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The Size of the Illinois Human Service Workforce
In this paper the Social IMPACT Research Center and The Chicago Community Trust outline an approach to estimating the size of the human service workforce in Illinois.
The paper finds that:
- An estimated 407,828 Illinoisans work in human services.
- 6.1 percent of Illinois’ workforce is employed by human services organizations.
- There is one human service worker for every 32 Illinoisans.
- 13 states have ratios of human service workers to the total population that are more favorable than Illinois’.
- Among Midwest states, Illinois’ ratio of human service workers to the total population is more favorable than the ratios in Indiana and Michigan, less favorable than Iowa and Minnesota, and similar to Ohio and Wisconsin.
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This report is written by the Social IMPACT Research Center, a program of Heartland Alliance.
Contact the Social IMPACT Research Center with research requests.
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