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Economy & jobs Statistics · City

Labour force in Belvidere

2000 – 2025 · 26 data points 81 of 101 · Towns of Illinois Updated Oct 21, 2026
Economy & jobs · Belvidere Illinois

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2000 – 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 12,857 −2.5% since 2024
Towns of Illinois · 2025 81 of 101 Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2015 +9.4% +0.7% a year on average
share of Illinois 0.20% Illinois: 6,587,613 · 2025
Labour force, 2000 – 2025 people
+9.4% since 2015

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2000 – 2025

Compared with Labour force · people
Belvidere 12,857
Illinois 6.6M

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

The series at a glance Belvidere · 2000 – 2025
Latest value 12,857 · 2025
First value 10,919 · 2000
Highest 14,046 · 2018
Lowest 10,919 · 2000
Average change +0.7% a year on average
Data points 26

By year

All years · 2000 – 2025

YearBelvidereChange Illinois
2025 12,857 −2.5% 6.6M
2024 13,190 −1.2% 6.6M
2023 13,345 +1.0% 6.5M
2022 13,209 −0.4% 6.5M
2021 13,264 −0.2% 6.4M
2020 13,292 −4.1% 6.3M
2019 13,866 −1.3% 6.5M
2018 14,046 +1.2% 6.6M
2017 13,886 −0.4% 6.6M
2016 13,942 +19% 6.6M
2015 11,750 +0.0% 6.6M
2014 11,745 −0.4% 6.6M
2013 11,796 −2.2% 6.6M
2012 12,060 −2.1% 6.6M
2011 12,316 −1.0% 6.6M
2010 12,440 −2.8% 6.6M
2009 12,798 −2.0% 6.6M
2008 13,061 +1.1% 6.6M
2007 12,920 +3.7% 6.6M
2006 12,458 +4.3% 6.5M
2005 11,948 +3.5% 6.4M
2004 11,539 +2.2% 6.3M
2003 11,287 +1.8% 6.3M
2002 11,091 +0.7% 6.3M
2001 11,011 +0.8% 6.4M
2000 10,919 6.5M

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2000 – 2025

Ranking · Towns of Illinois

2016 · 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
1 Chicago 1.4M
2 Aurora 99,981
3 Joliet 78,893
4 Naperville 76,751
5 Rockford 71,132
6 Elgin 61,415
7 Springfield 57,291
8 Peoria 55,201
9 Waukegan 48,149
10 Champaign 44,073
11 Bloomington 43,352
12 Schaumburg 42,588
13 Cicero 42,543
14 Arlington Heights 40,946
15 Bolingbrook 40,945
16 Evanston 40,109
17 Palatine 38,846
18 Skokie 33,267
19 Decatur 33,225
20 Des Plaines 31,636
21 Berwyn 31,090
22 Tinley Park 29,676
23 Orland Park 29,327
24 Hoffman Estates 28,994
25 Oak Lawn 28,983
…
72 Elizabethtown 14,368
73 Glen Ellyn 14,152
74 Woodstock 14,129
75 Belvidere 13,942
76 West Chicago 13,941
77 New Lenox 13,726
78 Collinsville 13,678
…

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.