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Labour force in East St Louis

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points section.rank · Towns of St. Louis section.updated Oct 22, 2026

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

Labour force, 1990 – 2025 people
−27% section.change_since

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

The series at a glance East St Louis · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 6,639 · 2025
First value 13,150 · 1990
Highest 13,150 · 1990
Lowest 6,639 · 2025
Average change −1.9% a year on average
Data points 36

By year

section.all_years · 1990 – 2025

YearEast St LouisChange
2025 6,639 −2.6%
2024 6,817 +1.1%
2023 6,743 +0.3%
2022 6,722 −5.9%
2021 7,142 −1.0%
2020 7,215 +0.6%
2019 7,171 −2.2%
2018 7,336 −0.3%
2017 7,360 −2.7%
2016 7,566 −17%
2015 9,135 +0.0%
2014 9,133 −1.4%
2013 9,258 −1.1%
2012 9,358 −3.2%
2011 9,669 −1.1%
2010 9,774 −0.9%
2009 9,862 +0.1%
2008 9,853 +0.1%
2007 9,847 −0.6%
2006 9,910 −0.4%
2005 9,950 −0.0%
2004 9,951 −1.4%
2003 10,089 −0.7%
2002 10,157 −0.6%
2001 10,219 −2.4%
2000 10,466 −7.3%
1999 11,292 −1.7%
1998 11,492 −1.5%
1997 11,665 +0.2%
1996 11,647 −1.0%
1995 11,769 +3.6%
1994 11,357 −2.9%
1993 11,702 −3.2%
1992 12,091 −2.1%
1991 12,346 −6.1%
1990 13,150

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

Ranking · Towns of St. Louis

2015 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryLabour force
1 St. Louis 158K
2 Columbia 66,767
3 St Charles 37,952
4 Florissant 28,326
5 Chesterfield 24,783
6 Belleville 22,192
7 Ballwin 16,971
8 Maryland Heights 16,202
9 Kirkwood 15,747
10 Hazelwood 13,889
11 O'Fallon 13,691
12 Edwardsville 13,190
13 Collinsville 12,834
14 Alton 11,677
15 East St Louis 9,135

section.source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2015

section.what

Residents who work or are looking for work.

section.how

Employed plus unemployed residents, annual average.