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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 22, 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

2018 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#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
…
6 Elgin 61,112
68 Elizabethtown 14,691
36 Elmhurst 22,567
87 Elmwood Park 12,319
16 Evanston 39,389
92 Freeport 11,415
82 Galesburg 12,571
…

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.