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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

2016 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryLabour force
1 Chicago 1.4M
2 Aurora 99,981
3 Joliet 78,893
4 Naperville 76,751
5 Rockford 71,132
6 Elgin 61,415
7 Springfield 57,291
8 Peoria 55,201
9 Waukegan 48,149
10 Champaign 44,073
11 Bloomington 43,352
12 Schaumburg 42,588
13 Cicero 42,543
14 Arlington Heights 40,946
15 Bolingbrook 40,945
16 Evanston 40,109
17 Palatine 38,846
18 Skokie 33,267
19 Decatur 33,225
20 Des Plaines 31,636
21 Berwyn 31,090
22 Tinley Park 29,676
23 Orland Park 29,327
24 Hoffman Estates 28,994
25 Oak Lawn 28,983
…
82 Melrose Park 12,826
83 Alton 12,807
84 Morton Grove 12,638
85 Elmwood Park 12,619
86 Westmont 12,612
87 Wilmette 12,491
88 Danville 12,212
…

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2016

What it means

Residents who work or are looking for work.

How it is calculated

Employed plus unemployed residents, annual average.