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Midwest Region

69,596,584 Population
750,581.4 square miles 92.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.4 ±0.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$42,628 ±$145 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$76,308 ±$266 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

11.8% ±0.1% (8,002,132  ±93,374) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

24 minutes ±0.1 (728,502,460  ±2,704,520) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

28,507,388 ±48,511 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 (67,863,090  ±) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.1% ±0.1% (816,927  ±18,016) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

31,243,496 ±4,663 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$265,100 ±$677 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

11.4% ±0.1% (7,845,287  ±71,159.5) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

92.1% ±0.2% (44,234,034  ±113,591.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
34.8% ±0.2% (16,702,926  ±70,370.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

12.8% ±0.1% (8,454,008  ±70,603.3) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 23% 74,050,850 (±0.1% / ±226,318.1)

8.2% (5,734,689  ±50,695) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

5.8% ±0.1% (3,133,624  ±24,867) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
3,133,624 Total veterans ±24,867 2,851,212 Male ±22,481 282,412 Female ±10,082

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