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Illinois

12,582,032 Population
55,513.2 square miles 226.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.1 ±0.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$43,317 ±$328 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$76,708 ±$584 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

11.9% ±0.3% (1,469,643  ±33,705) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

27.9 minutes ±0.2 (145,167,340  ±1,228,214) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,591,156,000 (±0 / ±7,204,853)

Families

5,056,360 ±12,532 Number of households
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.4 (12,306,684  ±) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 325,134,660

5% ±0.2% (147,198  ±7,160) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

5,452,461 ±350 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$251,600 ±$1,738 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

11.7% ±0.3% (1,452,510  ±33,278.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±,187,841.9)

Social

90.4% ±0.5% (7,858,460  ±44,773) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±,272,504.5)
37.7% ±0.3% (3,275,418  ±27,545.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±,175,321.9)

23.9% ±0.3% (2,840,525  ±34,032.8) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 22% 69,241,800 (±0.1% / ±,203,206.2)

14.4% (1,810,100  ±22,774) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,182,176

4.8% ±0.1% (475,496  ±11,735) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
475,496 Total veterans ±11,735 432,232 Male ±10,342 43,264 Female ±3,591

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