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Economy & jobs Statistics · City

Labour force in Elmwood Park

1997 – 2025 · 29 data points 87 of 101 · Towns of Illinois Updated Oct 21, 2026

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 1997 – 2025

Labour force, 1997 – 2025 people
−8.8% since 2015

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 1997 – 2025

Compared with Labour force · people
Elmwood Park 12,496
Illinois 6.6M

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

The series at a glance Elmwood Park · 1997 – 2025
Latest value 12,496 · 2025
First value 12,336 · 1997
Highest 14,232 · 2000
Lowest 11,960 · 2021
Average change +0.0% a year on average
Data points 29

By year

All years · 1997 – 2025

YearElmwood ParkChange Illinois
2025 12,496 −0.1% 6.6M
2024 12,507 +2.4% 6.6M
2023 12,210 −0.1% 6.5M
2022 12,223 +2.2% 6.5M
2021 11,960 −0.2% 6.4M
2020 11,987 −2.9% 6.3M
2019 12,339 +0.2% 6.5M
2018 12,319 −1.0% 6.6M
2017 12,440 −1.4% 6.6M
2016 12,619 −7.9% 6.6M
2015 13,698 −0.2% 6.6M
2014 13,727 −1.1% 6.6M
2013 13,880 +1.0% 6.6M
2012 13,745 +1.5% 6.6M
2011 13,543 −0.2% 6.6M
2010 13,568 +5.4% 6.6M
2009 12,869 −0.9% 6.6M
2008 12,981 −0.0% 6.6M
2007 12,987 +1.1% 6.6M
2006 12,847 −0.2% 6.5M
2005 12,872 −1.2% 6.4M
2004 13,027 −0.9% 6.3M
2003 13,147 −2.3% 6.3M
2002 13,451 −3.8% 6.3M
2001 13,988 −1.7% 6.4M
2000 14,232 +15% 6.5M
1999 12,342 +0.7% 6.5M
1998 12,261 −0.6% 6.3M
1997 12,336 6.3M

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 1997 – 2025

Ranking · Towns of Illinois

2025 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryLabour force
41 Addison 21,158
54 Algonquin 18,412
89 Alton 11,877
15 Arlington Heights 41,462
2 Aurora 97,652
33 Bartlett 24,562
76 Batavia 14,166
48 Belleville 20,081
81 Belvidere 12,857
20 Berwyn 30,721
12 Bloomington 43,042
11 Bolingbrook 43,372
37 Buffalo Grove 23,586
72 Burbank 14,411
96 Carbondale 10,096
39 Carol Stream 22,941
49 Carpentersville 19,791
9 Champaign 46,979
1 Chicago 1.5M
90 Chicago Heights 11,730
14 Cicero 41,891
80 Collinsville 12,911
36 Crystal Lake 23,772
92 Danville 10,711
46 DeKalb 20,352
…
6 Elgin 59,457
62 Elizabethtown 16,055
34 Elmhurst 24,226
87 Elmwood Park 12,496
16 Evanston 40,313
94 Freeport 10,635
91 Galesburg 11,566
…

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

What it means

Residents who work or are looking for work.

How it is calculated

Employed plus unemployed residents, annual average.