Place of work data for 1970 are not generally available. For 1980, place of work data are only available for principal cities and suburban places with a 1980 population of 25,000 or more. Also, due to the large number of respondents not reporting Place of Work in the 1980 Census, the 1980 data have been allocated to provide a more accurate comparison with the 1990 and 2000 data.
Total Workers and Workers by Class in Place of Work| Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area | Central city of: Arlington Heights village, IL |
Suburbs* | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Workers | 1980 | 3,567,682 | 25,861 | 1,798,252 |
| 1990 | 3,924,779 | 48,346 | 2,131,252 | |
| 2000 | 4,235,595 | 43,785 | 2,423,096 | |
| Private Wage and Salary Workers |
1980 | 2,923,820 | 21,617 | 1,488,090 |
| 1990 | 3,258,136 | 43,160 | 1,790,674 | 2000 | 3,391,455 | 37,040 | 1,960,485 |
| Federal Government |
1980 | 121,203 | 412 | 59,840 |
| 1990 | 115,626 | 491 | 61,361 | |
| 2000 | 99,975 | 330 | 55,415 | |
| State and Local Government |
1980 | 361,748 | 2,555 | 361,748 |
| 1990 | 356,515 | 2,772 | 356,515 | |
| 2000 | 398,730 | 2,600 | 398,730 | |
| Self-Employed | 1980 | 150,488 | 1,153 | 150,488 |
| 1990 | 183,361 | 1,830 | 183,361 | |
| 2000 | 336,225 | 3,755 | 336,225 | |
| Unpaid Family Work |
1980 | 10,496 | 92 | 6,452 |
| 1990 | 11,141 | 93 | 6,865 | |
| 2000 | 9,210 | 60 | 5,395 | |
| Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area | Central city of: Arlington Heights village, IL |
Suburbs* | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Private Wage and Salary Workers |
1980 | 82.0 | 83.6 | 82.8 |
| 1990 | 83.0 | 89.3 | 84.0 | |
| 2000 | 80.1 | 84.6 | 80.9 | |
| Federal Government |
1980 | 3.4 | 1.6 | 3.3 |
| 1990 | 2.9 | 1.0 | 2.9 | |
| 2000 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 2.3 | |
| State and Local Government |
1980 | 10.1 | 9.9 | 20.1 |
| 1990 | 9.1 | 5.7 | 16.7 | |
| 2000 | 9.4 | 5.9 | 16.5 | |
| Self-Employed | 1980 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 8.4 |
| 1990 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 8.6 | |
| 2000 | 7.9 | 8.6 | 13.9 | |
| Unpaid Family Work |
1980 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| 1990 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | |
| 2000 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | |
*Suburb data are defined as the total for the Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area less the sum
of data for these cities:
Arlington Heights village, IL
; Chicago city, IL
; Des Plaines city, IL
; Elgin city, IL
; Evanston city, IL
; Hoffman Estates village, IL
; Joliet city, IL
; Naperville city, IL
; Schaumburg village, IL
; Skokie village, IL
; Gary city, IN
; click a highlighted city to see its Total Workers table.
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