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Economy & jobs Statistics · City

Labour force in Wheeling

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 38 of 101 · Towns of Illinois Updated Oct 22, 2026
Economy & jobs · Wheeling 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 22,997 +0.2% since 2024
Towns of Illinois · 2025 38 of 101 Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2015 +1.4% +0.6% a year on average
share of Illinois 0.35% Illinois: 6,587,613 · 2025
Labour force, 1990 – 2025 people
+1.4% since 2015

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

Compared with Labour force · people
Wheeling 22,997
Illinois 6.6M

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

The series at a glance Wheeling · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 22,997 · 2025
First value 18,921 · 1990
Highest 22,997 · 2025
Lowest 18,921 · 1990
Average change +0.6% a year on average
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearWheelingChange Illinois
2025 22,997 +0.2% 6.6M
2024 22,960 +2.5% 6.6M
2023 22,407 +0.4% 6.5M
2022 22,321 +3.0% 6.5M
2021 21,662 +0.9% 6.4M
2020 21,478 −2.8% 6.3M
2019 22,091 +0.1% 6.5M
2018 22,069 +1.2% 6.6M
2017 21,814 −0.4% 6.6M
2016 21,903 −3.4% 6.6M
2015 22,676 +0.3% 6.6M
2014 22,597 −0.5% 6.6M
2013 22,701 +0.8% 6.6M
2012 22,524 +2.0% 6.6M
2011 22,086 −0.0% 6.6M
2010 22,094 +3.7% 6.6M
2009 21,310 −1.2% 6.6M
2008 21,572 −0.0% 6.6M
2007 21,573 +0.6% 6.6M
2006 21,445 +0.4% 6.5M
2005 21,355 −0.8% 6.4M
2004 21,536 −1.0% 6.3M
2003 21,764 −1.6% 6.3M
2002 22,115 −2.1% 6.3M
2001 22,599 −0.4% 6.4M
2000 22,687 +13% 6.5M
1999 20,120 +2.6% 6.5M
1998 19,611 −0.6% 6.3M
1997 19,732 −0.9% 6.3M
1996 19,917 −0.0% 6.2M
1995 19,919 −0.5% 6.2M
1994 20,011 +2.3% 6.1M
1993 19,563 +0.9% 6.1M
1992 19,381 +1.8% 6M
1991 19,047 +0.7% 5.9M
1990 18,921 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.

Year: 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
Highest first Lowest first A–Z
#TerritoryLabour force
47 Addison 20,297
57 Algonquin 17,390
82 Alton 12,673
15 Arlington Heights 40,623
2 Aurora 99,225
32 Bartlett 23,781
66 Batavia 14,603
41 Belleville 21,781
75 Belvidere 13,886
21 Berwyn 30,630
11 Bloomington 42,763
14 Bolingbrook 41,070
31 Buffalo Grove 24,078
72 Burbank 14,250
95 Carbondale 10,386
37 Carol Stream 22,335
43 Carpentersville 21,308
10 Champaign 44,013
1 Chicago 1.4M
89 Chicago Heights 11,851
13 Cicero 41,937
78 Collinsville 13,659
39 Crystal Lake 21,978
88 Danville 11,864
44 DeKalb 21,140
…
77 West Chicago 13,808
84 Westmont 12,519
28 Wheaton 27,683
40 Wheeling 21,814
86 Wilmette 12,447
50 Woodridge 19,200
73 Woodstock 14,102
…

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.