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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

2017 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryLabour force
1 Chicago 1.4M
2 Aurora 99,225
3 Joliet 78,152
4 Naperville 76,671
5 Rockford 69,969
6 Elgin 60,841
7 Springfield 55,996
8 Peoria 53,917
9 Waukegan 47,867
10 Champaign 44,013
11 Bloomington 42,763
12 Schaumburg 42,114
13 Cicero 41,937
14 Bolingbrook 41,070
15 Arlington Heights 40,623
16 Evanston 39,637
17 Palatine 38,441
18 Skokie 32,866
19 Decatur 32,581
20 Des Plaines 31,286
21 Berwyn 30,630
22 Tinley Park 29,394
23 Orland Park 29,053
24 Oak Park 28,917
25 Hoffman Estates 28,684
…

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.