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Economy & jobs Statistics · City

Labour force in Palatine

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 17 of 101 · Towns of Illinois Updated Oct 22, 2026
Economy & jobs · Palatine 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 38,916 +0.2% since 2024
Towns of Illinois · 2025 17 of 101 Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2015 −2.5% +0.7% a year on average
share of Illinois 0.59% Illinois: 6,587,613 · 2025
Labour force, 1990 – 2025 people
−2.5% since 2015

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

Compared with Labour force · people
Palatine 38,916
Illinois 6.6M

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

The series at a glance Palatine · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 38,916 · 2025
First value 30,395 · 1990
Highest 41,675 · 2000
Lowest 30,395 · 1990
Average change +0.7% a year on average
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearPalatineChange Illinois
2025 38,916 +0.2% 6.6M
2024 38,848 +2.5% 6.6M
2023 37,894 +0.2% 6.5M
2022 37,813 +3.2% 6.5M
2021 36,652 +0.8% 6.4M
2020 36,350 −4.7% 6.3M
2019 38,128 −0.1% 6.5M
2018 38,173 −0.7% 6.6M
2017 38,441 −1.0% 6.6M
2016 38,846 −2.6% 6.6M
2015 39,902 +0.3% 6.6M
2014 39,792 −0.3% 6.6M
2013 39,899 +0.9% 6.6M
2012 39,542 +1.8% 6.6M
2011 38,825 −0.3% 6.6M
2010 38,936 −2.1% 6.6M
2009 39,769 −1.3% 6.6M
2008 40,300 −0.1% 6.6M
2007 40,360 +1.5% 6.6M
2006 39,755 +1.2% 6.5M
2005 39,295 +0.4% 6.4M
2004 39,145 −0.7% 6.3M
2003 39,413 −1.2% 6.3M
2002 39,874 −3.5% 6.3M
2001 41,321 −0.8% 6.4M
2000 41,675 +21% 6.5M
1999 34,465 +2.6% 6.5M
1998 33,597 +0.9% 6.3M
1997 33,282 +1.7% 6.3M
1996 32,734 +0.7% 6.2M
1995 32,509 +0.7% 6.2M
1994 32,281 +1.5% 6.1M
1993 31,791 +1.7% 6.1M
1992 31,246 +1.9% 6M
1991 30,655 +0.9% 5.9M
1990 30,395 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.

Year: 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
Highest first Lowest first A–Z
#TerritoryLabour force
100 Harvey 8,681
99 East St Louis 9,133
98 North Chicago 9,198
97 Park Forest 10,435
96 Maywood 10,501
95 Freeport 10,951
94 Huntley 11,027
93 Dolton 11,055
92 Zion 11,170
91 Kankakee 11,235
90 Alton 11,729
89 Belvidere 11,745
88 Carbondale 11,752
87 Morton Grove 11,763
86 Melrose Park 12,147
85 Collinsville 12,842
84 Wilmette 12,939
83 Edwardsville 12,949
82 Homer Glen 13,116
81 Woodstock 13,129
80 Danville 13,141
79 Galesburg 13,227
78 Chicago Heights 13,424
77 Elizabethtown 13,469
76 Westmont 13,573
…
19 Skokie 33,329
18 Decatur 33,562
17 Cicero 37,699
16 Palatine 39,792
15 Evanston 39,917
14 Bolingbrook 40,554
13 Bloomington 41,306
…

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.