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Economy & jobs Statistics · City

Labour force in Dolton

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 99 of 101 · Towns of Illinois Updated Oct 22, 2026
Economy & jobs · Dolton 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 9,468 −0.5% since 2024
Towns of Illinois · 2025 99 of 101 Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2015 −14% −0.8% a year on average
share of Illinois 0.14% Illinois: 6,587,613 · 2025
Labour force, 1990 – 2025 people
−14% since 2015

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

Compared with Labour force · people
Dolton 9,468
Illinois 6.6M

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

The series at a glance Dolton · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 9,468 · 2025
First value 12,547 · 1990
Highest 13,388 · 1994
Lowest 9,252 · 2023
Average change −0.8% a year on average
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearDoltonChange Illinois
2025 9,468 −0.5% 6.6M
2024 9,518 +2.9% 6.6M
2023 9,252 −1.0% 6.5M
2022 9,346 −2.4% 6.5M
2021 9,575 +0.4% 6.4M
2020 9,541 +2.3% 6.3M
2019 9,328 −0.7% 6.5M
2018 9,390 −2.1% 6.6M
2017 9,595 −1.5% 6.6M
2016 9,741 −11% 6.6M
2015 10,947 −1.0% 6.6M
2014 11,055 −2.1% 6.6M
2013 11,290 +1.4% 6.6M
2012 11,130 +1.3% 6.6M
2011 10,991 −0.3% 6.6M
2010 11,020 −8.1% 6.6M
2009 11,991 −0.3% 6.6M
2008 12,033 −0.1% 6.6M
2007 12,049 +1.1% 6.6M
2006 11,915 −0.9% 6.5M
2005 12,024 −1.4% 6.4M
2004 12,193 −1.7% 6.3M
2003 12,399 −2.2% 6.3M
2002 12,682 −3.2% 6.3M
2001 13,103 −1.4% 6.4M
2000 13,288 +1.0% 6.5M
1999 13,153 +1.6% 6.5M
1998 12,942 +0.1% 6.3M
1997 12,931 −1.5% 6.3M
1996 13,133 +1.3% 6.2M
1995 12,967 −3.1% 6.2M
1994 13,388 +2.3% 6.1M
1993 13,091 +0.7% 6.1M
1992 12,997 +3.6% 6M
1991 12,543 −0.0% 5.9M
1990 12,547 5.9M

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

Ranking · Towns of Illinois

2018 · 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 20,133
57 Algonquin 17,414
81 Alton 12,639
15 Arlington Heights 40,515
2 Aurora 99,360
32 Bartlett 23,624
67 Batavia 14,702
41 Belleville 21,733
74 Belvidere 14,046
21 Berwyn 30,316
11 Bloomington 42,440
14 Bolingbrook 40,971
31 Buffalo Grove 24,156
72 Burbank 14,115
96 Carbondale 10,338
37 Carol Stream 22,113
43 Carpentersville 21,447
10 Champaign 44,630
1 Chicago 1.4M
91 Chicago Heights 11,581
13 Cicero 41,454
78 Collinsville 13,635
40 Crystal Lake 21,889
90 Danville 11,650
44 DeKalb 21,241
18 Decatur 32,780
20 Des Plaines 31,694
98 Dolton 9,390
29 Downers Grove 26,612
100 East St Louis 7,336
79 Edwardsville 13,361
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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2018

What it means

Residents who work or are looking for work.

How it is calculated

Employed plus unemployed residents, annual average.