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Economy & jobs Statistics · City

Labour force in Lansing

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 70 of 101 · Towns of Illinois Updated Oct 22, 2026
Economy & jobs · Lansing 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 14,533 −0.0% since 2024
Towns of Illinois · 2025 70 of 101 Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2015 −0.4% −0.2% a year on average
share of Illinois 0.22% Illinois: 6,587,613 · 2025
Labour force, 1990 – 2025 people
−0.4% since 2015

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

Compared with Labour force · people
Lansing 14,533
Illinois 6.6M

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

The series at a glance Lansing · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 14,533 · 2025
First value 15,331 · 1990
Highest 16,198 · 1999
Lowest 13,978 · 2005
Average change −0.2% a year on average
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearLansingChange Illinois
2025 14,533 −0.0% 6.6M
2024 14,539 +2.4% 6.6M
2023 14,194 −0.5% 6.5M
2022 14,270 +0.8% 6.5M
2021 14,155 +0.9% 6.4M
2020 14,022 −1.8% 6.3M
2019 14,279 −0.3% 6.5M
2018 14,315 −1.1% 6.6M
2017 14,471 −1.2% 6.6M
2016 14,643 +0.3% 6.6M
2015 14,597 −0.5% 6.6M
2014 14,676 −1.4% 6.6M
2013 14,878 +1.2% 6.6M
2012 14,700 +2.0% 6.6M
2011 14,410 −0.9% 6.6M
2010 14,539 +3.2% 6.6M
2009 14,090 −0.1% 6.6M
2008 14,102 −0.2% 6.6M
2007 14,134 +0.9% 6.6M
2006 14,003 +0.2% 6.5M
2005 13,978 −1.1% 6.4M
2004 14,140 −1.2% 6.3M
2003 14,311 −1.5% 6.3M
2002 14,529 −3.8% 6.3M
2001 15,096 −2.1% 6.4M
2000 15,412 −4.9% 6.5M
1999 16,198 +1.7% 6.5M
1998 15,930 +0.0% 6.3M
1997 15,926 −0.8% 6.3M
1996 16,059 −0.2% 6.2M
1995 16,094 −0.3% 6.2M
1994 16,139 +2.1% 6.1M
1993 15,803 +1.2% 6.1M
1992 15,617 +2.5% 6M
1991 15,241 −0.6% 5.9M
1990 15,331 5.9M

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

Ranking · Towns of Illinois

2016 · 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
48 Addison 20,427
57 Algonquin 17,482
83 Alton 12,807
14 Arlington Heights 40,946
2 Aurora 99,981
32 Bartlett 23,971
66 Batavia 14,666
40 Belleville 22,011
75 Belvidere 13,942
21 Berwyn 31,090
11 Bloomington 43,352
15 Bolingbrook 40,945
31 Buffalo Grove 24,204
70 Burbank 14,427
94 Carbondale 10,746
37 Carol Stream 22,486
43 Carpentersville 21,588
10 Champaign 44,073
1 Chicago 1.4M
89 Chicago Heights 12,052
13 Cicero 42,543
78 Collinsville 13,678
39 Crystal Lake 22,125
88 Danville 12,212
44 DeKalb 21,333
…
3 Joliet 78,893
95 Kankakee 10,723
59 Lake in the Hills 15,944
67 Lansing 14,643
69 Lockport 14,462
30 Lombard 24,853
96 Maywood 10,277
…

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2016

What it means

Residents who work or are looking for work.

How it is calculated

Employed plus unemployed residents, annual average.