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Economy & jobs Statistics · City

Labour force in Belleville

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 48 of 101 · Towns of Illinois Updated Oct 21, 2026

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

Labour force, 1990 – 2025 people
−9.5% since 2015

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

Compared with Labour force · people
Belleville 20,081
Illinois 6.6M

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

The series at a glance Belleville · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 20,081 · 2025
First value 22,333 · 1990
Highest 23,918 · 2010
Lowest 20,081 · 2025
Average change −0.3% a year on average
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearBellevilleChange Illinois
2025 20,081 −2.0% 6.6M
2024 20,487 −0.7% 6.6M
2023 20,625 +0.2% 6.5M
2022 20,575 −2.5% 6.5M
2021 21,111 −1.3% 6.4M
2020 21,386 −0.8% 6.3M
2019 21,564 −0.8% 6.5M
2018 21,733 −0.2% 6.6M
2017 21,781 −1.0% 6.6M
2016 22,011 −0.8% 6.6M
2015 22,192 −0.6% 6.6M
2014 22,329 −1.5% 6.6M
2013 22,661 −2.3% 6.6M
2012 23,184 −2.4% 6.6M
2011 23,751 −0.7% 6.6M
2010 23,918 +12% 6.6M
2009 21,363 −1.1% 6.6M
2008 21,590 −0.5% 6.6M
2007 21,698 +0.4% 6.6M
2006 21,601 +1.3% 6.5M
2005 21,331 +1.4% 6.4M
2004 21,037 −0.4% 6.3M
2003 21,120 −0.6% 6.3M
2002 21,241 −1.8% 6.3M
2001 21,636 −1.5% 6.4M
2000 21,963 +7.9% 6.5M
1999 20,362 −1.9% 6.5M
1998 20,748 −0.7% 6.3M
1997 20,903 +0.7% 6.3M
1996 20,758 +0.2% 6.2M
1995 20,717 −3.6% 6.2M
1994 21,492 −3.2% 6.1M
1993 22,197 −1.6% 6.1M
1992 22,551 +1.4% 6M
1991 22,232 −0.5% 5.9M
1990 22,333 5.9M

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

Ranking · Towns of Illinois

2016 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryLabour force
48 Addison 20,427
57 Algonquin 17,482
83 Alton 12,807
14 Arlington Heights 40,946
2 Aurora 99,981
32 Bartlett 23,971
66 Batavia 14,666
40 Belleville 22,011
75 Belvidere 13,942
21 Berwyn 31,090
11 Bloomington 43,352
15 Bolingbrook 40,945
31 Buffalo Grove 24,204
70 Burbank 14,427
94 Carbondale 10,746
37 Carol Stream 22,486
43 Carpentersville 21,588
10 Champaign 44,073
1 Chicago 1.4M
89 Chicago Heights 12,052
13 Cicero 42,543
78 Collinsville 13,678
39 Crystal Lake 22,125
88 Danville 12,212
44 DeKalb 21,333
…

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2016

What it means

Residents who work or are looking for work.

How it is calculated

Employed plus unemployed residents, annual average.