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Cook County, IL

5,109,292 Population
944.9 square miles 5,407.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.1 ±0.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 39.1 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$45,578 ±$573 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Illinois: $43,317 ±$328
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$76,632 ±$975 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Illinois: $76,708 ±$584
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

13.6% ±0.5% (682,858  ±24,119) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 11.9% 1,469,643 (±0.3% / ±33,705)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

31.6 minutes ±0.3 (65,414,088  ±943,353) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 27.9 145,167,340 (±0.2 / ±1,228,214)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,591,156,000 (±0 / ±7,204,853)

Families

2,110,498 ±7,570 Number of households
  • Illinois: 5,056,360 ±12,532
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.4 ±0 (5,028,897  ±1,084) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 2.4 12,306,684
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 325,134,660

4.6% ±0.4% (58,298  ±4,710) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 5% 147,198 (±0.2% / ±7,160)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

2,270,952 ±496 Number of housing units
  • Illinois: 5,452,461 ±350
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$301,400 ±$3,568 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Illinois: $251,600 ±$1,738
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

12.3% ±0.5% (623,095  ±23,228.8) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,452,510 (±0.3% / ±33,278.5)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±,187,841.9)

Social

88.2% ±0.9% (3,164,954  ±30,563.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 90.4% 7,858,460 (±0.5% / ±44,773)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±,272,504.5)
42.4% ±0.5% (1,523,360  ±18,863.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 37.7% 3,275,418 (±0.3% / ±27,545.1)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±,175,321.9)

35.8% ±0.6% (1,730,165  ±28,450.4) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 23.9% 2,840,525 (±0.3% / ±34,032.8)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 22% 69,241,800 (±0.1% / ±,203,206.2)

21.4% (1,091,530  ±19,514) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 14.4% 1,810,100
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,182,176

3.3% ±0.2% (131,197  ±6,555) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 475,496 (±0.1% / ±11,735)
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
131,197 Total veterans ±6,555 118,951 Male ±6,022 12,246 Female ±2,053

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