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Economy & jobs Statistics · City

Labour force in Chicago Heights

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 90 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
−12% since 2015

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

Compared with Labour force · people
Chicago Heights 11,730
Illinois 6.6M

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

The series at a glance Chicago Heights · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 11,730 · 2025
First value 14,342 · 1990
Highest 14,918 · 1999
Lowest 11,378 · 2020
Average change −0.6% a year on average
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearChicago HeightsChange Illinois
2025 11,730 +0.1% 6.6M
2024 11,713 +2.5% 6.6M
2023 11,423 −1.0% 6.5M
2022 11,537 −0.6% 6.5M
2021 11,607 +2.0% 6.4M
2020 11,378 −1.6% 6.3M
2019 11,559 −0.2% 6.5M
2018 11,581 −2.3% 6.6M
2017 11,851 −1.7% 6.6M
2016 12,052 −9.5% 6.6M
2015 13,318 −0.8% 6.6M
2014 13,424 −2.2% 6.6M
2013 13,720 +0.8% 6.6M
2012 13,612 +0.2% 6.6M
2011 13,588 −0.7% 6.6M
2010 13,677 +2.2% 6.6M
2009 13,381 +1.3% 6.6M
2008 13,207 +0.2% 6.6M
2007 13,176 +1.1% 6.6M
2006 13,027 −0.8% 6.5M
2005 13,126 −1.7% 6.4M
2004 13,349 −1.5% 6.3M
2003 13,553 −2.0% 6.3M
2002 13,836 −2.4% 6.3M
2001 14,178 −1.5% 6.4M
2000 14,400 −3.5% 6.5M
1999 14,918 +1.9% 6.5M
1998 14,642 +0.6% 6.3M
1997 14,559 −1.7% 6.3M
1996 14,811 +3.8% 6.2M
1995 14,268 −3.9% 6.2M
1994 14,840 +1.1% 6.1M
1993 14,681 +1.0% 6.1M
1992 14,542 +2.4% 6M
1991 14,204 −1.0% 5.9M
1990 14,342 5.9M

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

Ranking · Towns of Illinois

2020 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryLabour force
47 Addison 19,339
57 Algonquin 16,725
81 Alton 12,242
15 Arlington Heights 38,464
2 Aurora 93,494
33 Bartlett 22,555
71 Batavia 13,896
38 Belleville 21,386
75 Belvidere 13,292
21 Berwyn 29,406
11 Bloomington 40,461
14 Bolingbrook 39,298
31 Buffalo Grove 23,060
72 Burbank 13,704
96 Carbondale 10,133
39 Carol Stream 21,179
45 Carpentersville 20,083
10 Champaign 44,952
1 Chicago 1.4M
90 Chicago Heights 11,378
13 Cicero 39,759
77 Collinsville 13,202
41 Crystal Lake 21,045
89 Danville 11,408
44 DeKalb 20,112
…

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2020

What it means

Residents who work or are looking for work.

How it is calculated

Employed plus unemployed residents, annual average.