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Economy & jobs Statistics · City

Labour force in Naperville

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 3 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
+5.9% since 2015

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

Compared with Labour force · people
Naperville 83,459
Illinois 6.6M

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

The series at a glance Naperville · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 83,459 · 2025
First value 47,284 · 1990
Highest 83,459 · 2025
Lowest 47,284 · 1990
Average change +1.6% a year on average
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearNapervilleChange Illinois
2025 83,459 +0.1% 6.6M
2024 83,377 +2.9% 6.6M
2023 81,064 +1.4% 6.5M
2022 79,972 +5.2% 6.5M
2021 76,021 +2.8% 6.4M
2020 73,951 −4.4% 6.3M
2019 77,388 +0.8% 6.5M
2018 76,806 +0.2% 6.6M
2017 76,671 −0.1% 6.6M
2016 76,751 −2.6% 6.6M
2015 78,776 +1.2% 6.6M
2014 77,853 +0.9% 6.6M
2013 77,143 +1.4% 6.6M
2012 76,097 +2.4% 6.6M
2011 74,292 +0.1% 6.6M
2010 74,216 −1.9% 6.6M
2009 75,635 −1.0% 6.6M
2008 76,420 +0.5% 6.6M
2007 76,025 +1.4% 6.6M
2006 74,962 +2.1% 6.5M
2005 73,425 +0.1% 6.4M
2004 73,316 +1.0% 6.3M
2003 72,595 +0.3% 6.3M
2002 72,363 −1.5% 6.3M
2001 73,499 +1.2% 6.4M
2000 72,629 +1.8% 6.5M
1999 71,313 +6.9% 6.5M
1998 66,737 +4.2% 6.3M
1997 64,072 +3.8% 6.3M
1996 61,719 +5.5% 6.2M
1995 58,500 +2.6% 6.2M
1994 57,021 +6.7% 6.1M
1993 53,457 +4.4% 6.1M
1992 51,202 +4.2% 6M
1991 49,150 +3.9% 5.9M
1990 47,284 5.9M

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

Ranking · Towns of Illinois

2019 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryLabour force
1 Chicago 1.4M
2 Aurora 98,439
3 Joliet 77,956
4 Naperville 77,388
5 Rockford 70,107
6 Elgin 60,702
7 Springfield 54,838
8 Peoria 53,407
9 Waukegan 48,313
10 Champaign 45,483
11 Bloomington 42,011
12 Schaumburg 41,835
13 Cicero 41,385
14 Bolingbrook 40,869
15 Arlington Heights 40,519
16 Evanston 39,339
17 Palatine 38,128
18 Skokie 32,515
19 Decatur 31,989
20 Des Plaines 31,922
21 Berwyn 30,276
22 Oak Park 29,233
23 Tinley Park 29,128
24 Orland Park 28,885
25 Hoffman Estates 28,611
…

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2019

What it means

Residents who work or are looking for work.

How it is calculated

Employed plus unemployed residents, annual average.