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Economy & jobs Statistics · City

Labour force in Northbrook

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 56 of 101 · Towns of Illinois Updated Oct 22, 2026
Economy & jobs · Northbrook 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 17,537 +0.1% since 2024
Towns of Illinois · 2025 56 of 101 Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2015 +6.7% +0.0% a year on average
share of Illinois 0.27% Illinois: 6,587,613 · 2025
Labour force, 1990 – 2025 people
+6.7% since 2015

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

Compared with Labour force · people
Northbrook 17,537
Illinois 6.6M

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

The series at a glance Northbrook · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 17,537 · 2025
First value 17,284 · 1990
Highest 18,757 · 1999
Lowest 15,773 · 2010
Average change +0.0% a year on average
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearNorthbrookChange Illinois
2025 17,537 +0.1% 6.6M
2024 17,518 +2.3% 6.6M
2023 17,124 +0.8% 6.5M
2022 16,987 +3.7% 6.5M
2021 16,380 +1.1% 6.4M
2020 16,203 −4.8% 6.3M
2019 17,014 +0.3% 6.5M
2018 16,970 −0.5% 6.6M
2017 17,048 −0.9% 6.6M
2016 17,197 +4.6% 6.6M
2015 16,439 +0.6% 6.6M
2014 16,344 −0.1% 6.6M
2013 16,355 +1.2% 6.6M
2012 16,166 +2.1% 6.6M
2011 15,828 +0.3% 6.6M
2010 15,773 −5.5% 6.6M
2009 16,687 −2.4% 6.6M
2008 17,103 −0.3% 6.6M
2007 17,158 +1.2% 6.6M
2006 16,950 +0.9% 6.5M
2005 16,793 −0.4% 6.4M
2004 16,867 +1.0% 6.3M
2003 16,700 −1.1% 6.3M
2002 16,879 −3.7% 6.3M
2001 17,534 −1.4% 6.4M
2000 17,775 −5.2% 6.5M
1999 18,757 +3.0% 6.5M
1998 18,215 +1.4% 6.3M
1997 17,972 −1.0% 6.3M
1996 18,154 +0.3% 6.2M
1995 18,097 +0.4% 6.2M
1994 18,021 +2.1% 6.1M
1993 17,642 +0.8% 6.1M
1992 17,507 +1.8% 6M
1991 17,205 −0.5% 5.9M
1990 17,284 5.9M

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

Ranking · Towns of Illinois

2015 · 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 19,648
56 Algonquin 17,191
90 Alton 11,677
12 Arlington Heights 41,486
2 Aurora 103K
34 Bartlett 23,601
73 Batavia 13,830
41 Belleville 22,192
89 Belvidere 11,750
28 Berwyn 28,072
13 Bloomington 41,361
14 Bolingbrook 40,626
31 Buffalo Grove 24,483
67 Burbank 14,453
87 Carbondale 11,927
32 Carol Stream 24,251
51 Carpentersville 19,287
11 Champaign 44,364
1 Chicago 1.4M
78 Chicago Heights 13,318
17 Cicero 37,383
85 Collinsville 12,834
37 Crystal Lake 22,845
82 Danville 13,105
39 DeKalb 22,417
…
71 Niles 14,037
26 Normal 29,126
99 North Chicago 8,842
58 Northbrook 16,439
75 O'Fallon 13,691
61 Oak Forest 15,399
27 Oak Lawn 29,067
…

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2015

What it means

Residents who work or are looking for work.

How it is calculated

Employed plus unemployed residents, annual average.