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Economy & jobs Statistics · City

Labour force in Gurnee

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 59 of 101 · Towns of Illinois Updated Oct 21, 2026
Economy & jobs · Gurnee 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 16,680 −1.1% since 2024
Towns of Illinois · 2025 59 of 101 Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2015 −2.9% +1.9% a year on average
share of Illinois 0.25% Illinois: 6,587,613 · 2025
Labour force, 1990 – 2025 people
−2.9% since 2015

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

Compared with Labour force · people
Gurnee 16,680
Illinois 6.6M

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

The series at a glance Gurnee · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 16,680 · 2025
First value 8,722 · 1990
Highest 17,684 · 2019
Lowest 8,722 · 1990
Average change +1.9% a year on average
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearGurneeChange Illinois
2025 16,680 −1.1% 6.6M
2024 16,871 +0.0% 6.6M
2023 16,864 +0.8% 6.5M
2022 16,726 −0.7% 6.5M
2021 16,840 +0.2% 6.4M
2020 16,810 −4.9% 6.3M
2019 17,684 +0.0% 6.5M
2018 17,683 +1.2% 6.6M
2017 17,474 −0.3% 6.6M
2016 17,529 +2.1% 6.6M
2015 17,170 +0.6% 6.6M
2014 17,068 −0.1% 6.6M
2013 17,083 −0.6% 6.6M
2012 17,194 −1.0% 6.6M
2011 17,360 +0.1% 6.6M
2010 17,336 +4.5% 6.6M
2009 16,591 −2.5% 6.6M
2008 17,014 −0.8% 6.6M
2007 17,152 +0.5% 6.6M
2006 17,066 +1.3% 6.5M
2005 16,848 +1.7% 6.4M
2004 16,559 +0.4% 6.3M
2003 16,492 +0.4% 6.3M
2002 16,420 +0.4% 6.3M
2001 16,362 −0.6% 6.4M
2000 16,459 +2.6% 6.5M
1999 16,038 +3.5% 6.5M
1998 15,503 +4.7% 6.3M
1997 14,810 +9.1% 6.3M
1996 13,574 +43% 6.2M
1995 9,488 +2.2% 6.2M
1994 9,282 +1.4% 6.1M
1993 9,156 +2.5% 6.1M
1992 8,931 +1.9% 6M
1991 8,765 +0.5% 5.9M
1990 8,722 5.9M

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

Ranking · Towns of Illinois

2024 · 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
1 Chicago 1.5M
2 Aurora 98,405
3 Naperville 83,377
4 Joliet 82,096
5 Rockford 65,920
6 Elgin 60,152
7 Springfield 55,008
8 Peoria 52,731
9 Champaign 47,601
10 Waukegan 46,070
11 Bloomington 44,577
12 Bolingbrook 43,378
13 Schaumburg 42,872
14 Cicero 41,812
15 Arlington Heights 41,364
16 Evanston 40,225
17 Palatine 38,848
18 Skokie 33,327
19 Des Plaines 32,481
20 Berwyn 30,668
21 Tinley Park 29,953
22 Orland Park 29,944
23 Normal 29,917
24 Oak Park 29,748
25 Decatur 29,563
…
56 Northbrook 17,518
57 Rock Island 17,223
58 McHenry 16,901
59 Gurnee 16,871
60 Lake in the Hills 16,437
61 Lockport 16,028
62 Elizabethtown 15,897
…

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2024

What it means

Residents who work or are looking for work.

How it is calculated

Employed plus unemployed residents, annual average.