Census Reporter

Cook County, IL

5,169,517 Population
944.9 square miles 5,470.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37 ±0.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 38.3 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$39,239 ±$273 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Illinois: $37,306 ±$155
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $35,384 ±$91
$67,886 ±$571 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Illinois: $68,428 ±$267
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $64,994 ±$128

13.7% ±0.2% (695,076  ±12,291) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 12% 1,488,670 (±0.2% / ±18,242)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.8% 40,910,326 (±0.1% / ±258,486)

33.2 minutes ±0.2 (76,717,245  ±478,497) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 29 164,929,595 (±0.1 / ±812,306)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.9 3,837,803,315 (±0.1 / ±8,076,551)

Families

1,991,474 ±3,683 Number of households
  • Illinois: 4,884,061 ±8,585
  • United States: 122,354,219 ±211,970
2.6 (5,077,535  ±1,919) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,419,358
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.6 318,495,974

4.9% ±0.1% (63,715  ±1,803) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Illinois: 5.2% 154,995 (±0.1% / ±2,932)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,654 (±0% / ±21,427)

Housing

2,198,489 ±756 Number of housing units
  • Illinois: 5,373,385 ±564
  • United States: 138,432,751 ±11,188

$255,500 ±$1,395 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Illinois: $202,100 ±$886
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $229,800 ±$188

12.5% ±0.2% (637,913  ±10,744.4) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 12.5% 1,566,568 (±0.1% / ±15,162.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 13.8% 44,657,396 (±0% / ±138,910.3)

Social

87.7% ±0.4% (3,142,885  ±13,539.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 89.7% 7,788,362 (±0.3% / ±21,479.5)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 88.5% 197,274,154 (±0.1% / ±241,896.7)
40% ±0.2% (1,433,419  ±8,644.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 35.5% 3,085,274 (±0.2% / ±13,375)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 32.9% 73,356,319 (±0.1% / ±147,645.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

20.9% ±0.2% (1,078,475  ±8,701) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 13.9% 1,773,067 (±0.1% / ±11,518)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 13.5% 44,125,628 (±0% / ±136,982)

3.8% ±0.1% (152,483  ±2,950) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Illinois: 5.6% 553,593 (±0.1% / ±4,742)
  • about half the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,835,456 (±0% / ±52,869)
152,483 Total veterans ±2,950 140,658 Male ±2,817 11,825 Female ±847

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