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Economy & jobs Statistics · City

Labour force in Aurora

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 2 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
−4.9% since 2015

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

Compared with Labour force · people
Aurora 97,652
Illinois 6.6M

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

The series at a glance Aurora · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 97,652 · 2025
First value 53,487 · 1990
Highest 102,669 · 2015
Lowest 53,487 · 1990
Average change +1.7% a year on average
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearAuroraChange Illinois
2025 97,652 −0.8% 6.6M
2024 98,405 +1.2% 6.6M
2023 97,281 +1.1% 6.5M
2022 96,262 +2.3% 6.5M
2021 94,117 +0.7% 6.4M
2020 93,494 −5.0% 6.3M
2019 98,439 −0.9% 6.5M
2018 99,360 +0.1% 6.6M
2017 99,225 −0.8% 6.6M
2016 99,981 −2.6% 6.6M
2015 102,669 +0.5% 6.6M
2014 102,190 −0.4% 6.6M
2013 102,634 −0.0% 6.6M
2012 102,656 +0.7% 6.6M
2011 101,987 −0.1% 6.6M
2010 102,043 +12% 6.6M
2009 90,722 −0.1% 6.6M
2008 90,813 +0.6% 6.6M
2007 90,262 +2.2% 6.6M
2006 88,340 +2.1% 6.5M
2005 86,545 +0.4% 6.4M
2004 86,195 +2.3% 6.3M
2003 84,284 +3.2% 6.3M
2002 81,632 +1.7% 6.3M
2001 80,263 +3.1% 6.4M
2000 77,834 +9.8% 6.5M
1999 70,904 +5.3% 6.5M
1998 67,329 +3.4% 6.3M
1997 65,096 +1.5% 6.3M
1996 64,127 +3.9% 6.2M
1995 61,716 +4.1% 6.2M
1994 59,296 +1.0% 6.1M
1993 58,699 +2.3% 6.1M
1992 57,387 +4.5% 6M
1991 54,905 +2.7% 5.9M
1990 53,487 5.9M

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

Ranking · Towns of Illinois

2014 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryLabour force
100 Harvey 8,681
99 East St Louis 9,133
98 North Chicago 9,198
97 Park Forest 10,435
96 Maywood 10,501
95 Freeport 10,951
94 Huntley 11,027
93 Dolton 11,055
92 Zion 11,170
91 Kankakee 11,235
90 Alton 11,729
89 Belvidere 11,745
88 Carbondale 11,752
87 Morton Grove 11,763
86 Melrose Park 12,147
85 Collinsville 12,842
84 Wilmette 12,939
83 Edwardsville 12,949
82 Homer Glen 13,116
81 Woodstock 13,129
80 Danville 13,141
79 Galesburg 13,227
78 Chicago Heights 13,424
77 Elizabethtown 13,469
76 Westmont 13,573
…
5 Rockford 67,685
4 Joliet 75,939
3 Naperville 77,853
2 Aurora 102K
1 Chicago 1.4M

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2014

What it means

Residents who work or are looking for work.

How it is calculated

Employed plus unemployed residents, annual average.