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Midwest Region

68,841,440 Population
750,579.5 square miles 91.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.1 ±0.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$36,564 ±$118 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $38,332 ±$79
$66,143 ±$193 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $69,717 ±$134

12.1% ±0.1% (8,100,528  ±88,795) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,393,176 (±0.1% / ±243,679)

23.1 minutes ±0.1 (638,922,500  ±2,419,961) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 25.6 3,247,967,500 (±0 / ±6,621,416)

Families

27,681,656 ±35,482 Number of households
  • United States: 127,544,730 ±97,632
2.4 (67,167,170  ±0) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,132,900

5.3% ±0.1% (820,750  ±17,542) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 3,922,188 (±0.1% / ±46,069)

Housing

30,663,188 ±2,183 Number of housing units
  • United States: 142,148,050 ±4,219

$208,500 ±$636 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $281,400 ±$452

12.6% ±0.1% (8,551,867  ±80,422) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,911,615 (±0.1% / ±181,549)

Social

91.8% ±0.2% (43,204,578  ±97,886.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 203,920,983 (±0.1% / ±264,625.2)
33.1% ±0.1% (15,578,241  ±59,027.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 35% 79,903,463 (±0.1% / ±166,943.4)

11.6% ±0.1% (7,546,020  ±54,680.9) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about half the rate in United States: 21.6% 67,754,440 (±0.1% / ±171,150.5)

7.4% ±0.1% (5,075,727  ±44,113) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in United States: 13.6% 45,270,104 (±0% / ±140,397)

6.3% ±0% (3,367,077  ±23,804) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,501,502 (±0% / ±78,614)
3,367,077 Total veterans ±23,804 3,087,301 Male ±21,147 279,776 Female ±9,941

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