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Economy & jobs Statistics · City

Labour force in Joliet

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 4 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
+8.4% since 2015

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

Compared with Labour force · people
Joliet 82,003
Illinois 6.6M

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

The series at a glance Joliet · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 82,003 · 2025
First value 36,885 · 1990
Highest 82,096 · 2024
Lowest 36,885 · 1990
Average change +2.3% a year on average
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearJolietChange Illinois
2025 82,003 −0.1% 6.6M
2024 82,096 +2.2% 6.6M
2023 80,305 +0.7% 6.5M
2022 79,767 +3.4% 6.5M
2021 77,131 +2.0% 6.4M
2020 75,639 −3.0% 6.3M
2019 77,956 +0.1% 6.5M
2018 77,880 −0.3% 6.6M
2017 78,152 −0.9% 6.6M
2016 78,893 +4.3% 6.6M
2015 75,658 −0.4% 6.6M
2014 75,939 −1.2% 6.6M
2013 76,842 +0.6% 6.6M
2012 76,361 +1.4% 6.6M
2011 75,272 −0.0% 6.6M
2010 75,274 +4.0% 6.6M
2009 72,346 +1.5% 6.6M
2008 71,280 +2.2% 6.6M
2007 69,712 +3.5% 6.6M
2006 67,348 +5.1% 6.5M
2005 64,088 +3.1% 6.4M
2004 62,152 +4.8% 6.3M
2003 59,298 +3.4% 6.3M
2002 57,340 +1.7% 6.3M
2001 56,401 +3.4% 6.4M
2000 54,524 +16% 6.5M
1999 47,084 +5.2% 6.5M
1998 44,744 +3.6% 6.3M
1997 43,193 +0.8% 6.3M
1996 42,845 +4.2% 6.2M
1995 41,103 +7.2% 6.2M
1994 38,351 +0.7% 6.1M
1993 38,096 −0.9% 6.1M
1992 38,448 +3.1% 6M
1991 37,294 +1.1% 5.9M
1990 36,885 5.9M

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

Ranking · Towns of Illinois

2014 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryLabour force
100 Harvey 8,681
99 East St Louis 9,133
98 North Chicago 9,198
97 Park Forest 10,435
96 Maywood 10,501
95 Freeport 10,951
94 Huntley 11,027
93 Dolton 11,055
92 Zion 11,170
91 Kankakee 11,235
90 Alton 11,729
89 Belvidere 11,745
88 Carbondale 11,752
87 Morton Grove 11,763
86 Melrose Park 12,147
85 Collinsville 12,842
84 Wilmette 12,939
83 Edwardsville 12,949
82 Homer Glen 13,116
81 Woodstock 13,129
80 Danville 13,141
79 Galesburg 13,227
78 Chicago Heights 13,424
77 Elizabethtown 13,469
76 Westmont 13,573
…
7 Elgin 57,097
6 Springfield 58,328
5 Rockford 67,685
4 Joliet 75,939
3 Naperville 77,853
2 Aurora 102K
1 Chicago 1.4M

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2014

What it means

Residents who work or are looking for work.

How it is calculated

Employed plus unemployed residents, annual average.