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Economy & jobs Statistics · City

Labour force in Evanston

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 16 of 101 · Towns of Illinois Updated Oct 22, 2026
Economy & jobs · Evanston Illinois

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

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Overview 6 figures People 18 figures Economy 20 figures Housing 8 figures Education 10 figures Tourism 3 figures Climate 3 figures
Latest value · 2025 40,313 +0.2% since 2024
Towns of Illinois · 2025 16 of 101 Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2015 +0.9% −0.1% a year on average
share of Illinois 0.61% Illinois: 6,587,613 · 2025
Labour force, 1990 – 2025 people
+0.9% since 2015

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

Compared with Labour force · people
Evanston 40,313
Illinois 6.6M

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

The series at a glance Evanston · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 40,313 · 2025
First value 42,251 · 1990
Highest 43,381 · 1999
Lowest 37,372 · 2020
Average change −0.1% a year on average
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearEvanstonChange Illinois
2025 40,313 +0.2% 6.6M
2024 40,225 +2.3% 6.6M
2023 39,317 +0.4% 6.5M
2022 39,171 +3.2% 6.5M
2021 37,961 +1.6% 6.4M
2020 37,372 −5.0% 6.3M
2019 39,339 −0.1% 6.5M
2018 39,389 −0.6% 6.6M
2017 39,637 −1.2% 6.6M
2016 40,109 +0.4% 6.6M
2015 39,962 +0.1% 6.6M
2014 39,917 −0.1% 6.6M
2013 39,941 +1.1% 6.6M
2012 39,488 +2.3% 6.6M
2011 38,588 +0.1% 6.6M
2010 38,557 −8.0% 6.6M
2009 41,899 −1.7% 6.6M
2008 42,629 +0.3% 6.6M
2007 42,501 +2.3% 6.6M
2006 41,540 +2.0% 6.5M
2005 40,737 +0.7% 6.4M
2004 40,470 +0.5% 6.3M
2003 40,266 +0.2% 6.3M
2002 40,173 −4.0% 6.3M
2001 41,833 −2.2% 6.4M
2000 42,782 −1.4% 6.5M
1999 43,381 +1.8% 6.5M
1998 42,631 −0.1% 6.3M
1997 42,654 −0.5% 6.3M
1996 42,855 +0.2% 6.2M
1995 42,775 −0.9% 6.2M
1994 43,181 +1.3% 6.1M
1993 42,628 +0.2% 6.1M
1992 42,544 +1.2% 6M
1991 42,022 −0.5% 5.9M
1990 42,251 5.9M

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

Ranking · Towns of Illinois

2014 · Place 1 is the highest value.

Year: 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
Highest first Lowest first A–Z
#TerritoryLabour force
48 Addison 19,678
57 Algonquin 17,032
90 Alton 11,729
12 Arlington Heights 41,394
2 Aurora 102K
34 Bartlett 23,599
73 Batavia 13,737
40 Belleville 22,329
89 Belvidere 11,745
28 Berwyn 28,261
13 Bloomington 41,306
14 Bolingbrook 40,554
31 Buffalo Grove 24,376
65 Burbank 14,534
88 Carbondale 11,752
32 Carol Stream 24,079
51 Carpentersville 19,147
11 Champaign 43,747
1 Chicago 1.4M
78 Chicago Heights 13,424
17 Cicero 37,699
85 Collinsville 12,842
37 Crystal Lake 22,760
80 Danville 13,141
38 DeKalb 22,745
…
77 Elizabethtown 13,469
35 Elmhurst 23,276
74 Elmwood Park 13,727
15 Evanston 39,917
95 Freeport 10,951
79 Galesburg 13,227
70 Glen Ellyn 14,073
…

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2014

What it means

Residents who work or are looking for work.

How it is calculated

Employed plus unemployed residents, annual average.