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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

2024 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#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
…
68 Pekin 14,873
69 Round Lake Beach 14,664
70 Glen Ellyn 14,634
71 Lansing 14,539
72 Niles 14,518
73 Burbank 14,426
74 Vernon Hills 14,419
…

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.