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Economy & jobs Statistics · City

Labour force in Northbrook

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 56 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
+6.7% since 2015

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

Compared with Labour force · people
Northbrook 17,537
Illinois 6.6M

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

The series at a glance Northbrook · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 17,537 · 2025
First value 17,284 · 1990
Highest 18,757 · 1999
Lowest 15,773 · 2010
Average change +0.0% a year on average
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearNorthbrookChange Illinois
2025 17,537 +0.1% 6.6M
2024 17,518 +2.3% 6.6M
2023 17,124 +0.8% 6.5M
2022 16,987 +3.7% 6.5M
2021 16,380 +1.1% 6.4M
2020 16,203 −4.8% 6.3M
2019 17,014 +0.3% 6.5M
2018 16,970 −0.5% 6.6M
2017 17,048 −0.9% 6.6M
2016 17,197 +4.6% 6.6M
2015 16,439 +0.6% 6.6M
2014 16,344 −0.1% 6.6M
2013 16,355 +1.2% 6.6M
2012 16,166 +2.1% 6.6M
2011 15,828 +0.3% 6.6M
2010 15,773 −5.5% 6.6M
2009 16,687 −2.4% 6.6M
2008 17,103 −0.3% 6.6M
2007 17,158 +1.2% 6.6M
2006 16,950 +0.9% 6.5M
2005 16,793 −0.4% 6.4M
2004 16,867 +1.0% 6.3M
2003 16,700 −1.1% 6.3M
2002 16,879 −3.7% 6.3M
2001 17,534 −1.4% 6.4M
2000 17,775 −5.2% 6.5M
1999 18,757 +3.0% 6.5M
1998 18,215 +1.4% 6.3M
1997 17,972 −1.0% 6.3M
1996 18,154 +0.3% 6.2M
1995 18,097 +0.4% 6.2M
1994 18,021 +2.1% 6.1M
1993 17,642 +0.8% 6.1M
1992 17,507 +1.8% 6M
1991 17,205 −0.5% 5.9M
1990 17,284 5.9M

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

Ranking · Towns of Illinois

2014 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryLabour force
1 Chicago 1.4M
2 Aurora 102K
3 Naperville 77,853
4 Joliet 75,939
5 Rockford 67,685
6 Springfield 58,328
7 Elgin 57,097
8 Peoria 55,278
9 Waukegan 44,834
10 Schaumburg 44,561
11 Champaign 43,747
12 Arlington Heights 41,394
13 Bloomington 41,306
14 Bolingbrook 40,554
15 Evanston 39,917
16 Palatine 39,792
17 Cicero 37,699
18 Decatur 33,562
19 Skokie 33,329
20 Des Plaines 33,093
21 Tinley Park 32,553
22 Orland Park 30,480
23 Hoffman Estates 30,367
24 Oak Park 29,620
25 Oak Lawn 29,188
…
55 Mundelein 17,982
56 Gurnee 17,068
57 Algonquin 17,032
58 Northbrook 16,344
59 Lake in the Hills 16,241
60 Pekin 16,078
61 Oak Forest 15,457
…

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2014

What it means

Residents who work or are looking for work.

How it is calculated

Employed plus unemployed residents, annual average.