# Cities in Illinois by employed residents, 2025

All 104 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `employed_residents`
- Unit: persons
- 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.
- Source: 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)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-labor-statistics
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/illinois-cities

| Rank | Place | persons |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Chicago, IL | 1,422,279 |
| 2 | Aurora, IL | 93,157 |
| 3 | Naperville, IL | 80,314 |
| 4 | Joliet, IL | 77,581 |
| 5 | Rockford, IL | 60,554 |
| 6 | Elgin, IL | 56,097 |
| 7 | Springfield, IL | 50,211 |
| 8 | Peoria, IL | 48,722 |
| 9 | Champaign, IL | 45,040 |
| 10 | Waukegan, IL | 42,735 |
| 11 | Bolingbrook, IL | 41,499 |
| 12 | Bloomington, IL | 41,318 |
| 13 | Schaumburg, IL | 41,248 |
| 14 | Arlington Heights, IL | 39,906 |
| 15 | Cicero, IL | 39,851 |
| 16 | Evanston, IL | 38,595 |
| 17 | Palatine, IL | 37,381 |
| 18 | Skokie, IL | 31,956 |
| 19 | Des Plaines, IL | 31,109 |
| 20 | Mount Prospect, IL | 29,590 |
| 21 | Berwyn, IL | 29,192 |
| 22 | Orland Park, IL | 28,783 |
| 23 | Tinley Park, IL | 28,680 |
| 24 | Oak Park, IL | 28,494 |
| 25 | Hoffman Estates, IL | 27,974 |
| 26 | Normal, IL | 27,745 |
| 27 | Wheaton, IL | 27,637 |
| 28 | Oak Lawn, IL | 27,416 |
| 29 | Decatur, IL | 27,291 |
| 30 | Downers Grove, IL | 27,104 |
| 31 | Plainfield, IL | 25,783 |
| 32 | Lombard, IL | 25,284 |
| 33 | Bartlett, IL | 23,630 |
| 34 | Romeoville, IL | 23,530 |
| 35 | Elmhurst, IL | 23,293 |
| 36 | Glenview, IL | 23,245 |
| 37 | Crystal Lake, IL | 22,847 |
| 38 | Buffalo Grove, IL | 22,679 |
| 39 | Wheeling, IL | 22,085 |
| 40 | Carol Stream, IL | 22,083 |
| 41 | Streamwood, IL | 21,232 |
| 42 | Addison, IL | 20,259 |
| 43 | Urbana, IL | 19,903 |
| 44 | Oswego, IL | 19,802 |
| 45 | Park Ridge, IL | 19,724 |
| 46 | Moline, IL | 19,436 |
| 47 | Woodridge, IL | 19,402 |
| 48 | DeKalb, IL | 19,352 |
| 49 | Belleville, IL | 19,159 |
| 50 | Quincy, IL | 18,940 |
| 51 | Hanover Park, IL | 18,749 |
| 52 | Carpentersville, IL | 18,609 |
| 53 | Glendale Heights, IL | 18,587 |
| 54 | St. Charles, IL | 17,775 |
| 55 | Algonquin, IL | 17,683 |
| 56 | Mundelein, IL | 17,093 |
| 57 | Elk Grove Village, IL | 17,015 |
| 58 | Northbrook, IL | 16,868 |
| 59 | McHenry, IL | 16,261 |
| 60 | Rock Island, IL | 16,150 |
| 61 | Calumet City, IL | 15,991 |
| 62 | Gurnee, IL | 15,988 |
| 63 | Lake in the Hills, IL | 15,766 |
| 64 | Lockport, IL | 15,448 |
| 65 | New Lenox, IL | 15,025 |
| 66 | O'Fallon, IL | 14,669 |
| 67 | Oak Forest, IL | 14,636 |
| 68 | Highland Park, IL | 14,386 |
| 69 | Woodstock, IL | 14,362 |
| 70 | Glen Ellyn, IL | 14,072 |
| 71 | Niles, IL | 13,923 |
| 72 | Pekin, IL | 13,808 |
| 73 | Burbank, IL | 13,675 |
| 74 | Lansing, IL | 13,657 |
| 75 | Vernon Hills, IL | 13,650 |
| 76 | Batavia, IL | 13,609 |
| 77 | West Chicago, IL | 13,591 |
| 78 | Round Lake Beach, IL | 13,418 |
| 79 | Yorkville, IL | 13,415 |
| 80 | Edwardsville, IL | 12,771 |
| 81 | Westmont, IL | 12,442 |
| 82 | Collinsville, IL | 12,419 |
| 83 | Wilmette, IL | 12,253 |
| 84 | Morton Grove, IL | 12,168 |
| 85 | Huntley, IL | 12,165 |
| 86 | Melrose Park, IL | 12,109 |
| 87 | Belvidere, IL | 12,094 |
| 88 | Granite City, IL | 12,032 |
| 89 | Homer Glen, IL | 12,015 |
| 90 | Elmwood Park, IL | 11,919 |
| 91 | Zion, IL | 11,563 |
| 92 | Alton, IL | 11,311 |
| 93 | Galesburg, IL | 10,935 |
| 94 | Chicago Heights, IL | 10,856 |
| 95 | Freeport, IL | 10,108 |
| 96 | Danville, IL | 10,022 |
| 97 | Park Forest, IL | 9,971 |
| 98 | Maywood, IL | 9,568 |
| 99 | Carbondale, IL | 9,552 |
| 100 | North Chicago, IL | 9,248 |
| 101 | Kankakee, IL | 9,157 |
| 102 | Dolton, IL | 8,701 |
| 103 | Harvey, IL | 8,179 |
| 104 | East St. Louis, IL | 6,160 |