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Economy & jobs Statistics · City

Labour force in Peoria

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 8 of 101 · Towns of Illinois Updated Oct 21, 2026
Economy & jobs · Peoria 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 51,557 −2.2% since 2024
Towns of Illinois · 2025 8 of 101 Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2015 −5.1% −0.2% a year on average
share of Illinois 0.78% Illinois: 6,587,613 · 2025
Labour force, 1990 – 2025 people
−5.1% since 2015

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

Compared with Labour force · people
Peoria 51,557
Illinois 6.6M

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

The series at a glance Peoria · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 51,557 · 2025
First value 55,682 · 1990
Highest 58,105 · 2011
Lowest 51,280 · 2022
Average change −0.2% a year on average
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearPeoriaChange Illinois
2025 51,557 −2.2% 6.6M
2024 52,731 +1.4% 6.6M
2023 52,020 +1.4% 6.5M
2022 51,280 −1.6% 6.5M
2021 52,102 −0.4% 6.4M
2020 52,336 −2.0% 6.3M
2019 53,407 −1.4% 6.5M
2018 54,184 +0.5% 6.6M
2017 53,917 −2.3% 6.6M
2016 55,201 +1.6% 6.6M
2015 54,333 −1.7% 6.6M
2014 55,278 −2.1% 6.6M
2013 56,460 −2.5% 6.6M
2012 57,935 −0.3% 6.6M
2011 58,105 +0.7% 6.6M
2010 57,698 −0.1% 6.6M
2009 57,757 −0.5% 6.6M
2008 58,019 +0.8% 6.6M
2007 57,581 +2.4% 6.6M
2006 56,212 +3.0% 6.5M
2005 54,591 +3.8% 6.4M
2004 52,607 +1.3% 6.3M
2003 51,934 −0.7% 6.3M
2002 52,292 −1.6% 6.3M
2001 53,139 −1.0% 6.4M
2000 53,672 −5.3% 6.5M
1999 56,650 −1.1% 6.5M
1998 57,266 −0.1% 6.3M
1997 57,352 +1.6% 6.3M
1996 56,435 +1.0% 6.2M
1995 55,876 +0.5% 6.2M
1994 55,575 −0.7% 6.1M
1993 55,973 −0.9% 6.1M
1992 56,464 +1.0% 6M
1991 55,909 +0.4% 5.9M
1990 55,682 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
41 Addison 21,158
54 Algonquin 18,412
89 Alton 11,877
15 Arlington Heights 41,462
2 Aurora 97,652
33 Bartlett 24,562
76 Batavia 14,166
48 Belleville 20,081
81 Belvidere 12,857
20 Berwyn 30,721
12 Bloomington 43,042
11 Bolingbrook 43,372
37 Buffalo Grove 23,586
72 Burbank 14,411
96 Carbondale 10,096
39 Carol Stream 22,941
49 Carpentersville 19,791
9 Champaign 46,979
1 Chicago 1.5M
90 Chicago Heights 11,730
14 Cicero 41,891
80 Collinsville 12,911
36 Crystal Lake 23,772
92 Danville 10,711
46 DeKalb 20,352
…
93 Park Forest 10,673
45 Park Ridge 20,482
69 Pekin 14,574
8 Peoria 51,557
30 Plainfield 26,782
51 Quincy 19,649
57 Rock Island 17,039
…

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.