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Economy & jobs Statistics · City

Labour force in Freeport

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 94 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
+0.3% since 2015

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

Compared with Labour force · people
Freeport 10,635
Illinois 6.6M

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

The series at a glance Freeport · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 10,635 · 2025
First value 13,595 · 1990
Highest 14,060 · 1992
Lowest 10,607 · 2015
Average change −0.7% a year on average
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearFreeportChange Illinois
2025 10,635 −1.9% 6.6M
2024 10,846 +0.2% 6.6M
2023 10,822 +1.9% 6.5M
2022 10,620 −1.4% 6.5M
2021 10,774 −1.0% 6.4M
2020 10,885 −2.8% 6.3M
2019 11,200 −1.9% 6.5M
2018 11,415 +2.6% 6.6M
2017 11,124 +1.3% 6.6M
2016 10,986 +3.6% 6.6M
2015 10,607 −3.1% 6.6M
2014 10,951 −2.5% 6.6M
2013 11,233 −3.3% 6.6M
2012 11,618 −3.5% 6.6M
2011 12,041 −1.7% 6.6M
2010 12,251 −3.4% 6.6M
2009 12,682 −1.3% 6.6M
2008 12,846 −0.1% 6.6M
2007 12,854 −0.3% 6.6M
2006 12,892 +0.4% 6.5M
2005 12,839 +2.4% 6.4M
2004 12,543 −1.4% 6.3M
2003 12,716 −2.3% 6.3M
2002 13,017 −1.7% 6.3M
2001 13,236 −1.4% 6.4M
2000 13,430 +1.5% 6.5M
1999 13,231 −0.0% 6.5M
1998 13,236 +1.2% 6.3M
1997 13,073 −1.1% 6.3M
1996 13,213 −0.1% 6.2M
1995 13,227 −2.8% 6.2M
1994 13,608 −2.7% 6.1M
1993 13,985 −0.5% 6.1M
1992 14,060 +4.2% 6M
1991 13,493 −0.8% 5.9M
1990 13,595 5.9M

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

Ranking · Towns of Illinois

2017 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryLabour force
1 Chicago 1.4M
2 Aurora 99,225
3 Joliet 78,152
4 Naperville 76,671
5 Rockford 69,969
6 Elgin 60,841
7 Springfield 55,996
8 Peoria 53,917
9 Waukegan 47,867
10 Champaign 44,013
11 Bloomington 42,763
12 Schaumburg 42,114
13 Cicero 41,937
14 Bolingbrook 41,070
15 Arlington Heights 40,623
16 Evanston 39,637
17 Palatine 38,441
18 Skokie 32,866
19 Decatur 32,581
20 Des Plaines 31,286
21 Berwyn 30,630
22 Tinley Park 29,394
23 Orland Park 29,053
24 Oak Park 28,917
25 Hoffman Estates 28,684
…
89 Chicago Heights 11,851
90 Homer Glen 11,842
91 Huntley 11,558
92 Freeport 11,124
93 Park Forest 10,673
94 Kankakee 10,648
95 Carbondale 10,386
…

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2017

What it means

Residents who work or are looking for work.

How it is calculated

Employed plus unemployed residents, annual average.