Observations

Q3 2025: 19,900

Updated: Jan 26, 2026 5:15 PM CST

Units:

Persons, 4-Quarter Moving Average,

Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:

Quarterly

Notes

Title	Release Dates

Not in Labor Force: Discouraged Workers for Illinois	2015-04-24	2025-10-25

Source

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics	2015-04-24	2025-10-25

Release

Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization for States	2015-04-24	2025-10-25

Units

Persons, 4-Quarter Moving Average	2015-04-24	2025-10-25

Frequency

Quarterly	2015-04-24	2025-10-25

Seasonal Adjustment

Not Seasonally Adjusted	2015-04-24	2025-10-25

Notes

The BLS defines discouraged workers as persons who are not in the labor force, want and are available for work, and had looked for a job sometime in the prior 12 months. They are not counted as unemployed because they had not searched for work in the prior 4 weeks, for the specific reason that they believed no jobs were available to them.	2015-04-24	2025-10-25

Release Tables

Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization for States