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Economy & jobs Statistics · City

Labour force in Des Plaines

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 19 of 101 · Towns of Illinois Updated Oct 21, 2026
Economy & jobs · Des Plaines Illinois

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 1990 – 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 32,487 +0.0% since 2024
Towns of Illinois · 2025 19 of 101 Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2015 −1.6% +0.1% a year on average
share of Illinois 0.49% Illinois: 6,587,613 · 2025
Labour force, 1990 – 2025 people
−1.6% since 2015

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

Compared with Labour force · people
Des Plaines 32,487
Illinois 6.6M

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

The series at a glance Des Plaines · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 32,487 · 2025
First value 31,056 · 1990
Highest 34,659 · 1999
Lowest 28,973 · 2004
Average change +0.1% a year on average
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearDes PlainesChange Illinois
2025 32,487 +0.0% 6.6M
2024 32,481 +2.5% 6.6M
2023 31,686 −0.3% 6.5M
2022 31,780 +2.9% 6.5M
2021 30,897 +0.3% 6.4M
2020 30,811 −3.5% 6.3M
2019 31,922 +0.7% 6.5M
2018 31,694 +1.3% 6.6M
2017 31,286 −1.1% 6.6M
2016 31,636 −4.1% 6.6M
2015 33,005 −0.3% 6.6M
2014 33,093 −0.4% 6.6M
2013 33,216 +0.7% 6.6M
2012 32,995 +1.9% 6.6M
2011 32,365 −0.7% 6.6M
2010 32,599 +9.1% 6.6M
2009 29,867 −0.5% 6.6M
2008 30,025 +0.5% 6.6M
2007 29,868 +1.3% 6.6M
2006 29,487 +1.4% 6.5M
2005 29,085 +0.4% 6.4M
2004 28,973 −0.8% 6.3M
2003 29,207 −1.6% 6.3M
2002 29,687 −4.9% 6.3M
2001 31,211 −0.7% 6.4M
2000 31,427 −9.3% 6.5M
1999 34,659 +1.8% 6.5M
1998 34,045 +3.3% 6.3M
1997 32,956 −0.6% 6.3M
1996 33,171 +0.6% 6.2M
1995 32,977 +4.2% 6.2M
1994 31,662 +0.1% 6.1M
1993 31,619 −0.1% 6.1M
1992 31,655 +1.3% 6M
1991 31,262 +0.7% 5.9M
1990 31,056 5.9M

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

Ranking · Towns of Illinois

2019 · 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
48 Addison 20,108
57 Algonquin 17,477
81 Alton 12,562
15 Arlington Heights 40,519
2 Aurora 98,439
32 Bartlett 23,634
69 Batavia 14,677
42 Belleville 21,564
76 Belvidere 13,866
21 Berwyn 30,276
11 Bloomington 42,011
14 Bolingbrook 40,869
31 Buffalo Grove 24,142
74 Burbank 14,111
96 Carbondale 10,321
38 Carol Stream 22,068
44 Carpentersville 21,133
10 Champaign 45,483
1 Chicago 1.4M
90 Chicago Heights 11,559
13 Cicero 41,385
78 Collinsville 13,607
39 Crystal Lake 21,921
91 Danville 11,417
43 DeKalb 21,203
19 Decatur 31,989
20 Des Plaines 31,922
98 Dolton 9,328
29 Downers Grove 26,613
100 East St Louis 7,171
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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2019

What it means

Residents who work or are looking for work.

How it is calculated

Employed plus unemployed residents, annual average.