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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

2017 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryLabour force
1 Chicago 1.4M
2 Aurora 99,225
3 Joliet 78,152
4 Naperville 76,671
5 Rockford 69,969
6 Elgin 60,841
7 Springfield 55,996
8 Peoria 53,917
9 Waukegan 47,867
10 Champaign 44,013
11 Bloomington 42,763
12 Schaumburg 42,114
13 Cicero 41,937
14 Bolingbrook 41,070
15 Arlington Heights 40,623
16 Evanston 39,637
17 Palatine 38,441
18 Skokie 32,866
19 Decatur 32,581
20 Des Plaines 31,286
21 Berwyn 30,630
22 Tinley Park 29,394
23 Orland Park 29,053
24 Oak Park 28,917
25 Hoffman Estates 28,684
…
55 Oswego 17,871
56 Gurnee 17,474
57 Algonquin 17,390
58 Northbrook 17,048
59 Lake in the Hills 15,883
60 O'Fallon 15,376
61 Pekin 15,342
…

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2017

What it means

Residents who work or are looking for work.

How it is calculated

Employed plus unemployed residents, annual average.