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Economy & jobs Statistics · City

Labour force in Palatine

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 17 of 101 · Towns of Illinois Updated Oct 22, 2026
Economy & jobs · Palatine 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 38,916 +0.2% since 2024
Towns of Illinois · 2025 17 of 101 Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2015 −2.5% +0.7% a year on average
share of Illinois 0.59% Illinois: 6,587,613 · 2025
Labour force, 1990 – 2025 people
−2.5% since 2015

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

Compared with Labour force · people
Palatine 38,916
Illinois 6.6M

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

The series at a glance Palatine · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 38,916 · 2025
First value 30,395 · 1990
Highest 41,675 · 2000
Lowest 30,395 · 1990
Average change +0.7% a year on average
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearPalatineChange Illinois
2025 38,916 +0.2% 6.6M
2024 38,848 +2.5% 6.6M
2023 37,894 +0.2% 6.5M
2022 37,813 +3.2% 6.5M
2021 36,652 +0.8% 6.4M
2020 36,350 −4.7% 6.3M
2019 38,128 −0.1% 6.5M
2018 38,173 −0.7% 6.6M
2017 38,441 −1.0% 6.6M
2016 38,846 −2.6% 6.6M
2015 39,902 +0.3% 6.6M
2014 39,792 −0.3% 6.6M
2013 39,899 +0.9% 6.6M
2012 39,542 +1.8% 6.6M
2011 38,825 −0.3% 6.6M
2010 38,936 −2.1% 6.6M
2009 39,769 −1.3% 6.6M
2008 40,300 −0.1% 6.6M
2007 40,360 +1.5% 6.6M
2006 39,755 +1.2% 6.5M
2005 39,295 +0.4% 6.4M
2004 39,145 −0.7% 6.3M
2003 39,413 −1.2% 6.3M
2002 39,874 −3.5% 6.3M
2001 41,321 −0.8% 6.4M
2000 41,675 +21% 6.5M
1999 34,465 +2.6% 6.5M
1998 33,597 +0.9% 6.3M
1997 33,282 +1.7% 6.3M
1996 32,734 +0.7% 6.2M
1995 32,509 +0.7% 6.2M
1994 32,281 +1.5% 6.1M
1993 31,791 +1.7% 6.1M
1992 31,246 +1.9% 6M
1991 30,655 +0.9% 5.9M
1990 30,395 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
…
24 Oak Park 29,620
22 Orland Park 30,480
54 Oswego 18,107
16 Palatine 39,792
97 Park Forest 10,435
47 Park Ridge 19,745
60 Pekin 16,078
…

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.