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Economy & jobs Statistics · City

Labour force in Oak Forest

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 64 of 101 · Towns of Illinois Updated Oct 21, 2026
Economy & jobs · Oak Forest Illinois

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

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Overview 6 figures People 18 figures Economy 20 figures Housing 8 figures Education 10 figures Tourism 3 figures Climate 3 figures
Latest value · 2025 15,330 +0.2% since 2024
Towns of Illinois · 2025 64 of 101 Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2015 −0.4% +0.0% a year on average
share of Illinois 0.23% Illinois: 6,587,613 · 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
Oak Forest 15,330
Illinois 6.6M

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

The series at a glance Oak Forest · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 15,330 · 2025
First value 15,160 · 1990
Highest 17,192 · 1999
Lowest 14,428 · 2020
Average change +0.0% a year on average
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearOak ForestChange Illinois
2025 15,330 +0.2% 6.6M
2024 15,299 +3.4% 6.6M
2023 14,800 −0.5% 6.5M
2022 14,879 +2.9% 6.5M
2021 14,466 +0.3% 6.4M
2020 14,428 −3.7% 6.3M
2019 14,987 −0.0% 6.5M
2018 14,993 −1.2% 6.6M
2017 15,173 −1.1% 6.6M
2016 15,345 −0.4% 6.6M
2015 15,399 −0.4% 6.6M
2014 15,457 −0.7% 6.6M
2013 15,571 +0.5% 6.6M
2012 15,488 +1.8% 6.6M
2011 15,208 −0.2% 6.6M
2010 15,240 −2.3% 6.6M
2009 15,600 −0.6% 6.6M
2008 15,694 −0.2% 6.6M
2007 15,728 +1.6% 6.6M
2006 15,487 +0.2% 6.5M
2005 15,458 −0.4% 6.4M
2004 15,520 −0.4% 6.3M
2003 15,575 −0.9% 6.3M
2002 15,718 −3.3% 6.3M
2001 16,255 −1.3% 6.4M
2000 16,477 −4.2% 6.5M
1999 17,192 +2.6% 6.5M
1998 16,759 +3.8% 6.3M
1997 16,139 −0.7% 6.3M
1996 16,254 +0.6% 6.2M
1995 16,154 −1.0% 6.2M
1994 16,315 +1.6% 6.1M
1993 16,051 +2.1% 6.1M
1992 15,727 +3.4% 6M
1991 15,216 +0.4% 5.9M
1990 15,160 5.9M

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

Ranking · Towns of Illinois

2025 · Place 1 is the highest value.

Year: 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
Highest first Lowest first A–Z
#TerritoryLabour force
1 Chicago 1.5M
2 Aurora 97,652
3 Naperville 83,459
4 Joliet 82,003
5 Rockford 64,487
6 Elgin 59,457
7 Springfield 52,744
8 Peoria 51,557
9 Champaign 46,979
10 Waukegan 45,390
11 Bolingbrook 43,372
12 Bloomington 43,042
13 Schaumburg 42,975
14 Cicero 41,891
15 Arlington Heights 41,462
16 Evanston 40,313
17 Palatine 38,916
18 Skokie 33,345
19 Des Plaines 32,487
20 Berwyn 30,721
21 Orland Park 30,005
22 Tinley Park 29,924
23 Oak Park 29,759
24 Decatur 29,197
25 Hoffman Estates 29,113
…
61 Lockport 16,074
62 Elizabethtown 16,055
63 New Lenox 15,639
64 Oak Forest 15,330
65 O'Fallon 15,249
66 Woodstock 14,993
67 Highland Park 14,975
…

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

What it means

Residents who work or are looking for work.

How it is calculated

Employed plus unemployed residents, annual average.