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Economy & jobs Statistics · City

Labour force in St. Charles

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 53 of 101 · Towns of Illinois Updated Oct 22, 2026
Economy & jobs · St. Charles 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 18,498 −1.2% since 2024
Towns of Illinois · 2025 53 of 101 Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2015 +0.2% +1.1% a year on average
share of Illinois 0.28% Illinois: 6,587,613 · 2025
Labour force, 1990 – 2025 people
+0.2% since 2015

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

Compared with Labour force · people
St. Charles 18,498
Illinois 6.6M

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

The series at a glance St. Charles · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 18,498 · 2025
First value 12,694 · 1990
Highest 19,266 · 2007
Lowest 12,694 · 1990
Average change +1.1% a year on average
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearSt. CharlesChange Illinois
2025 18,498 −1.2% 6.6M
2024 18,720 +1.7% 6.6M
2023 18,407 +0.9% 6.5M
2022 18,241 +1.4% 6.5M
2021 17,991 +0.0% 6.4M
2020 17,987 −5.5% 6.3M
2019 19,032 −0.4% 6.5M
2018 19,111 +2.4% 6.6M
2017 18,670 −0.8% 6.6M
2016 18,827 +2.0% 6.6M
2015 18,457 +0.8% 6.6M
2014 18,316 +0.3% 6.6M
2013 18,258 −2.7% 6.6M
2012 18,762 −0.4% 6.6M
2011 18,838 +0.8% 6.6M
2010 18,680 −1.1% 6.6M
2009 18,884 −1.6% 6.6M
2008 19,187 −0.4% 6.6M
2007 19,266 +2.3% 6.6M
2006 18,841 +2.0% 6.5M
2005 18,476 +0.4% 6.4M
2004 18,408 +1.6% 6.3M
2003 18,117 +2.5% 6.3M
2002 17,675 +1.0% 6.3M
2001 17,502 +3.0% 6.4M
2000 16,989 +2.3% 6.5M
1999 16,602 +5.0% 6.5M
1998 15,812 +3.7% 6.3M
1997 15,244 −0.1% 6.3M
1996 15,260 +3.0% 6.2M
1995 14,821 +8.3% 6.2M
1994 13,682 +1.2% 6.1M
1993 13,518 +2.6% 6.1M
1992 13,179 +2.8% 6M
1991 12,818 +1.0% 5.9M
1990 12,694 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
…
12 Schaumburg 42,588
18 Skokie 33,267
7 Springfield 57,291
52 St. Charles 18,827
38 Streamwood 22,455
22 Tinley Park 29,676
45 Urbana 20,955
…

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.