Census Reporter

Midwest Region

68,329,004 Population
750,576.8 square miles 91 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.8 ±0.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$34,173 ±$116 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $35,672 ±$76
$62,198 ±$165 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $65,712 ±$118

11.8% ±0.1% (7,837,254  ±84,055) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.3% 39,490,096 (±0.1% / ±242,000)

24.5 minutes ±0.1 (778,085,110  ±3,015,195) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 27.6 4,078,708,605 (±0.1 / ±8,965,849)

Families

27,105,831 ±48,673 Number of households
  • United States: 122,802,852 ±137,327
2.5 (66,565,919  ±0) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.6 320,155,161

5.4% ±0.1% (842,751  ±13,487) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,877,882 (±0% / ±31,847)

Housing

30,533,795 ±3,838 Number of housing units
  • United States: 139,686,209 ±6,973

$178,100 ±$599 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $240,500 ±$451

13.6% ±0.1% (9,194,402  ±79,025.6) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,322,377 (±0.1% / ±198,054.6)

Social

91.2% ±0.2% (42,504,015  ±94,900.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 88.6% 199,280,027 (±0.1% / ±269,390.9)
31.6% ±0.1% (14,737,574  ±56,160.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 33.1% 74,501,651 (±0.1% / ±162,862.7)

11.7% ±0.1% (7,502,084  ±60,157.5) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about half the rate in United States: 22% 67,802,345 (±0.1% / ±214,346.6)

7.3% ±0.1% (5,010,091  ±49,127) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,932,901 (±0.1% / ±177,477)

6.8% ±0.1% (3,614,453  ±26,959) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.9% 17,418,351 (±0% / ±77,987)
3,614,453 Total veterans ±26,959 3,340,178 Male ±25,835 274,275 Female ±7,675

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