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Economy & jobs Statistics · City

Labour force in Dolton

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 99 of 101 · Towns of Illinois Updated Oct 22, 2026
Economy & jobs · Dolton 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 9,468 −0.5% since 2024
Towns of Illinois · 2025 99 of 101 Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2015 −14% −0.8% a year on average
share of Illinois 0.14% Illinois: 6,587,613 · 2025
Labour force, 1990 – 2025 people
−14% since 2015

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

Compared with Labour force · people
Dolton 9,468
Illinois 6.6M

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

The series at a glance Dolton · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 9,468 · 2025
First value 12,547 · 1990
Highest 13,388 · 1994
Lowest 9,252 · 2023
Average change −0.8% a year on average
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearDoltonChange Illinois
2025 9,468 −0.5% 6.6M
2024 9,518 +2.9% 6.6M
2023 9,252 −1.0% 6.5M
2022 9,346 −2.4% 6.5M
2021 9,575 +0.4% 6.4M
2020 9,541 +2.3% 6.3M
2019 9,328 −0.7% 6.5M
2018 9,390 −2.1% 6.6M
2017 9,595 −1.5% 6.6M
2016 9,741 −11% 6.6M
2015 10,947 −1.0% 6.6M
2014 11,055 −2.1% 6.6M
2013 11,290 +1.4% 6.6M
2012 11,130 +1.3% 6.6M
2011 10,991 −0.3% 6.6M
2010 11,020 −8.1% 6.6M
2009 11,991 −0.3% 6.6M
2008 12,033 −0.1% 6.6M
2007 12,049 +1.1% 6.6M
2006 11,915 −0.9% 6.5M
2005 12,024 −1.4% 6.4M
2004 12,193 −1.7% 6.3M
2003 12,399 −2.2% 6.3M
2002 12,682 −3.2% 6.3M
2001 13,103 −1.4% 6.4M
2000 13,288 +1.0% 6.5M
1999 13,153 +1.6% 6.5M
1998 12,942 +0.1% 6.3M
1997 12,931 −1.5% 6.3M
1996 13,133 +1.3% 6.2M
1995 12,967 −3.1% 6.2M
1994 13,388 +2.3% 6.1M
1993 13,091 +0.7% 6.1M
1992 12,997 +3.6% 6M
1991 12,543 −0.0% 5.9M
1990 12,547 5.9M

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

Ranking · Towns of Illinois

2015 · 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 19,648
56 Algonquin 17,191
90 Alton 11,677
12 Arlington Heights 41,486
2 Aurora 103K
34 Bartlett 23,601
73 Batavia 13,830
41 Belleville 22,192
89 Belvidere 11,750
28 Berwyn 28,072
13 Bloomington 41,361
14 Bolingbrook 40,626
31 Buffalo Grove 24,483
67 Burbank 14,453
87 Carbondale 11,927
32 Carol Stream 24,251
51 Carpentersville 19,287
11 Champaign 44,364
1 Chicago 1.4M
78 Chicago Heights 13,318
17 Cicero 37,383
85 Collinsville 12,834
37 Crystal Lake 22,845
82 Danville 13,105
39 DeKalb 22,417
18 Decatur 33,327
20 Des Plaines 33,005
94 Dolton 10,947
29 Downers Grove 27,622
98 East St Louis 9,135
79 Edwardsville 13,190
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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2015

What it means

Residents who work or are looking for work.

How it is calculated

Employed plus unemployed residents, annual average.