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Winnebago County, IL

283,790 Population
513 square miles 553.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.4 ±0.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 39.4 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$36,061 ±$1,720 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Illinois: $46,937 ±$406
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$66,702 ±$3,122 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $83,211 ±$898
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

15.4% ±2.1% (43,095  ±5,922) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Illinois: 11.6% 1,438,470 (±0.3% / ±31,443)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

23.4 minutes ±1 (2,804,715  ±157,357) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Illinois: 28.3 154,658,770 (±0.2 / ±1,330,777)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

118,061 ±1,571 Number of households
  • Illinois: 5,105,448 ±12,305
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0 (279,527  ±111) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 2.4 12,417,746
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.8% ±1.7% (3,670  ±1,105) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 4.6% 138,998 (±0.2% / ±6,570)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

125,011 ±87 Number of housing units
  • Illinois: 5,482,133 ±1,080
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$181,300 ±$7,077 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $280,700 ±$1,768
  • about half the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

9.7% ±2% (27,068  ±5,486.8) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Illinois: 10.2% 1,289,197 (±0.3% / ±31,884.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

89.7% ±3.2% (174,064  ±6,214.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 90.7% 8,028,089 (±0.5% / ±45,818.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
27.6% ±1.8% (53,541  ±3,520.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Illinois: 39.2% 3,471,705 (±0.3% / ±28,867)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

8.9% (25,154  ±2,787) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 15.4% 1,957,482
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

6% ±0.7% (12,948  ±1,430) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Illinois: 4.5% 452,391 (±0.1% / ±11,018)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
12,948 Total veterans ±1,430 11,958 Male ±1,336 990 Female ±429

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