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Economy & jobs Statistics · City

Labour force in Bloomington

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 12 of 101 · Towns of Illinois Updated Oct 22, 2026
Economy & jobs · Bloomington Illinois

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

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Overview 7 figures People 21 figures Economy 20 figures Housing 8 figures Education 10 figures Tourism 3 figures Climate 3 figures
Latest value · 2025 43,042 −3.4% since 2024
Towns of Illinois · 2025 12 of 101 Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2015 +4.1% +1.0% a year on average
share of Illinois 0.65% Illinois: 6,587,613 · 2025
Labour force, 1990 – 2025 people
+4.1% since 2015

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

Compared with Labour force · people
Bloomington 43,042
Illinois 6.6M

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

The series at a glance Bloomington · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 43,042 · 2025
First value 30,601 · 1990
Highest 44,577 · 2024
Lowest 30,601 · 1990
Average change +1.0% a year on average
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearBloomingtonChange Illinois
2025 43,042 −3.4% 6.6M
2024 44,577 +1.7% 6.6M
2023 43,832 +3.2% 6.5M
2022 42,458 +3.3% 6.5M
2021 41,083 +1.5% 6.4M
2020 40,461 −3.7% 6.3M
2019 42,011 −1.0% 6.5M
2018 42,440 −0.8% 6.6M
2017 42,763 −1.4% 6.6M
2016 43,352 +4.8% 6.6M
2015 41,361 +0.1% 6.6M
2014 41,306 −1.5% 6.6M
2013 41,926 −1.8% 6.6M
2012 42,713 −1.5% 6.6M
2011 43,346 −0.3% 6.6M
2010 43,461 +4.2% 6.6M
2009 41,720 +1.2% 6.6M
2008 41,227 +0.5% 6.6M
2007 41,017 +1.6% 6.6M
2006 40,365 +1.6% 6.5M
2005 39,737 +2.5% 6.4M
2004 38,775 −0.0% 6.3M
2003 38,787 −0.2% 6.3M
2002 38,879 +1.1% 6.3M
2001 38,468 +0.3% 6.4M
2000 38,358 −2.2% 6.5M
1999 39,235 +4.8% 6.5M
1998 37,429 +5.3% 6.3M
1997 35,541 +3.8% 6.3M
1996 34,228 +1.6% 6.2M
1995 33,692 +3.6% 6.2M
1994 32,511 +2.0% 6.1M
1993 31,867 −0.9% 6.1M
1992 32,172 +2.8% 6M
1991 31,295 +2.3% 5.9M
1990 30,601 5.9M

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

Ranking · Towns of Illinois

2018 · Place 1 is the highest value.

Year: 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
Highest first Lowest first A–Z
#TerritoryLabour force
47 Addison 20,133
57 Algonquin 17,414
81 Alton 12,639
15 Arlington Heights 40,515
2 Aurora 99,360
32 Bartlett 23,624
67 Batavia 14,702
41 Belleville 21,733
74 Belvidere 14,046
21 Berwyn 30,316
11 Bloomington 42,440
14 Bolingbrook 40,971
31 Buffalo Grove 24,156
72 Burbank 14,115
96 Carbondale 10,338
37 Carol Stream 22,113
43 Carpentersville 21,447
10 Champaign 44,630
1 Chicago 1.4M
91 Chicago Heights 11,581
13 Cicero 41,454
78 Collinsville 13,635
40 Crystal Lake 21,889
90 Danville 11,650
44 DeKalb 21,241
…

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2018

What it means

Residents who work or are looking for work.

How it is calculated

Employed plus unemployed residents, annual average.