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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

2021 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryLabour force
47 Addison 19,649
56 Algonquin 17,112
81 Alton 12,272
15 Arlington Heights 38,868
2 Aurora 94,117
34 Bartlett 22,871
71 Batavia 13,960
41 Belleville 21,111
76 Belvidere 13,264
21 Berwyn 29,454
11 Bloomington 41,083
14 Bolingbrook 40,028
33 Buffalo Grove 23,047
74 Burbank 13,782
96 Carbondale 10,094
39 Carol Stream 21,418
45 Carpentersville 19,982
10 Champaign 46,078
1 Chicago 1.4M
90 Chicago Heights 11,607
13 Cicero 40,029
78 Collinsville 13,199
38 Crystal Lake 21,611
92 Danville 11,247
44 DeKalb 20,326
…
6 Elgin 58,139
70 Elizabethtown 14,098
36 Elmhurst 22,224
86 Elmwood Park 11,960
16 Evanston 37,961
93 Freeport 10,774
88 Galesburg 11,657
…

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2021

What it means

Residents who work or are looking for work.

How it is calculated

Employed plus unemployed residents, annual average.