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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
Economy & jobs · Freeport 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 10,635 −1.9% since 2024
Towns of Illinois · 2025 94 of 101 Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2015 +0.3% −0.7% a year on average
share of Illinois 0.16% Illinois: 6,587,613 · 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

2020 · 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 19,339
57 Algonquin 16,725
81 Alton 12,242
15 Arlington Heights 38,464
2 Aurora 93,494
33 Bartlett 22,555
71 Batavia 13,896
38 Belleville 21,386
75 Belvidere 13,292
21 Berwyn 29,406
11 Bloomington 40,461
14 Bolingbrook 39,298
31 Buffalo Grove 23,060
72 Burbank 13,704
96 Carbondale 10,133
39 Carol Stream 21,179
45 Carpentersville 20,083
10 Champaign 44,952
1 Chicago 1.4M
90 Chicago Heights 11,378
13 Cicero 39,759
77 Collinsville 13,202
41 Crystal Lake 21,045
89 Danville 11,408
44 DeKalb 20,112
…
36 Elmhurst 21,664
84 Elmwood Park 11,987
16 Evanston 37,372
93 Freeport 10,885
85 Galesburg 11,987
76 Glen Ellyn 13,269
53 Glendale Heights 17,986
…

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2020

What it means

Residents who work or are looking for work.

How it is calculated

Employed plus unemployed residents, annual average.