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Economy & jobs Statistics · City

Labour force in Pekin

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 69 of 101 · Towns of Illinois Updated Oct 22, 2026
Economy & jobs · Pekin 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 14,574 −2.0% since 2024
Towns of Illinois · 2025 69 of 101 Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2015 −7.5% −0.3% a year on average
share of Illinois 0.22% Illinois: 6,587,613 · 2025
Labour force, 1990 – 2025 people
−7.5% since 2015

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

Compared with Labour force · people
Pekin 14,574
Illinois 6.6M

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

The series at a glance Pekin · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 14,574 · 2025
First value 15,912 · 1990
Highest 17,651 · 2009
Lowest 14,574 · 2025
Average change −0.3% a year on average
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearPekinChange Illinois
2025 14,574 −2.0% 6.6M
2024 14,873 +0.9% 6.6M
2023 14,740 +1.1% 6.5M
2022 14,586 −0.2% 6.5M
2021 14,609 −0.2% 6.4M
2020 14,639 −3.1% 6.3M
2019 15,107 −1.5% 6.5M
2018 15,332 −0.1% 6.6M
2017 15,342 −1.8% 6.6M
2016 15,626 −0.8% 6.6M
2015 15,758 −2.0% 6.6M
2014 16,078 −2.5% 6.6M
2013 16,490 −3.4% 6.6M
2012 17,071 −1.0% 6.6M
2011 17,235 −1.0% 6.6M
2010 17,406 −1.4% 6.6M
2009 17,651 +1.0% 6.6M
2008 17,470 −1.0% 6.6M
2007 17,647 +2.4% 6.6M
2006 17,236 +2.4% 6.5M
2005 16,827 +3.9% 6.4M
2004 16,190 +1.0% 6.3M
2003 16,036 −0.9% 6.3M
2002 16,179 −1.9% 6.3M
2001 16,492 −1.6% 6.4M
2000 16,753 −2.0% 6.5M
1999 17,088 −0.6% 6.5M
1998 17,183 +4.0% 6.3M
1997 16,516 +0.4% 6.3M
1996 16,455 +0.8% 6.2M
1995 16,319 +1.1% 6.2M
1994 16,138 −0.2% 6.1M
1993 16,167 −0.6% 6.1M
1992 16,266 +1.1% 6M
1991 16,088 +1.1% 5.9M
1990 15,912 5.9M

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

Ranking · Towns of Illinois

2021 · 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
47 Addison 19,649
56 Algonquin 17,112
81 Alton 12,272
15 Arlington Heights 38,868
2 Aurora 94,117
34 Bartlett 22,871
71 Batavia 13,960
41 Belleville 21,111
76 Belvidere 13,264
21 Berwyn 29,454
11 Bloomington 41,083
14 Bolingbrook 40,028
33 Buffalo Grove 23,047
74 Burbank 13,782
96 Carbondale 10,094
39 Carol Stream 21,418
45 Carpentersville 19,982
10 Champaign 46,078
1 Chicago 1.4M
90 Chicago Heights 11,607
13 Cicero 40,029
78 Collinsville 13,199
38 Crystal Lake 21,611
92 Danville 11,247
44 DeKalb 20,326
…
17 Palatine 36,652
94 Park Forest 10,441
48 Park Ridge 19,292
64 Pekin 14,609
8 Peoria 52,102
31 Plainfield 23,370
46 Quincy 19,789
…

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2021

What it means

Residents who work or are looking for work.

How it is calculated

Employed plus unemployed residents, annual average.