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Economy & jobs Statistics · City

Labour force in Waukegan

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 10 of 101 · Towns of Illinois Updated Oct 22, 2026
Economy & jobs · Waukegan Illinois

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

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Overview 7 figures People 21 figures Economy 20 figures Housing 8 figures Education 10 figures Tourism 3 figures Climate 3 figures
Latest value · 2025 45,390 −1.5% since 2024
Towns of Illinois · 2025 10 of 101 Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2015 +1.5% +0.5% a year on average
share of Illinois 0.69% Illinois: 6,587,613 · 2025
Labour force, 1990 – 2025 people
+1.5% since 2015

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

Compared with Labour force · people
Waukegan 45,390
Illinois 6.6M

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

The series at a glance Waukegan · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 45,390 · 2025
First value 37,939 · 1990
Highest 48,313 · 2019
Lowest 35,849 · 1994
Average change +0.5% a year on average
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearWaukeganChange Illinois
2025 45,390 −1.5% 6.6M
2024 46,070 −0.7% 6.6M
2023 46,378 +0.9% 6.5M
2022 45,951 −1.5% 6.5M
2021 46,642 +0.8% 6.4M
2020 46,250 −4.3% 6.3M
2019 48,313 +0.1% 6.5M
2018 48,268 +0.8% 6.6M
2017 47,867 −0.6% 6.6M
2016 48,149 +7.6% 6.6M
2015 44,731 −0.2% 6.6M
2014 44,834 −0.2% 6.6M
2013 44,931 −0.5% 6.6M
2012 45,139 −1.3% 6.6M
2011 45,724 −0.9% 6.6M
2010 46,151 +6.8% 6.6M
2009 43,205 −1.3% 6.6M
2008 43,765 −0.4% 6.6M
2007 43,921 +0.6% 6.6M
2006 43,646 +1.4% 6.5M
2005 43,059 +1.2% 6.4M
2004 42,559 −0.3% 6.3M
2003 42,677 +0.2% 6.3M
2002 42,574 +0.8% 6.3M
2001 42,250 −1.1% 6.4M
2000 42,701 +6.6% 6.5M
1999 40,053 −0.7% 6.5M
1998 40,342 +1.4% 6.3M
1997 39,794 +1.4% 6.3M
1996 39,235 +3.2% 6.2M
1995 38,003 +6.0% 6.2M
1994 35,849 −2.1% 6.1M
1993 36,631 −1.5% 6.1M
1992 37,175 −0.5% 6M
1991 37,347 −1.6% 5.9M
1990 37,939 5.9M

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

Ranking · Towns of Illinois

2015 · 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 19,648
56 Algonquin 17,191
90 Alton 11,677
12 Arlington Heights 41,486
2 Aurora 103K
34 Bartlett 23,601
73 Batavia 13,830
41 Belleville 22,192
89 Belvidere 11,750
28 Berwyn 28,072
13 Bloomington 41,361
14 Bolingbrook 40,626
31 Buffalo Grove 24,483
67 Burbank 14,453
87 Carbondale 11,927
32 Carol Stream 24,251
51 Carpentersville 19,287
11 Champaign 44,364
1 Chicago 1.4M
78 Chicago Heights 13,318
17 Cicero 37,383
85 Collinsville 12,834
37 Crystal Lake 22,845
82 Danville 13,105
39 DeKalb 22,417
…
21 Tinley Park 32,505
43 Urbana 21,699
64 Vernon Hills 14,911
9 Waukegan 44,731
66 West Chicago 14,560
76 Westmont 13,601
25 Wheaton 29,241
…

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2015

What it means

Residents who work or are looking for work.

How it is calculated

Employed plus unemployed residents, annual average.