Editing Joliet, Illinois (section)

==Economy==
[[File:20200829-DSCF4977 (50359243676).jpg|thumb|The former [[Joliet Correctional Center]], now a museum]]

Like many Midwestern and East Coast cities dependent on manufacturing industries, Joliet has experienced past economic troubles. {{as of|2013}}, the rate of unemployment in Joliet was around 8.6%.<ref>{{cite web|title=Unemployment Rate in Chicago-Naperville-Joliet|url=http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/CHIC917URN|work=FRED Economic Data|date=January 1990|publisher=Federal Reserve Bank of St.Louis|access-date=March 16, 2013}}</ref> The city is evolving from a steel and manufacturing suburb to a commuter suburb in the [[Chicago metropolitan area]]. Some new migrants to the Chicago area are working in bordering Cook County (the nation's second-most populous county) and living in Joliet.

The downtown area of Joliet has slowly attracted new businesses to the area. The main attractions in Joliet's city center are the [[Harrah's Joliet|Harrah's Casino]], [[Joliet Slammers]] baseball ([[Duly Health and Care Field]]), Hollywood Casino, and the [[Rialto Square Theatre]], also known as the 'Jewel of Joliet',<ref name="Huebner2001">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GQV4qKcpHXcC&pg=PA26|title=Murals : the Great Walls of Joliet|last=Huebner|first=Jeff|publisher=University of Illinois Press|year=2001|isbn=978-0-252-06957-4|pages=25–26}}</ref> and has been called one of the world's 10 most beautiful theaters. The 1999 film ''[[Stir of Echoes]]'' starring [[Kevin Bacon]] had scenes shot on at the Rialto Square Theatre (the hypnotism scenes in which James saw the word "Dig" on the movie screen), at the corner of Scott Street and Washington, and at the old Menards that took over the [[Wieboldt's]] building at Jefferson Square Mall.

The Illinois Youth Center Joliet, a juvenile correctional facility of the [[Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice]], opened in April 1959.<ref>"[https://archive.today/20121224184427/http://www.idjj.state.il.us/subsections/facilities/information.asp?instchoice=joe Illinois Youth Center Joliet]." [[Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice]]. Retrieved on October 27, 2012.</ref>

===Largest employers===
According to the city's 2017 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://cityofjoliet.info/home/showdocument?id=20539|title=City of Joliet CAFR|website=Cityofjoliet.info|access-date=March 15, 2021}}</ref> the largest employers in the city are:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! #
! Employer
! Employees
|-
| 1
|[[Amazon (company)|Amazon]]
| style="text-align: right;" |3,500
|-
|2
|AMITA Health Saint Joseph Medical Center
| style="text-align: right;" |3,023
|-
|3
|[[Will County, Illinois|Will County]]
| style="text-align: right;" |2,200
|-
|4
|[[Joliet Junior College]]
| style="text-align: right;" |1,553
|-
|5
|[[Joliet Public Schools District 86]]
| style="text-align: right;" |1,256
|-
|6
|[[Joliet Township High School District 204]]
| style="text-align: right;" |916
|-
|7
|City of Joliet
| style="text-align: right;" |894
|-
|8
|[[Harrah's Joliet]]
| style="text-align: right;" |800
|-
|9
|[[ExxonMobil]]
| style="text-align: right;" |680
|-
|10
|Hollywood Casino Joliet
| style="text-align: right;" |600
|-
|}