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Economy & jobs Statistics · City

Labour force in Glen Ellyn

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 68 of 101 · Towns of Illinois Updated Oct 21, 2026
Economy & jobs · Glen Ellyn 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 14,637 +0.0% since 2024
Towns of Illinois · 2025 68 of 101 Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2015 +1.6% +0.1% a year on average
share of Illinois 0.22% Illinois: 6,587,613 · 2025
Labour force, 1990 – 2025 people
+1.6% since 2015

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

Compared with Labour force · people
Glen Ellyn 14,637
Illinois 6.6M

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

The series at a glance Glen Ellyn · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 14,637 · 2025
First value 14,061 · 1990
Highest 15,731 · 1999
Lowest 13,269 · 2020
Average change +0.1% a year on average
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearGlen EllynChange Illinois
2025 14,637 +0.0% 6.6M
2024 14,634 +2.5% 6.6M
2023 14,271 +1.0% 6.5M
2022 14,132 +4.3% 6.5M
2021 13,553 +2.1% 6.4M
2020 13,269 −5.0% 6.3M
2019 13,965 −0.1% 6.5M
2018 13,972 −0.6% 6.6M
2017 14,050 −0.7% 6.6M
2016 14,152 −1.8% 6.6M
2015 14,406 +2.4% 6.6M
2014 14,073 +0.1% 6.6M
2013 14,060 +0.9% 6.6M
2012 13,932 +1.8% 6.6M
2011 13,679 +0.6% 6.6M
2010 13,592 −4.9% 6.6M
2009 14,286 −1.3% 6.6M
2008 14,475 −0.1% 6.6M
2007 14,492 +1.1% 6.6M
2006 14,335 +1.7% 6.5M
2005 14,091 −1.3% 6.4M
2004 14,270 +0.1% 6.3M
2003 14,256 −1.0% 6.3M
2002 14,404 −4.9% 6.3M
2001 15,141 −0.6% 6.4M
2000 15,240 −3.1% 6.5M
1999 15,731 +3.7% 6.5M
1998 15,174 +1.8% 6.3M
1997 14,906 −1.0% 6.3M
1996 15,053 +0.4% 6.2M
1995 14,992 −2.0% 6.2M
1994 15,294 +3.0% 6.1M
1993 14,848 +2.2% 6.1M
1992 14,534 +2.6% 6M
1991 14,164 +0.7% 5.9M
1990 14,061 5.9M

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

Ranking · Towns of Illinois

2016 · 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
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
…
70 Burbank 14,427
71 Vernon Hills 14,380
72 Elizabethtown 14,368
73 Glen Ellyn 14,152
74 Woodstock 14,129
75 Belvidere 13,942
76 West Chicago 13,941
…

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.