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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 21, 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

2019 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryLabour force
1 Chicago 1.4M
2 Aurora 98,439
3 Joliet 77,956
4 Naperville 77,388
5 Rockford 70,107
6 Elgin 60,702
7 Springfield 54,838
8 Peoria 53,407
9 Waukegan 48,313
10 Champaign 45,483
11 Bloomington 42,011
12 Schaumburg 41,835
13 Cicero 41,385
14 Bolingbrook 40,869
15 Arlington Heights 40,519
16 Evanston 39,339
17 Palatine 38,128
18 Skokie 32,515
19 Decatur 31,989
20 Des Plaines 31,922
21 Berwyn 30,276
22 Oak Park 29,233
23 Tinley Park 29,128
24 Orland Park 28,885
25 Hoffman Estates 28,611
…
89 Huntley 11,700
90 Chicago Heights 11,559
91 Danville 11,417
92 Freeport 11,200
93 Kankakee 10,852
94 Park Forest 10,456
95 North Chicago 10,387
…

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2019

What it means

Residents who work or are looking for work.

How it is calculated

Employed plus unemployed residents, annual average.