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Economy & jobs Statistics · City

Labour force in Joliet

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 4 of 101 · Towns of Illinois Updated Oct 22, 2026

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

Labour force, 1990 – 2025 people
+8.4% since 2015

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

Compared with Labour force · people
Joliet 82,003
Illinois 6.6M

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

The series at a glance Joliet · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 82,003 · 2025
First value 36,885 · 1990
Highest 82,096 · 2024
Lowest 36,885 · 1990
Average change +2.3% a year on average
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearJolietChange Illinois
2025 82,003 −0.1% 6.6M
2024 82,096 +2.2% 6.6M
2023 80,305 +0.7% 6.5M
2022 79,767 +3.4% 6.5M
2021 77,131 +2.0% 6.4M
2020 75,639 −3.0% 6.3M
2019 77,956 +0.1% 6.5M
2018 77,880 −0.3% 6.6M
2017 78,152 −0.9% 6.6M
2016 78,893 +4.3% 6.6M
2015 75,658 −0.4% 6.6M
2014 75,939 −1.2% 6.6M
2013 76,842 +0.6% 6.6M
2012 76,361 +1.4% 6.6M
2011 75,272 −0.0% 6.6M
2010 75,274 +4.0% 6.6M
2009 72,346 +1.5% 6.6M
2008 71,280 +2.2% 6.6M
2007 69,712 +3.5% 6.6M
2006 67,348 +5.1% 6.5M
2005 64,088 +3.1% 6.4M
2004 62,152 +4.8% 6.3M
2003 59,298 +3.4% 6.3M
2002 57,340 +1.7% 6.3M
2001 56,401 +3.4% 6.4M
2000 54,524 +16% 6.5M
1999 47,084 +5.2% 6.5M
1998 44,744 +3.6% 6.3M
1997 43,193 +0.8% 6.3M
1996 42,845 +4.2% 6.2M
1995 41,103 +7.2% 6.2M
1994 38,351 +0.7% 6.1M
1993 38,096 −0.9% 6.1M
1992 38,448 +3.1% 6M
1991 37,294 +1.1% 5.9M
1990 36,885 5.9M

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

Ranking · Towns of Illinois

2025 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryLabour force
41 Addison 21,158
54 Algonquin 18,412
89 Alton 11,877
15 Arlington Heights 41,462
2 Aurora 97,652
33 Bartlett 24,562
76 Batavia 14,166
48 Belleville 20,081
81 Belvidere 12,857
20 Berwyn 30,721
12 Bloomington 43,042
11 Bolingbrook 43,372
37 Buffalo Grove 23,586
72 Burbank 14,411
96 Carbondale 10,096
39 Carol Stream 22,941
49 Carpentersville 19,791
9 Champaign 46,979
1 Chicago 1.5M
90 Chicago Heights 11,730
14 Cicero 41,891
80 Collinsville 12,911
36 Crystal Lake 23,772
92 Danville 10,711
46 DeKalb 20,352
…
25 Hoffman Estates 29,113
86 Homer Glen 12,524
84 Huntley 12,695
4 Joliet 82,003
97 Kankakee 9,874
60 Lake in the Hills 16,467
70 Lansing 14,533
…

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

What it means

Residents who work or are looking for work.

How it is calculated

Employed plus unemployed residents, annual average.