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Labour force in Springfield

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 7 of 101 · Towns of Illinois Updated Oct 22, 2026
Economy & jobs · Springfield 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 52,744 −4.1% since 2024
Towns of Illinois · 2025 7 of 101 Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2015 −10% −0.4% a year on average
share of Illinois 0.80% Illinois: 6,587,613 · 2025
Labour force, 1990 – 2025 people
−10% since 2015

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

Compared with Labour force · people
Springfield 52,744
Illinois 6.6M

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

The series at a glance Springfield · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 52,744 · 2025
First value 60,458 · 1990
Highest 64,115 · 2007
Lowest 52,744 · 2025
Average change −0.4% a year on average
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearSpringfieldChange Illinois
2025 52,744 −4.1% 6.6M
2024 55,008 +1.4% 6.6M
2023 54,235 +0.0% 6.5M
2022 54,223 +0.2% 6.5M
2021 54,135 +1.4% 6.4M
2020 53,411 −2.6% 6.3M
2019 54,838 −1.6% 6.5M
2018 55,735 −0.5% 6.6M
2017 55,996 −2.3% 6.6M
2016 57,291 −2.7% 6.6M
2015 58,852 +0.9% 6.6M
2014 58,328 +0.5% 6.6M
2013 58,053 −3.1% 6.6M
2012 59,925 −2.3% 6.6M
2011 61,336 +0.4% 6.6M
2010 61,100 −4.6% 6.6M
2009 64,025 +0.1% 6.6M
2008 63,959 −0.2% 6.6M
2007 64,115 +1.0% 6.6M
2006 63,475 +1.1% 6.5M
2005 62,755 +3.4% 6.4M
2004 60,674 +1.6% 6.3M
2003 59,701 −1.9% 6.3M
2002 60,830 −1.0% 6.3M
2001 61,436 −0.6% 6.4M
2000 61,791 +0.3% 6.5M
1999 61,583 −0.9% 6.5M
1998 62,119 +0.6% 6.3M
1997 61,759 +3.8% 6.3M
1996 59,482 +0.3% 6.2M
1995 59,328 +2.7% 6.2M
1994 57,791 −2.8% 6.1M
1993 59,433 −2.9% 6.1M
1992 61,215 −0.4% 6M
1991 61,483 +1.7% 5.9M
1990 60,458 5.9M

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

Ranking · Towns of Illinois

2024 · 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 21,112
54 Algonquin 18,422
89 Alton 12,132
15 Arlington Heights 41,364
2 Aurora 98,405
33 Bartlett 24,542
75 Batavia 14,343
46 Belleville 20,487
79 Belvidere 13,190
20 Berwyn 30,668
11 Bloomington 44,577
12 Bolingbrook 43,378
36 Buffalo Grove 23,800
73 Burbank 14,426
96 Carbondale 10,106
39 Carol Stream 22,940
49 Carpentersville 20,086
9 Champaign 47,601
1 Chicago 1.5M
91 Chicago Heights 11,713
14 Cicero 41,812
80 Collinsville 13,162
37 Crystal Lake 23,746
92 Danville 11,047
45 DeKalb 20,653
…
69 Round Lake Beach 14,664
13 Schaumburg 42,872
18 Skokie 33,327
7 Springfield 55,008
53 St. Charles 18,720
40 Streamwood 22,267
21 Tinley Park 29,953
…

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2024

What it means

Residents who work or are looking for work.

How it is calculated

Employed plus unemployed residents, annual average.