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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

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
…

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.