Census Reporter

Midwest Region

68,179,351 Population
750,536.6 square miles 90.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2017 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.5 ±0.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.1 ±0.1

Economics

$31,436 ±$110 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $32,397 ±$64
$57,778 ±$220 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $60,336 ±$86

12.7% ±0.1% (8,402,879  ±88,153) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 13.4% 42,583,651 (±0.1% / ±241,032)

23.9 minutes ±0.1 (748,582,975  ±2,900,151) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.9 3,891,349,480 (±0.1 / ±8,012,447)

Families

26,662,363 ±52,566 Number of households
  • United States: 120,062,818 ±161,148
2.5 (66,398,880  ±0) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.7 317,631,941

5.4% ±0.1% (851,172  ±14,804) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,394 (±0% / ±28,051)

Housing

30,243,503 ±2,359 Number of housing units
  • United States: 137,407,308 ±4,122

$164,600 ±$400 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $217,600 ±$437

14.4% ±0.1% (9,717,693  ±85,901) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 14.3% 46,073,420 (±0.1% / ±187,510.3)

Social

90.5% ±0.2% (41,786,165  ±94,425.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 88% 194,667,872 (±0.1% / ±241,381.6)
30.6% ±0.1% (14,136,191  ±55,138.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 32% 70,765,915 (±0.1% / ±146,608.8)

11.6% ±0.1% (7,418,026  ±54,992.1) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about half the rate in United States: 21.8% 66,592,306 (±0.1% / ±178,397.9)

7.4% ±0.1% (5,018,227  ±41,591) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,525,855 (±0% / ±135,763)

7.3% ±0.1% (3,845,657  ±27,186) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 7.3% 18,204,605 (±0% / ±71,514)
3,845,657 Total veterans ±27,186 3,567,162 Male ±26,485 278,495 Female ±7,692

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