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Economy & jobs Statistics · City

Labour force in Carbondale

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 96 of 101 · Towns of Illinois Updated Oct 22, 2026
Economy & jobs · Carbondale 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 10,096 −0.1% since 2024
Towns of Illinois · 2025 96 of 101 Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2015 −15% −0.5% a year on average
share of Illinois 0.15% Illinois: 6,587,613 · 2025
Labour force, 1990 – 2025 people
−15% since 2015

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

Compared with Labour force · people
Carbondale 10,096
Illinois 6.6M

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

The series at a glance Carbondale · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 10,096 · 2025
First value 12,122 · 1990
Highest 14,795 · 2007
Lowest 9,898 · 2023
Average change −0.5% a year on average
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearCarbondaleChange Illinois
2025 10,096 −0.1% 6.6M
2024 10,106 +2.1% 6.6M
2023 9,898 −1.1% 6.5M
2022 10,007 −0.9% 6.5M
2021 10,094 −0.4% 6.4M
2020 10,133 −1.8% 6.3M
2019 10,321 −0.2% 6.5M
2018 10,338 −0.5% 6.6M
2017 10,386 −3.4% 6.6M
2016 10,746 −9.9% 6.6M
2015 11,927 +1.5% 6.6M
2014 11,752 −0.3% 6.6M
2013 11,786 −1.2% 6.6M
2012 11,924 −1.5% 6.6M
2011 12,107 −0.2% 6.6M
2010 12,131 −16% 6.6M
2009 14,383 −1.4% 6.6M
2008 14,586 −1.4% 6.6M
2007 14,795 +4.6% 6.6M
2006 14,149 +4.2% 6.5M
2005 13,578 +0.4% 6.4M
2004 13,524 +3.1% 6.3M
2003 13,119 +0.9% 6.3M
2002 13,003 −2.0% 6.3M
2001 13,273 +0.7% 6.4M
2000 13,175 +3.7% 6.5M
1999 12,699 +1.9% 6.5M
1998 12,463 +4.4% 6.3M
1997 11,934 +2.3% 6.3M
1996 11,666 +1.0% 6.2M
1995 11,552 −1.7% 6.2M
1994 11,754 −1.3% 6.1M
1993 11,905 −0.6% 6.1M
1992 11,976 +0.2% 6M
1991 11,947 −1.4% 5.9M
1990 12,122 5.9M

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

Ranking · Towns of Illinois

2023 · 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
43 Addison 20,601
54 Algonquin 18,043
89 Alton 12,141
15 Arlington Heights 40,409
2 Aurora 97,281
33 Bartlett 23,867
71 Batavia 14,359
42 Belleville 20,625
79 Belvidere 13,345
20 Berwyn 29,929
11 Bloomington 43,832
12 Bolingbrook 42,319
36 Buffalo Grove 23,529
75 Burbank 14,033
98 Carbondale 9,898
39 Carol Stream 22,375
46 Carpentersville 20,203
9 Champaign 47,162
1 Chicago 1.5M
91 Chicago Heights 11,423
14 Cicero 40,827
80 Collinsville 13,182
37 Crystal Lake 23,045
92 Danville 11,072
44 DeKalb 20,586
…

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2023

What it means

Residents who work or are looking for work.

How it is calculated

Employed plus unemployed residents, annual average.