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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 22, 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

2024 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryLabour force
41 Addison 21,112
54 Algonquin 18,422
89 Alton 12,132
15 Arlington Heights 41,364
2 Aurora 98,405
33 Bartlett 24,542
75 Batavia 14,343
46 Belleville 20,487
79 Belvidere 13,190
20 Berwyn 30,668
11 Bloomington 44,577
12 Bolingbrook 43,378
36 Buffalo Grove 23,800
73 Burbank 14,426
96 Carbondale 10,106
39 Carol Stream 22,940
49 Carpentersville 20,086
9 Champaign 47,601
1 Chicago 1.5M
91 Chicago Heights 11,713
14 Cicero 41,812
80 Collinsville 13,162
37 Crystal Lake 23,746
92 Danville 11,047
45 DeKalb 20,653
…

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2024

What it means

Residents who work or are looking for work.

How it is calculated

Employed plus unemployed residents, annual average.