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Economy & jobs Statistics · City

Labour force in Downers Grove

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 29 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
+2.0% since 2015

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

Compared with Labour force · people
Downers Grove 28,162
Illinois 6.6M

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

The series at a glance Downers Grove · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 28,162 · 2025
First value 26,622 · 1990
Highest 30,509 · 1999
Lowest 25,238 · 2020
Average change +0.2% a year on average
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearDowners GroveChange Illinois
2025 28,162 +0.3% 6.6M
2024 28,089 +2.6% 6.6M
2023 27,380 +1.7% 6.5M
2022 26,919 +4.1% 6.5M
2021 25,851 +2.4% 6.4M
2020 25,238 −5.2% 6.3M
2019 26,613 +0.0% 6.5M
2018 26,612 −0.6% 6.6M
2017 26,761 −0.4% 6.6M
2016 26,864 −2.7% 6.6M
2015 27,622 +0.6% 6.6M
2014 27,466 −0.0% 6.6M
2013 27,474 +1.1% 6.6M
2012 27,175 +2.3% 6.6M
2011 26,567 −0.1% 6.6M
2010 26,602 −0.6% 6.6M
2009 26,761 −1.6% 6.6M
2008 27,197 +0.4% 6.6M
2007 27,077 +1.3% 6.6M
2006 26,720 +1.1% 6.5M
2005 26,421 −0.8% 6.4M
2004 26,634 +0.3% 6.3M
2003 26,564 −1.8% 6.3M
2002 27,049 −4.3% 6.3M
2001 28,262 −1.2% 6.4M
2000 28,610 −6.2% 6.5M
1999 30,509 +3.3% 6.5M
1998 29,543 +0.4% 6.3M
1997 29,427 +0.5% 6.3M
1996 29,294 +0.9% 6.2M
1995 29,024 −0.3% 6.2M
1994 29,109 +2.5% 6.1M
1993 28,394 +2.4% 6.1M
1992 27,720 +2.9% 6M
1991 26,948 +1.2% 5.9M
1990 26,622 5.9M

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

Ranking · Towns of Illinois

2025 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryLabour force
41 Addison 21,158
54 Algonquin 18,412
89 Alton 11,877
15 Arlington Heights 41,462
2 Aurora 97,652
33 Bartlett 24,562
76 Batavia 14,166
48 Belleville 20,081
81 Belvidere 12,857
20 Berwyn 30,721
12 Bloomington 43,042
11 Bolingbrook 43,372
37 Buffalo Grove 23,586
72 Burbank 14,411
96 Carbondale 10,096
39 Carol Stream 22,941
49 Carpentersville 19,791
9 Champaign 46,979
1 Chicago 1.5M
90 Chicago Heights 11,730
14 Cicero 41,891
80 Collinsville 12,911
36 Crystal Lake 23,772
92 Danville 10,711
46 DeKalb 20,352
24 Decatur 29,197
19 Des Plaines 32,487
99 Dolton 9,468
29 Downers Grove 28,162
101 East St Louis 6,639
78 Edwardsville 13,253
6 Elgin 59,457
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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2025

What it means

Residents who work or are looking for work.

How it is calculated

Employed plus unemployed residents, annual average.