Census Reporter

Midwest Region

68,219,726 Population
750,581.9 square miles 90.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.6 ±0.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$33,979 ±$94 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $35,384 ±$91
$62,054 ±$115 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $64,994 ±$128

12.3% ±0.1% (8,158,118  ±61,913) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.8% 40,910,326 (±0.1% / ±258,486)

24 minutes ±0.1 (739,807,110  ±2,084,868) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.9 3,837,803,315 (±0.1 / ±8,076,551)

Families

27,061,940 ±54,864 Number of households
  • United States: 122,354,219 ±211,970
2.5 (66,457,896  ±0) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.6 318,495,974

5.5% ±0.1% (859,429  ±7,036) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,654 (±0% / ±21,427)

Housing

30,384,103 ±8,364 Number of housing units
  • United States: 138,432,751 ±11,188

$171,200 ±$176 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $229,800 ±$188

13.8% ±0.1% (9,324,916  ±44,213.4) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 13.8% 44,657,396 (±0% / ±138,910.3)

Social

91% ±0.1% (42,177,166  ±64,239.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 88.5% 197,274,154 (±0.1% / ±241,896.7)
31.4% ±0.1% (14,542,131  ±38,280.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 32.9% 73,356,319 (±0.1% / ±147,645.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

7.3% ±0% (4,960,736  ±26,659) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in United States: 13.5% 44,125,628 (±0% / ±136,982)

7.1% ±0% (3,713,267  ±12,873) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,835,456 (±0% / ±52,869)
3,713,267 Total veterans ±12,873 3,433,280 Male ±11,643 279,987 Female ±4,034

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