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Economy & jobs Statistics · City

Labour force in Chicago Heights

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 90 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
−12% since 2015

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

Compared with Labour force · people
Chicago Heights 11,730
Illinois 6.6M

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

The series at a glance Chicago Heights · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 11,730 · 2025
First value 14,342 · 1990
Highest 14,918 · 1999
Lowest 11,378 · 2020
Average change −0.6% a year on average
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearChicago HeightsChange Illinois
2025 11,730 +0.1% 6.6M
2024 11,713 +2.5% 6.6M
2023 11,423 −1.0% 6.5M
2022 11,537 −0.6% 6.5M
2021 11,607 +2.0% 6.4M
2020 11,378 −1.6% 6.3M
2019 11,559 −0.2% 6.5M
2018 11,581 −2.3% 6.6M
2017 11,851 −1.7% 6.6M
2016 12,052 −9.5% 6.6M
2015 13,318 −0.8% 6.6M
2014 13,424 −2.2% 6.6M
2013 13,720 +0.8% 6.6M
2012 13,612 +0.2% 6.6M
2011 13,588 −0.7% 6.6M
2010 13,677 +2.2% 6.6M
2009 13,381 +1.3% 6.6M
2008 13,207 +0.2% 6.6M
2007 13,176 +1.1% 6.6M
2006 13,027 −0.8% 6.5M
2005 13,126 −1.7% 6.4M
2004 13,349 −1.5% 6.3M
2003 13,553 −2.0% 6.3M
2002 13,836 −2.4% 6.3M
2001 14,178 −1.5% 6.4M
2000 14,400 −3.5% 6.5M
1999 14,918 +1.9% 6.5M
1998 14,642 +0.6% 6.3M
1997 14,559 −1.7% 6.3M
1996 14,811 +3.8% 6.2M
1995 14,268 −3.9% 6.2M
1994 14,840 +1.1% 6.1M
1993 14,681 +1.0% 6.1M
1992 14,542 +2.4% 6M
1991 14,204 −1.0% 5.9M
1990 14,342 5.9M

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

Ranking · Towns of Illinois

2017 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryLabour force
1 Chicago 1.4M
2 Aurora 99,225
3 Joliet 78,152
4 Naperville 76,671
5 Rockford 69,969
6 Elgin 60,841
7 Springfield 55,996
8 Peoria 53,917
9 Waukegan 47,867
10 Champaign 44,013
11 Bloomington 42,763
12 Schaumburg 42,114
13 Cicero 41,937
14 Bolingbrook 41,070
15 Arlington Heights 40,623
16 Evanston 39,637
17 Palatine 38,441
18 Skokie 32,866
19 Decatur 32,581
20 Des Plaines 31,286
21 Berwyn 30,630
22 Tinley Park 29,394
23 Orland Park 29,053
24 Oak Park 28,917
25 Hoffman Estates 28,684
…
86 Wilmette 12,447
87 Elmwood Park 12,440
88 Danville 11,864
89 Chicago Heights 11,851
90 Homer Glen 11,842
91 Huntley 11,558
92 Freeport 11,124
…

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2017

What it means

Residents who work or are looking for work.

How it is calculated

Employed plus unemployed residents, annual average.