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Economy & jobs Statistics · City

Labour force in Evanston

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 16 of 101 · Towns of Illinois Updated Oct 22, 2026
Economy & jobs · Evanston 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 40,313 +0.2% since 2024
Towns of Illinois · 2025 16 of 101 Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2015 +0.9% −0.1% a year on average
share of Illinois 0.61% Illinois: 6,587,613 · 2025
Labour force, 1990 – 2025 people
+0.9% since 2015

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

Compared with Labour force · people
Evanston 40,313
Illinois 6.6M

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

The series at a glance Evanston · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 40,313 · 2025
First value 42,251 · 1990
Highest 43,381 · 1999
Lowest 37,372 · 2020
Average change −0.1% a year on average
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearEvanstonChange Illinois
2025 40,313 +0.2% 6.6M
2024 40,225 +2.3% 6.6M
2023 39,317 +0.4% 6.5M
2022 39,171 +3.2% 6.5M
2021 37,961 +1.6% 6.4M
2020 37,372 −5.0% 6.3M
2019 39,339 −0.1% 6.5M
2018 39,389 −0.6% 6.6M
2017 39,637 −1.2% 6.6M
2016 40,109 +0.4% 6.6M
2015 39,962 +0.1% 6.6M
2014 39,917 −0.1% 6.6M
2013 39,941 +1.1% 6.6M
2012 39,488 +2.3% 6.6M
2011 38,588 +0.1% 6.6M
2010 38,557 −8.0% 6.6M
2009 41,899 −1.7% 6.6M
2008 42,629 +0.3% 6.6M
2007 42,501 +2.3% 6.6M
2006 41,540 +2.0% 6.5M
2005 40,737 +0.7% 6.4M
2004 40,470 +0.5% 6.3M
2003 40,266 +0.2% 6.3M
2002 40,173 −4.0% 6.3M
2001 41,833 −2.2% 6.4M
2000 42,782 −1.4% 6.5M
1999 43,381 +1.8% 6.5M
1998 42,631 −0.1% 6.3M
1997 42,654 −0.5% 6.3M
1996 42,855 +0.2% 6.2M
1995 42,775 −0.9% 6.2M
1994 43,181 +1.3% 6.1M
1993 42,628 +0.2% 6.1M
1992 42,544 +1.2% 6M
1991 42,022 −0.5% 5.9M
1990 42,251 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
…
77 Elizabethtown 13,595
35 Elmhurst 23,501
74 Elmwood Park 13,698
15 Evanston 39,962
95 Freeport 10,607
83 Galesburg 12,996
68 Glen Ellyn 14,406
…

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.