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Economy & jobs Statistics · City

Labour force in Skokie

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 18 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
+0.2% since 2015

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

Compared with Labour force · people
Skokie 33,345
Illinois 6.6M

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

The series at a glance Skokie · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 33,345 · 2025
First value 32,011 · 1990
Highest 34,113 · 2007
Lowest 31,563 · 1991
Average change +0.1% a year on average
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearSkokieChange Illinois
2025 33,345 +0.1% 6.6M
2024 33,327 +2.5% 6.6M
2023 32,513 +0.1% 6.5M
2022 32,471 +2.4% 6.5M
2021 31,696 −0.9% 6.4M
2020 31,988 −1.6% 6.3M
2019 32,515 −0.2% 6.5M
2018 32,567 −0.9% 6.6M
2017 32,866 −1.2% 6.6M
2016 33,267 −0.0% 6.6M
2015 33,270 −0.2% 6.6M
2014 33,329 −0.5% 6.6M
2013 33,482 +0.8% 6.6M
2012 33,223 +2.3% 6.6M
2011 32,474 −0.4% 6.6M
2010 32,607 −2.0% 6.6M
2009 33,284 −2.2% 6.6M
2008 34,046 −0.2% 6.6M
2007 34,113 +1.4% 6.6M
2006 33,629 +4.4% 6.5M
2005 32,204 +0.7% 6.4M
2004 31,971 +0.5% 6.3M
2003 31,810 −1.1% 6.3M
2002 32,166 −3.1% 6.3M
2001 33,187 −1.2% 6.4M
2000 33,596 +1.8% 6.5M
1999 32,987 +1.9% 6.5M
1998 32,378 +0.2% 6.3M
1997 32,307 −1.4% 6.3M
1996 32,781 +0.2% 6.2M
1995 32,711 +0.6% 6.2M
1994 32,523 +1.4% 6.1M
1993 32,081 +1.0% 6.1M
1992 31,762 +0.6% 6M
1991 31,563 −1.4% 5.9M
1990 32,011 5.9M

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

Ranking · Towns of Illinois

2016 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryLabour force
1 Chicago 1.4M
2 Aurora 99,981
3 Joliet 78,893
4 Naperville 76,751
5 Rockford 71,132
6 Elgin 61,415
7 Springfield 57,291
8 Peoria 55,201
9 Waukegan 48,149
10 Champaign 44,073
11 Bloomington 43,352
12 Schaumburg 42,588
13 Cicero 42,543
14 Arlington Heights 40,946
15 Bolingbrook 40,945
16 Evanston 40,109
17 Palatine 38,846
18 Skokie 33,267
19 Decatur 33,225
20 Des Plaines 31,636
21 Berwyn 31,090
22 Tinley Park 29,676
23 Orland Park 29,327
24 Hoffman Estates 28,994
25 Oak Lawn 28,983
…

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2016

What it means

Residents who work or are looking for work.

How it is calculated

Employed plus unemployed residents, annual average.