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Congressional District 15, IL

745,893 Population
16,752.9 square miles 44.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.1 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 39.5 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$37,558 ±$877 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $45,043 ±$388
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$70,766 ±$1,730 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Illinois: $80,306 ±$635
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

11% ±1% (79,106  ±6,957) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Illinois: 11.6% 1,426,517 (±0.3% / ±30,335)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

22 minutes ±0.5 (6,937,165  ±241,167) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Illinois: 28.1 150,482,720 (±0.2 / ±1,340,109)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

307,990 ±4,508 Number of households
  • Illinois: 5,071,288 ±14,337
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.3 ±0.1 (718,780  ±9,308) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 2.4 12,271,503
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

6.4% ±1.1% (9,887  ±1,743) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 141,318 (±0.2% / ±5,490)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

341,093 ±3,492 Number of housing units
  • Illinois: 5,470,727 ±527
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$154,100 ±$3,836 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$1,622
  • about half the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

9.4% ±0.8% (69,604  ±5,909.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 10.8% 1,344,235 (±0.3% / ±31,091.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

93.5% ±1.5% (491,317  ±9,511.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.6% 7,888,008 (±0.5% / ±44,765.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
26% ±1% (136,550  ±5,363) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Illinois: 38.3% 3,334,374 (±0.3% / ±28,654.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

3.9% ±0.6% (27,960  ±3,871.7) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Illinois: 23.8% 2,852,434 (±0.1% / ±15,068.3)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 22% 68,845,870 (±0.1% / ±206,858.2)

2.2% ±0.4% (16,588  ±2,799) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Illinois: 15% 1,878,890
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

8% ±0.6% (46,481  ±3,270) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 4.7% 459,569 (±0.1% / ±11,336)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
46,481 Total veterans ±3,270 42,967 Male ±3,114 3,514 Female ±841

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