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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 21, 2026

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

2020 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryLabour force
1 Chicago 1.4M
2 Aurora 93,494
3 Joliet 75,639
4 Naperville 73,951
5 Rockford 68,227
6 Elgin 58,153
7 Springfield 53,411
8 Peoria 52,336
9 Waukegan 46,250
10 Champaign 44,952
11 Bloomington 40,461
12 Schaumburg 40,036
13 Cicero 39,759
14 Bolingbrook 39,298
15 Arlington Heights 38,464
16 Evanston 37,372
17 Palatine 36,350
18 Skokie 31,988
19 Decatur 31,089
20 Des Plaines 30,811
21 Berwyn 29,406
22 Tinley Park 28,087
23 Oak Park 27,867
24 Orland Park 27,766
25 Hoffman Estates 27,522
…
66 Vernon Hills 14,306
67 Elizabethtown 14,275
68 Lockport 14,209
69 Lansing 14,022
70 Niles 13,996
71 Batavia 13,896
72 Burbank 13,704
…

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.