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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 22, 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

2016 · 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
48 Addison 20,427
57 Algonquin 17,482
83 Alton 12,807
14 Arlington Heights 40,946
2 Aurora 99,981
32 Bartlett 23,971
66 Batavia 14,666
40 Belleville 22,011
75 Belvidere 13,942
21 Berwyn 31,090
11 Bloomington 43,352
15 Bolingbrook 40,945
31 Buffalo Grove 24,204
70 Burbank 14,427
94 Carbondale 10,746
37 Carol Stream 22,486
43 Carpentersville 21,588
10 Champaign 44,073
1 Chicago 1.4M
89 Chicago Heights 12,052
13 Cicero 42,543
78 Collinsville 13,678
39 Crystal Lake 22,125
88 Danville 12,212
44 DeKalb 21,333
…
93 Park Forest 10,824
47 Park Ridge 20,440
60 Pekin 15,626
8 Peoria 55,201
36 Plainfield 22,695
46 Quincy 20,647
53 Rock Island 18,546
…

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2016

What it means

Residents who work or are looking for work.

How it is calculated

Employed plus unemployed residents, annual average.