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Illinois

12,710,158 Population
55,513.1 square miles 229 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.4 ±0.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$46,937 ±$406 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$83,211 ±$898 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

11.6% ±0.3% (1,438,470  ±31,443) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

28.3 minutes ±0.2 (154,658,770  ±1,330,777) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

5,105,448 ±12,305 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 (12,417,746  ±) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.6% ±0.2% (138,998  ±6,570) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

5,482,133 ±1,080 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$280,700 ±$1,768 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

10.2% ±0.3% (1,289,197  ±31,884.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

90.7% ±0.5% (8,028,089  ±45,818.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
39.2% ±0.3% (3,471,705  ±28,867) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

24.5% ±0.3% (2,953,673  ±32,334.2) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 23% 74,050,850 (±0.1% / ±226,318.1)

15.4% (1,957,482  ±28,940) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4.5% ±0.1% (452,391  ±11,018) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
452,391 Total veterans ±11,018 412,003 Male ±9,702 40,388 Female ±3,792

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