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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
Economy & jobs · Aurora Illinois

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

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Overview 7 figures People 21 figures Economy 20 figures Housing 8 figures Education 10 figures Tourism 3 figures Climate 3 figures
Latest value · 2025 97,652 −0.8% since 2024
Towns of Illinois · 2025 2 of 101 Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2015 −4.9% +1.7% a year on average
share of Illinois 1.48% Illinois: 6,587,613 · 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

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.