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Economy & jobs Statistics · City

Labour force in Urbana

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 42 of 101 · Towns of Illinois Updated Oct 22, 2026

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

Labour force, 1990 – 2025 people
−4.1% since 2015

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

Compared with Labour force · people
Urbana 20,803
Illinois 6.6M

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

The series at a glance Urbana · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 20,803 · 2025
First value 19,754 · 1990
Highest 22,253 · 2010
Lowest 18,672 · 1995
Average change +0.1% a year on average
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearUrbanaChange Illinois
2025 20,803 −1.3% 6.6M
2024 21,083 +0.6% 6.6M
2023 20,962 +0.7% 6.5M
2022 20,819 +0.7% 6.5M
2021 20,678 +2.6% 6.4M
2020 20,162 −3.1% 6.3M
2019 20,803 +0.3% 6.5M
2018 20,738 +0.4% 6.6M
2017 20,660 −1.4% 6.6M
2016 20,955 −3.4% 6.6M
2015 21,699 +0.2% 6.6M
2014 21,662 +0.3% 6.6M
2013 21,591 −1.4% 6.6M
2012 21,891 −1.0% 6.6M
2011 22,115 −0.6% 6.6M
2010 22,253 +8.6% 6.6M
2009 20,493 −1.1% 6.6M
2008 20,714 −0.3% 6.6M
2007 20,778 +1.3% 6.6M
2006 20,503 +1.2% 6.5M
2005 20,263 +2.2% 6.4M
2004 19,834 +0.6% 6.3M
2003 19,712 −0.6% 6.3M
2002 19,829 −0.9% 6.3M
2001 20,010 +0.1% 6.4M
2000 19,982 −5.0% 6.5M
1999 21,033 +3.9% 6.5M
1998 20,242 +4.4% 6.3M
1997 19,381 +2.9% 6.3M
1996 18,830 +0.8% 6.2M
1995 18,672 −10% 6.2M
1994 20,788 +1.0% 6.1M
1993 20,585 +1.6% 6.1M
1992 20,264 +1.1% 6M
1991 20,048 +1.5% 5.9M
1990 19,754 5.9M

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 1990 – 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
…
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
46 Woodridge 20,251
…

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.