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Midwest Region

68,909,280 Population
750,581.4 square miles 91.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 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

$40,957 ±$141 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$72,763 ±$289 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

11.9% ±0.1% (8,011,727  ±90,358) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

23.8 minutes ±0.1 (710,148,900  ±2,902,138) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

28,303,594 ±43,895 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.4 ±19.6 (67,206,816  ±-555,555,600) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 † 326,701,630 (±4.2 / ±-555,555,600)

5.3% ±0.1% (823,748  ±14,962) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

31,057,660 ±5,163 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$246,200 ±$629 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

11.7% ±0.1% (7,947,814  ±75,784.1) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±,198,133.8)

Social

92% ±0.2% (43,601,884  ±,102,207.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±,278,776.4)
34.3% ±0.1% (16,241,202  ±63,883) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±,181,834.5)

12.3% ±0.1% (8,018,836  ±58,600.7) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about half the rate in United States: 22.5% 71,109,120 (±0.1% / ±,222,236.2)

7.8% ±63.1% (5,390,446  ±53,700) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.3% † 47,831,412 (±23.7% / ±190,469)

5.9% ±0.1% (3,182,067  ±28,635) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
3,182,067 Total veterans ±28,635 2,898,780 Male ±27,815 283,287 Female ±7,850

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