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Economy & jobs Statistics · City

Labour force in Arlington Heights

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 15 of 101 · Towns of Illinois Updated Oct 22, 2026

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

Labour force, 1990 – 2025 people
−0.1% since 2015

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

Compared with Labour force · people
Arlington Heights 41,462
Illinois 6.6M

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

The series at a glance Arlington Heights · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 41,462 · 2025
First value 43,576 · 1990
Highest 45,955 · 1999
Lowest 38,464 · 2020
Average change −0.1% a year on average
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearArlington HeightsChange Illinois
2025 41,462 +0.2% 6.6M
2024 41,364 +2.4% 6.6M
2023 40,409 +0.3% 6.5M
2022 40,303 +3.7% 6.5M
2021 38,868 +1.1% 6.4M
2020 38,464 −5.1% 6.3M
2019 40,519 +0.0% 6.5M
2018 40,515 −0.3% 6.6M
2017 40,623 −0.8% 6.6M
2016 40,946 −1.3% 6.6M
2015 41,486 +0.2% 6.6M
2014 41,394 +0.1% 6.6M
2013 41,371 +0.6% 6.6M
2012 41,108 +2.5% 6.6M
2011 40,124 −0.0% 6.6M
2010 40,133 −0.2% 6.6M
2009 40,212 −1.4% 6.6M
2008 40,801 −0.4% 6.6M
2007 40,967 +0.9% 6.6M
2006 40,588 +0.6% 6.5M
2005 40,330 −1.2% 6.4M
2004 40,809 −1.2% 6.3M
2003 41,298 −2.3% 6.3M
2002 42,262 −4.5% 6.3M
2001 44,231 −1.0% 6.4M
2000 44,663 −2.8% 6.5M
1999 45,955 +2.2% 6.5M
1998 44,947 −0.5% 6.3M
1997 45,152 −1.4% 6.3M
1996 45,780 −0.0% 6.2M
1995 45,784 +0.7% 6.2M
1994 45,472 +1.7% 6.1M
1993 44,707 +1.4% 6.1M
1992 44,074 +1.3% 6M
1991 43,516 −0.1% 5.9M
1990 43,576 5.9M

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

Ranking · Towns of Illinois

2015 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryLabour force
48 Addison 19,648
56 Algonquin 17,191
90 Alton 11,677
12 Arlington Heights 41,486
2 Aurora 103K
34 Bartlett 23,601
73 Batavia 13,830
41 Belleville 22,192
89 Belvidere 11,750
28 Berwyn 28,072
13 Bloomington 41,361
14 Bolingbrook 40,626
31 Buffalo Grove 24,483
67 Burbank 14,453
87 Carbondale 11,927
32 Carol Stream 24,251
51 Carpentersville 19,287
11 Champaign 44,364
1 Chicago 1.4M
78 Chicago Heights 13,318
17 Cicero 37,383
85 Collinsville 12,834
37 Crystal Lake 22,845
82 Danville 13,105
39 DeKalb 22,417
…

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2015

What it means

Residents who work or are looking for work.

How it is calculated

Employed plus unemployed residents, annual average.