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Economy & jobs Statistics · City

Labour force in East St Louis

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 101 of 101 · Towns of Illinois Updated Oct 22, 2026
Economy & jobs · East St Louis 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 6,639 −2.6% since 2024
Towns of Illinois · 2025 101 of 101 Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2015 −27% −1.9% a year on average
share of Illinois 0.10% Illinois: 6,587,613 · 2025
Labour force, 1990 – 2025 people
−27% since 2015

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

Compared with Labour force · people
East St Louis 6,639
Illinois 6.6M

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

The series at a glance East St Louis · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 6,639 · 2025
First value 13,150 · 1990
Highest 13,150 · 1990
Lowest 6,639 · 2025
Average change −1.9% a year on average
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearEast St LouisChange Illinois
2025 6,639 −2.6% 6.6M
2024 6,817 +1.1% 6.6M
2023 6,743 +0.3% 6.5M
2022 6,722 −5.9% 6.5M
2021 7,142 −1.0% 6.4M
2020 7,215 +0.6% 6.3M
2019 7,171 −2.2% 6.5M
2018 7,336 −0.3% 6.6M
2017 7,360 −2.7% 6.6M
2016 7,566 −17% 6.6M
2015 9,135 +0.0% 6.6M
2014 9,133 −1.4% 6.6M
2013 9,258 −1.1% 6.6M
2012 9,358 −3.2% 6.6M
2011 9,669 −1.1% 6.6M
2010 9,774 −0.9% 6.6M
2009 9,862 +0.1% 6.6M
2008 9,853 +0.1% 6.6M
2007 9,847 −0.6% 6.6M
2006 9,910 −0.4% 6.5M
2005 9,950 −0.0% 6.4M
2004 9,951 −1.4% 6.3M
2003 10,089 −0.7% 6.3M
2002 10,157 −0.6% 6.3M
2001 10,219 −2.4% 6.4M
2000 10,466 −7.3% 6.5M
1999 11,292 −1.7% 6.5M
1998 11,492 −1.5% 6.3M
1997 11,665 +0.2% 6.3M
1996 11,647 −1.0% 6.2M
1995 11,769 +3.6% 6.2M
1994 11,357 −2.9% 6.1M
1993 11,702 −3.2% 6.1M
1992 12,091 −2.1% 6M
1991 12,346 −6.1% 5.9M
1990 13,150 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.

Year: 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
Highest first Lowest first A–Z
#TerritoryLabour force
47 Addison 19,649
56 Algonquin 17,112
81 Alton 12,272
15 Arlington Heights 38,868
2 Aurora 94,117
34 Bartlett 22,871
71 Batavia 13,960
41 Belleville 21,111
76 Belvidere 13,264
21 Berwyn 29,454
11 Bloomington 41,083
14 Bolingbrook 40,028
33 Buffalo Grove 23,047
74 Burbank 13,782
96 Carbondale 10,094
39 Carol Stream 21,418
45 Carpentersville 19,982
10 Champaign 46,078
1 Chicago 1.4M
90 Chicago Heights 11,607
13 Cicero 40,029
78 Collinsville 13,199
38 Crystal Lake 21,611
92 Danville 11,247
44 DeKalb 20,326
…
19 Des Plaines 30,897
99 Dolton 9,575
29 Downers Grove 25,851
101 East St Louis 7,142
79 Edwardsville 13,131
6 Elgin 58,139
70 Elizabethtown 14,098
…

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.