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Economy & jobs Statistics · City

Labour force in Chicago Heights

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 90 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
−12% since 2015

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

Compared with Labour force · people
Chicago Heights 11,730
Illinois 6.6M

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

The series at a glance Chicago Heights · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 11,730 · 2025
First value 14,342 · 1990
Highest 14,918 · 1999
Lowest 11,378 · 2020
Average change −0.6% a year on average
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearChicago HeightsChange Illinois
2025 11,730 +0.1% 6.6M
2024 11,713 +2.5% 6.6M
2023 11,423 −1.0% 6.5M
2022 11,537 −0.6% 6.5M
2021 11,607 +2.0% 6.4M
2020 11,378 −1.6% 6.3M
2019 11,559 −0.2% 6.5M
2018 11,581 −2.3% 6.6M
2017 11,851 −1.7% 6.6M
2016 12,052 −9.5% 6.6M
2015 13,318 −0.8% 6.6M
2014 13,424 −2.2% 6.6M
2013 13,720 +0.8% 6.6M
2012 13,612 +0.2% 6.6M
2011 13,588 −0.7% 6.6M
2010 13,677 +2.2% 6.6M
2009 13,381 +1.3% 6.6M
2008 13,207 +0.2% 6.6M
2007 13,176 +1.1% 6.6M
2006 13,027 −0.8% 6.5M
2005 13,126 −1.7% 6.4M
2004 13,349 −1.5% 6.3M
2003 13,553 −2.0% 6.3M
2002 13,836 −2.4% 6.3M
2001 14,178 −1.5% 6.4M
2000 14,400 −3.5% 6.5M
1999 14,918 +1.9% 6.5M
1998 14,642 +0.6% 6.3M
1997 14,559 −1.7% 6.3M
1996 14,811 +3.8% 6.2M
1995 14,268 −3.9% 6.2M
1994 14,840 +1.1% 6.1M
1993 14,681 +1.0% 6.1M
1992 14,542 +2.4% 6M
1991 14,204 −1.0% 5.9M
1990 14,342 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.