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Economy & jobs Statistics · City

Labour force in Kankakee

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 97 of 101 · Towns of Illinois Updated Oct 21, 2026
Economy & jobs · Kankakee 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 9,874 −1.8% since 2024
Towns of Illinois · 2025 97 of 101 Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2015 −11% −0.6% a year on average
share of Illinois 0.15% Illinois: 6,587,613 · 2025
Labour force, 1990 – 2025 people
−11% since 2015

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

Compared with Labour force · people
Kankakee 9,874
Illinois 6.6M

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

The series at a glance Kankakee · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 9,874 · 2025
First value 12,171 · 1990
Highest 13,427 · 1994
Lowest 9,874 · 2025
Average change −0.6% a year on average
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearKankakeeChange Illinois
2025 9,874 −1.8% 6.6M
2024 10,056 −0.3% 6.6M
2023 10,085 +0.2% 6.5M
2022 10,061 −2.8% 6.5M
2021 10,352 −2.0% 6.4M
2020 10,559 −2.7% 6.3M
2019 10,852 +0.5% 6.5M
2018 10,797 +1.4% 6.6M
2017 10,648 −0.7% 6.6M
2016 10,723 −3.3% 6.6M
2015 11,085 −1.3% 6.6M
2014 11,235 −2.2% 6.6M
2013 11,487 −0.6% 6.6M
2012 11,553 −1.4% 6.6M
2011 11,720 −0.4% 6.6M
2010 11,768 +1.0% 6.6M
2009 11,657 +0.5% 6.6M
2008 11,595 +0.1% 6.6M
2007 11,589 +1.3% 6.6M
2006 11,440 +0.6% 6.5M
2005 11,375 +0.8% 6.4M
2004 11,281 −1.5% 6.3M
2003 11,450 −1.3% 6.3M
2002 11,603 −2.1% 6.3M
2001 11,848 −1.7% 6.4M
2000 12,058 +1.2% 6.5M
1999 11,917 −1.9% 6.5M
1998 12,146 −0.2% 6.3M
1997 12,174 −1.4% 6.3M
1996 12,347 −1.3% 6.2M
1995 12,509 −6.8% 6.2M
1994 13,427 +1.2% 6.1M
1993 13,266 +1.9% 6.1M
1992 13,013 +3.1% 6M
1991 12,622 +3.7% 5.9M
1990 12,171 5.9M

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

Ranking · Towns of Illinois

2021 · 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 19,649
56 Algonquin 17,112
81 Alton 12,272
15 Arlington Heights 38,868
2 Aurora 94,117
34 Bartlett 22,871
71 Batavia 13,960
41 Belleville 21,111
76 Belvidere 13,264
21 Berwyn 29,454
11 Bloomington 41,083
14 Bolingbrook 40,028
33 Buffalo Grove 23,047
74 Burbank 13,782
96 Carbondale 10,094
39 Carol Stream 21,418
45 Carpentersville 19,982
10 Champaign 46,078
1 Chicago 1.4M
90 Chicago Heights 11,607
13 Cicero 40,029
78 Collinsville 13,199
38 Crystal Lake 21,611
92 Danville 11,247
44 DeKalb 20,326
…
91 Homer Glen 11,559
89 Huntley 11,637
3 Joliet 77,131
95 Kankakee 10,352
59 Lake in the Hills 15,509
68 Lansing 14,155
65 Lockport 14,585
…

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2021

What it means

Residents who work or are looking for work.

How it is calculated

Employed plus unemployed residents, annual average.