Census Reporter

Midwest Region

68,308,749 Population
750,581.6 square miles 91 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 1-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 ±0.2

Economics

$32,593 ±$109 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $33,831 ±$77
$59,657 ±$250 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $61,937 ±$94

12.5% ±0.1% (8,333,462  ±85,669) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 13.1% 41,852,315 (±0.1% / ±232,949)

24.1 minutes ±0.1 (760,904,950  ±2,703,123) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 27.1 3,967,761,655 (±0 / ±7,704,522)

Families

26,939,739 ±50,164 Number of households
  • United States: 121,520,180 ±153,217
2.5 (66,543,194  ±0) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.6 319,075,830

5.6% ±0.1% (866,141  ±15,642) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,956,960 (±0% / ±30,916)

Housing

30,394,871 ±2,755 Number of housing units
  • United States: 138,539,906 ±4,033

$170,900 ±$382 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $229,700 ±$366

14.1% ±0.1% (9,503,140  ±80,286.9) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 14.1% 45,452,496 (±0.1% / ±185,008.3)

Social

90.8% ±0.2% (42,162,941  ±89,409.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 88.3% 197,114,684 (±0.1% / ±245,154.7)
31.1% ±0.1% (14,439,772  ±56,583.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 32.6% 72,750,461 (±0.1% / ±151,650)

11.7% ±0.1% (7,487,889  ±55,906.1) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about half the rate in United States: 21.9% 67,268,668 (±0.1% / ±198,318.9)

7.4% ±0.1% (5,031,422  ±41,854) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,728,721 (±0.1% / ±157,222)

7.1% ±0.1% (3,735,003  ±25,736) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,964,242 (±0% / ±66,854)
3,735,003 Total veterans ±25,736 3,456,492 Male ±24,961 278,511 Female ±7,896

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