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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 21, 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

2021 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryLabour force
1 Chicago 1.4M
2 Aurora 94,117
3 Joliet 77,131
4 Naperville 76,021
5 Rockford 67,414
6 Elgin 58,139
7 Springfield 54,135
8 Peoria 52,102
9 Waukegan 46,642
10 Champaign 46,078
11 Bloomington 41,083
12 Schaumburg 40,262
13 Cicero 40,029
14 Bolingbrook 40,028
15 Arlington Heights 38,868
16 Evanston 37,961
17 Palatine 36,652
18 Skokie 31,696
19 Des Plaines 30,897
20 Decatur 30,633
21 Berwyn 29,454
22 Tinley Park 28,173
23 Oak Park 28,121
24 Orland Park 28,090
25 Hoffman Estates 27,566
…
87 Wilmette 11,931
88 Galesburg 11,657
89 Huntley 11,637
90 Chicago Heights 11,607
91 Homer Glen 11,559
92 Danville 11,247
93 Freeport 10,774
…

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2021

What it means

Residents who work or are looking for work.

How it is calculated

Employed plus unemployed residents, annual average.