Data / Unemployed people / Evanston, IL

Unemployed people in Evanston, IL

Unemployed people in Evanston, IL was 1,718 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is down 6.9% from 2024. That is the 16th highest of 104 cities in 2025.

2025, persons1,718
Change on 2024-6.9%
Rank16th of 104Cities in Illinois ranked
Series high3,2922010
Series low1,2422019

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

Get an email when a new figure is out or this one is revised.
Keep it in a collection in your library.

Unemployed people in Evanston, IL, 1990 to 2025

1,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,50019901996200220082014202020251990: 1,972 persons1991: 2,310 persons1992: 2,490 persons1993: 2,320 persons1994: 2,039 persons1995: 1,759 persons1996: 1,836 persons1997: 1,809 persons1998: 1,702 persons1999: 1,739 persons2000: 1,692 persons2001: 2,067 persons2002: 2,420 persons2003: 2,194 persons2004: 2,038 persons2005: 2,005 persons2006: 1,510 persons2007: 1,639 persons2008: 2,018 persons2009: 3,007 persons2010: 3,292 persons2011: 3,160 persons2012: 2,984 persons2013: 3,129 persons2014: 2,468 persons2015: 2,024 persons2016: 2,059 persons2017: 1,656 persons2018: 1,352 persons2019: 1,242 persons2020: 2,971 persons2021: 1,895 persons2022: 1,580 persons2023: 1,470 persons2024: 1,846 persons2025: 1,718 persons1,0002,0003,0004,00019902002201420251990: 1,972 persons1991: 2,310 persons1992: 2,490 persons1993: 2,320 persons1994: 2,039 persons1995: 1,759 persons1996: 1,836 persons1997: 1,809 persons1998: 1,702 persons1999: 1,739 persons2000: 1,692 persons2001: 2,067 persons2002: 2,420 persons2003: 2,194 persons2004: 2,038 persons2005: 2,005 persons2006: 1,510 persons2007: 1,639 persons2008: 2,018 persons2009: 3,007 persons2010: 3,292 persons2011: 3,160 persons2012: 2,984 persons2013: 3,129 persons2014: 2,468 persons2015: 2,024 persons2016: 2,059 persons2017: 1,656 persons2018: 1,352 persons2019: 1,242 persons2020: 2,971 persons2021: 1,895 persons2022: 1,580 persons2023: 1,470 persons2024: 1,846 persons2025: 1,718 persons
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-30.
All 36 values
Periodpersons
20251,718
20241,846
20231,470
20221,580
20211,895
20202,971
20191,242
20181,352
20171,656
20162,059
20152,024
20142,468
20133,129
20122,984
20113,160
20103,292
20093,007
20082,018
20071,639
20061,510
20052,005
20042,038
20032,194
20022,420
20012,067
20001,692
19991,739
19981,702
19971,809
19961,836
19951,759
19942,039
19932,320
19922,490
19912,310
19901,972

Rankings

Definition

Residents with no job who were available for work and had looked for work in the previous four weeks, or were waiting to be recalled from a layoff, annual average.

More on how it is measured
  • 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. The survey definition, not a count of benefit claimants. 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.

Report a problem with this figure

How to cite

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Citation styles

The publisher is the author. Invokely is named only as the place the figures were read, where a style asks for it.

APA 7

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average (Unemployed people, Evanston, IL, 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: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Unemployed people, Evanston, IL, 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/unemployed-people/evanston-il. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Unemployed people, Evanston, IL, 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/unemployed-people/evanston-il.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Unemployed people, Evanston, IL, 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/unemployed-people/evanston-il (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{bureau_unemployed_people_evanston_il_2025,
  author = {{U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics}},
  title = {{Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average: Unemployed people, Evanston, IL, 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/unemployed-people/evanston-il. Publisher attribution: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}
RIS
TY  - DATA
AU  - U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
TI  - Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average: Unemployed people, Evanston, IL, 1990 to 2025
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/09/30
PB  - U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
DB  - Invokely
UR  - https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29
L2  - https://invokely.ai/en/unemployed-people/evanston-il
Y2  - 2026/10/12
N1  - Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/unemployed-people/evanston-il.
N1  - Publisher attribution: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
ER  -
Embed this chart

Paste this code into a web page or a blog post. The chart shows the latest figures as they are published, with the source and a link back to this page.

Sites that read oEmbed links, such as WordPress, can show the chart when you paste the link to this page.

Use this data in your AI agent

Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:

What is the latest unemployed people in Evanston, IL? Cite the source.
get_value {"indicator":"unemployed_persons","place":"us-place-1724582"}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/value?indicator=unemployed_persons&place=us-place-1724582

Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor in one step. The trial answers 25 calls a day without an account.

Questions

What is the unemployed people in Evanston, IL?

Unemployed people in Evanston, IL was 1,718 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is down 6.9% from 2024. That is the 16th highest of 104 cities in 2025.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest unemployed people in Evanston, IL?

3,292 in 2010, the highest value since 1990 in this series.

Unemployed people elsewhere in Illinois

Related statistics for Evanston, IL

All statistics for Evanston, IL | Evanston, IL in figures