Table Data - Civilian Labor Force in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI (MSA)

Title Civilian Labor Force in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI (MSA)
Series ID LAUMT171698000000006A
Source U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Release Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment
Seasonal Adjustment Not Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency Annual
Units Persons
Date Range 1990-01-01 to 2024-01-01
Last Updated 2025-04-29 10:33 AM CDT
Notes These data come from the Current Population Survey (CPS), also known as the household survey.

Civilian Labor Force includes all persons in the civilian noninstitutional population ages 16 and older classified as either employed or unemployed.

Employed persons are all persons who, during the reference week (the week including the 12th day of the month), (a) did any work as paid employees, worked in their own business or profession or on their own farm, or worked 15 hours or more as unpaid workers in an enterprise operated by a member of their family, or (b) were not working but who had jobs from which they were temporarily absent because of vacation, illness, bad weather, childcare problems, maternity or paternity leave, labor-management dispute, job training, or other family or personal reasons, whether or not they were paid for the time off or were seeking other jobs. Each employed person is counted only once, even if he or she holds more than one job.

Unemployed persons are all persons who had no employment during the reference week, were available for work, except for temporary illness, and had made specific efforts to find employment some time during the 4 week-period ending with the reference week. Persons who were waiting to be recalled to a job from which they had been laid off need not have been looking for work to be classified as unemployed.

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DATE VALUE
1990-01-01 4187342
1991-01-01 4191535
1992-01-01 4268737
1993-01-01 4318582
1994-01-01 4371668
1995-01-01 4432353
1996-01-01 4485295
1997-01-01 4519483
1998-01-01 4540778
1999-01-01 4644357
2000-01-01 4697273
2001-01-01 4685946
2002-01-01 4595050
2003-01-01 4571785
2004-01-01 4587555
2005-01-01 4600387
2006-01-01 4670521
2007-01-01 4757094
2008-01-01 4786423
2009-01-01 4753683
2010-01-01 4768294
2011-01-01 4764688
2012-01-01 4825010
2013-01-01 4856870
2014-01-01 4841486
2015-01-01 4848627
2016-01-01 4917905
2017-01-01 4883028
2018-01-01 4876528
2019-01-01 4883833
2020-01-01 4730179
2021-01-01 4741349
2022-01-01 4864218
2023-01-01 4899434
2024-01-01 5013880

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