Employed residents in Wilmington, DE

Employed residents in Wilmington, DE was 35,330 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is down 0.1% from 2024.

2025, persons35,330

Change on 2024-0.1%

Series high35,3832024

Series low28,8762010

Next release: Wednesday, 28 October 2026, 10:00 ET, announced by BLS. Release calendar

Employed residents in Wilmington, DE, 1990 to 2025

persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-30.

All 36 values

Period	persons
2025	35,330
2024	35,383
2023	35,313
2022	34,714
2021	33,723
2020	32,807
2019	34,205
2018	34,190
2017	33,901
2016	33,687
2015	31,274
2014	30,536
2013	29,644
2012	29,735
2011	29,537
2010	28,876
2009	28,967
2008	30,893
2007	31,205
2006	31,053
2005	30,313
2004	30,082
2003	30,264
2002	30,825
2001	32,039
2000	31,715
1999	33,132
1998	33,220
1997	32,912
1996	30,927
1995	31,481
1994	32,955
1993	32,494
1992	31,764
1991	31,530
1990	32,533

Rankings

US cities by employed residents 1706 places

Definition

Residents who did any work for pay or profit in the reference week, or were temporarily absent from a job, annual average. People aged 16 and over by place of residence, from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Active-duty military personnel and people living in institutions are excluded.

United States cities only for now. Counts people where they live, whatever the place of work, and someone with two jobs counts once. BLS estimates cities by splitting county estimates with Census Bureau employment and population data and unemployment insurance claims, so city figures are less precise than state ones. BLS publishes cities of 25,000 or more, and smaller cities in New England.

How to cite

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average (Employed residents, Wilmington, DE, 1990 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29

MLA 9

Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Employed residents, Wilmington, DE, 1990 to 2025. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employed-residents/wilmington-de. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Employed residents, Wilmington, DE, 1990 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employed-residents/wilmington-de.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Employed residents, Wilmington, DE, 1990 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/employed-residents/wilmington-de (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  author = {{U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics}},
  title = {{Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average: Employed residents, Wilmington, DE, 1990 to 2025}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employed-residents/wilmington-de. Publisher attribution: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

RIS

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What is the employed residents in Wilmington, DE?

Employed residents in Wilmington, DE was 35,330 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is down 0.1% from 2024.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest employed residents in Wilmington, DE?

35,383 in 2024, the highest value since 1990 in this series.

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