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Economy & jobs Statistics · City

Labour force in Plainfield

2000 – 2025 · 26 data points 30 of 101 · Towns of Illinois Updated Oct 22, 2026

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2000 – 2025

Labour force, 2000 – 2025 people
+20% since 2015

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2000 – 2025

Compared with Labour force · people
Plainfield 26,782
Illinois 6.6M

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

The series at a glance Plainfield · 2000 – 2025
Latest value 26,782 · 2025
First value 8,118 · 2000
Highest 26,782 · 2025
Lowest 8,118 · 2000
Average change +4.9% a year on average
Data points 26

By year

All years · 2000 – 2025

YearPlainfieldChange Illinois
2025 26,782 +0.1% 6.6M
2024 26,764 +4.2% 6.6M
2023 25,686 +3.4% 6.5M
2022 24,830 +6.2% 6.5M
2021 23,370 +3.4% 6.4M
2020 22,599 −3.3% 6.3M
2019 23,381 +1.0% 6.5M
2018 23,153 +0.6% 6.6M
2017 23,013 +1.4% 6.6M
2016 22,695 +2.0% 6.6M
2015 22,258 +1.3% 6.6M
2014 21,965 +0.8% 6.6M
2013 21,800 +3.9% 6.6M
2012 20,991 +2.1% 6.6M
2011 20,560 +0.3% 6.6M
2010 20,503 +3.1% 6.6M
2009 19,887 −0.1% 6.6M
2008 19,909 +2.8% 6.6M
2007 19,365 +9.8% 6.6M
2006 17,630 +15% 6.5M
2005 15,386 +14% 6.4M
2004 13,480 +19% 6.3M
2003 11,361 +16% 6.3M
2002 9,826 +8.6% 6.3M
2001 9,048 +11% 6.4M
2000 8,118 6.5M

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2000 – 2025

Ranking · Towns of Illinois

2014 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryLabour force
1 Chicago 1.4M
2 Aurora 102K
3 Naperville 77,853
4 Joliet 75,939
5 Rockford 67,685
6 Springfield 58,328
7 Elgin 57,097
8 Peoria 55,278
9 Waukegan 44,834
10 Schaumburg 44,561
11 Champaign 43,747
12 Arlington Heights 41,394
13 Bloomington 41,306
14 Bolingbrook 40,554
15 Evanston 39,917
16 Palatine 39,792
17 Cicero 37,699
18 Decatur 33,562
19 Skokie 33,329
20 Des Plaines 33,093
21 Tinley Park 32,553
22 Orland Park 30,480
23 Hoffman Estates 30,367
24 Oak Park 29,620
25 Oak Lawn 29,188
…
39 Wheeling 22,597
40 Belleville 22,329
41 Moline 22,194
42 Plainfield 21,965
43 Urbana 21,662
44 Hanover Park 21,081
45 Romeoville 20,316
…

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.