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Economy & jobs Statistics · City

Labour force in Wheaton

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 28 of 101 · Towns of Illinois Updated Oct 22, 2026
Economy & jobs · Wheaton Illinois

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

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Overview 7 figures People 21 figures Economy 20 figures Housing 8 figures Education 10 figures Tourism 3 figures Climate 3 figures
Latest value · 2025 28,709 +0.2% since 2024
Towns of Illinois · 2025 28 of 101 Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2015 −1.8% +0.0% a year on average
share of Illinois 0.44% Illinois: 6,587,613 · 2025
Labour force, 1990 – 2025 people
−1.8% since 2015

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

Compared with Labour force · people
Wheaton 28,709
Illinois 6.6M

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

The series at a glance Wheaton · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 28,709 · 2025
First value 28,708 · 1990
Highest 32,677 · 1999
Lowest 25,963 · 2020
Average change +0.0% a year on average
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearWheatonChange Illinois
2025 28,709 +0.2% 6.6M
2024 28,659 +2.3% 6.6M
2023 28,018 +1.0% 6.5M
2022 27,751 +4.5% 6.5M
2021 26,553 +2.3% 6.4M
2020 25,963 −5.6% 6.3M
2019 27,490 −0.1% 6.5M
2018 27,521 −0.6% 6.6M
2017 27,683 −0.6% 6.6M
2016 27,861 −4.7% 6.6M
2015 29,241 +0.6% 6.6M
2014 29,075 +0.0% 6.6M
2013 29,061 +1.1% 6.6M
2012 28,739 +2.0% 6.6M
2011 28,180 +0.1% 6.6M
2010 28,153 −2.6% 6.6M
2009 28,918 −1.2% 6.6M
2008 29,281 −0.3% 6.6M
2007 29,382 +1.6% 6.6M
2006 28,923 +1.2% 6.5M
2005 28,592 −0.8% 6.4M
2004 28,833 −0.4% 6.3M
2003 28,936 −1.8% 6.3M
2002 29,461 −4.1% 6.3M
2001 30,710 −1.3% 6.4M
2000 31,114 −4.8% 6.5M
1999 32,677 +2.7% 6.5M
1998 31,808 +2.0% 6.3M
1997 31,191 −0.3% 6.3M
1996 31,273 +0.6% 6.2M
1995 31,100 +1.0% 6.2M
1994 30,797 +2.1% 6.1M
1993 30,162 +1.5% 6.1M
1992 29,711 +2.9% 6M
1991 28,874 +0.6% 5.9M
1990 28,708 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.

Year: 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
Highest first Lowest first A–Z
#TerritoryLabour force
48 Addison 19,678
57 Algonquin 17,032
90 Alton 11,729
12 Arlington Heights 41,394
2 Aurora 102K
34 Bartlett 23,599
73 Batavia 13,737
40 Belleville 22,329
89 Belvidere 11,745
28 Berwyn 28,261
13 Bloomington 41,306
14 Bolingbrook 40,554
31 Buffalo Grove 24,376
65 Burbank 14,534
88 Carbondale 11,752
32 Carol Stream 24,079
51 Carpentersville 19,147
11 Champaign 43,747
1 Chicago 1.4M
78 Chicago Heights 13,424
17 Cicero 37,699
85 Collinsville 12,842
37 Crystal Lake 22,760
80 Danville 13,141
38 DeKalb 22,745
…
9 Waukegan 44,834
66 West Chicago 14,534
76 Westmont 13,573
26 Wheaton 29,075
39 Wheeling 22,597
84 Wilmette 12,939
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.