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Economy & jobs Statistics · City

Labour force in Oak Park

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 23 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
−0.5% since 2015

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

Compared with Labour force · people
Oak Park 29,759
Illinois 6.6M

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

The series at a glance Oak Park · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 29,759 · 2025
First value 32,335 · 1990
Highest 33,794 · 1999
Lowest 27,867 · 2020
Average change −0.2% a year on average
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearOak ParkChange Illinois
2025 29,759 +0.0% 6.6M
2024 29,748 +2.4% 6.6M
2023 29,059 +0.3% 6.5M
2022 28,974 +3.0% 6.5M
2021 28,121 +0.9% 6.4M
2020 27,867 −4.7% 6.3M
2019 29,233 +1.0% 6.5M
2018 28,949 +0.1% 6.6M
2017 28,917 −0.1% 6.6M
2016 28,945 −3.3% 6.6M
2015 29,919 +1.0% 6.6M
2014 29,620 −0.5% 6.6M
2013 29,762 +0.9% 6.6M
2012 29,504 +2.1% 6.6M
2011 28,910 −0.3% 6.6M
2010 28,986 −8.5% 6.6M
2009 31,681 −2.5% 6.6M
2008 32,477 −0.3% 6.6M
2007 32,572 +1.6% 6.6M
2006 32,045 +1.7% 6.5M
2005 31,496 +0.2% 6.4M
2004 31,438 +0.8% 6.3M
2003 31,192 +0.1% 6.3M
2002 31,168 −4.5% 6.3M
2001 32,621 −2.2% 6.4M
2000 33,347 −1.3% 6.5M
1999 33,794 +1.4% 6.5M
1998 33,318 −1.0% 6.3M
1997 33,643 +4.5% 6.3M
1996 32,202 −0.4% 6.2M
1995 32,316 −3.0% 6.2M
1994 33,328 +1.1% 6.1M
1993 32,959 +1.2% 6.1M
1992 32,561 +0.9% 6M
1991 32,261 −0.2% 5.9M
1990 32,335 5.9M

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

Ranking · Towns of Illinois

2017 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryLabour force
47 Addison 20,297
57 Algonquin 17,390
82 Alton 12,673
15 Arlington Heights 40,623
2 Aurora 99,225
32 Bartlett 23,781
66 Batavia 14,603
41 Belleville 21,781
75 Belvidere 13,886
21 Berwyn 30,630
11 Bloomington 42,763
14 Bolingbrook 41,070
31 Buffalo Grove 24,078
72 Burbank 14,250
95 Carbondale 10,386
37 Carol Stream 22,335
43 Carpentersville 21,308
10 Champaign 44,013
1 Chicago 1.4M
89 Chicago Heights 11,851
13 Cicero 41,937
78 Collinsville 13,659
39 Crystal Lake 21,978
88 Danville 11,864
44 DeKalb 21,140
…
60 O'Fallon 15,376
62 Oak Forest 15,173
26 Oak Lawn 28,618
24 Oak Park 28,917
23 Orland Park 29,053
55 Oswego 17,871
17 Palatine 38,441
…

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2017

What it means

Residents who work or are looking for work.

How it is calculated

Employed plus unemployed residents, annual average.