – 2025
Latest value 5.1% · 2025
First value 4.4% · 1998
Highest 12.0% · 2009
Lowest 3.9% · 2023
Data points 28

By year

All years · 1998 – 2025

YearRiversideChange OhioUnited StatesWorld
2025 5.1% +0.5 pp 4.6% — 4.8%
2024 4.6% +0.7 pp 4.4% — 4.8%
2023 3.9% −0.2 pp 3.7% 3.6% 4.8%
2022 4.1% −1.6 pp 4.0% 3.7% 5.2%
2021 5.7% −2.9 pp 5.3% 5.4% 6.0%
2020 8.6% +4.5 pp 8.2% 8.1% 6.6%
2019 4.1% −0.4 pp 4.1% 3.7% 5.6%
2018 4.5% −0.3 pp 4.5% 3.9% 5.8%
2017 4.8% −0.3 pp 4.9% 4.4% 5.9%
2016 5.1% −0.5 pp 5.0% 4.9% 6.0%
2015 5.6% −1.0 pp 5.0% 5.3% 6.0%
2014 6.6% −2.1 pp 5.8% 6.2% 6.0%
2013 8.7% −0.4 pp 7.4% 5.3% 6.1%
2012 9.1% −1.0 pp 7.4% 8.1% 6.2%
2011 10.1% −1.8 pp 8.8% 9.0% 6.1%
2010 11.9% −0.1 pp 10.0% 9.6% 6.3%
2009 12.0% +4.3 pp 10.2% 9.3% 6.4%
2008 7.7% +1.3 pp 6.6% 5.8% 5.8%
2007 6.4% −0.2 pp 5.6% 4.6% 5.8%
2006 6.6% −0.6 pp 5.4% 4.6% 6.0%
2005 7.2% −0.2 pp 5.9% 5.1% 6.2%
2004 7.4% ±0.0 pp 6.2% 5.5% 6.3%
2003 7.4% +0.2 pp 6.2% 6.0% 6.5%
2002 7.2% +1.7 pp 5.8% 5.8% 6.4%
2001 5.5% +0.5 pp 4.4% 4.8% 6.2%
2000 5.0% +0.9 pp 4.1% 4.0% 6.1%
1999 4.1% −0.3 pp 4.3% 4.2% 6.3%
1998 4.4% 4.3% 4.5% 6.2%

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics · OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1998 – 2025

Ranking · Towns of Dayton

2021 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryUnemployment rate
1 Trotwood 7.5%
2 Dayton 7.2%
3 Xenia 5.8%
4 Riverside 5.7%
5 Huber Heights 5.0%
6 Fairborn 4.9%
7 Centerville 4.8%
8 Kettering 4.8%
9 Beavercreek 4.1%

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2021

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.