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Chicago, IL

2,664,454 Population
227.7 square miles 11,699.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.4 ±0.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 39 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 39.5 ±0.1

Economics

$48,954 ±$1,157 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $48,011 ±$493
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Illinois: $45,043 ±$388
$74,474 ±$2,064 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $87,071 ±$941
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Illinois: $80,306 ±$635

16.8% ±0.8% (438,059  ±20,890) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 11% 1,001,327 (±0.3% / ±31,097)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Illinois: 11.6% 1,426,517 (±0.3% / ±30,335)

33 minutes ±0.3 (37,919,864  ±749,077) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 30.7 121,937,864 (±0.3 / ±1,292,105)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 28.1 150,482,720 (±0.2 / ±1,340,109)

Families

1,179,081 ±9,181 Number of households
  • the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 3,671,659 ±10,232
  • Illinois: 5,071,288 ±14,337
2.2 ±0 (2,613,970  ±956) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 2.5 9,116,615 (±0 / ±2,516)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.4 † 12,271,503 (±,109.6 / ±-555,555,600)

3.8% ±0.5% (28,318  ±3,591) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 4.5% 100,521 (±0.2% / ±5,146)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 141,318 (±0.2% / ±5,490)

Housing

1,286,571 ±8,908 Number of housing units
  • the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 3,911,902 ±917
  • Illinois: 5,470,727 ±527

$318,900 ±$6,673 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $316,500 ±$2,570
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$1,622

14.1% ±0.7% (373,051  ±18,644.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 10.6% 967,333 (±0.3% / ±27,737.9)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Illinois: 10.8% 1,344,235 (±0.3% / ±31,091.9)

Social

87.8% ±1.2% (1,673,941  ±25,296.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 89.8% 5,782,176 (±0.6% / ±39,379.2)
  • a little less than the rate in Illinois: 90.6% 7,888,008 (±0.5% / ±44,765.7)
45.7% ±0.9% (871,331  ±17,978.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 42.1% 2,709,482 (±0.4% / ±25,714.2)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 38.3% 3,334,374 (±0.3% / ±28,654.7)

34.7% ±0.8% (875,612  ±20,946) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 30.9% 2,705,455 (±0.3% / ±28,037)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Illinois: 24.3% 2,883,843 (±0.2% / ±26,391.6)

21% ±0.6% (560,390  ±16,321) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 18.9% 1,748,189 (±0.3% / ±26,434)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Illinois: 15% † 1,878,890 (±,662.8% / ±26,918)

2.6% ±0.2% (56,396  ±4,858) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 3.7% 268,209 (±0.1% / ±8,256)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 4.7% 459,569 (±0.1% / ±11,336)
56,396 Total veterans ±4,858 49,853 Male ±4,340 6,543 Female ±1,604

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