Census Reporter

Chicago, IL

2,716,462 Population
227.3 square miles 11,948.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2017 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.6 ±0.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 37.4 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 38 ±0.1

Economics

$34,269 ±$724 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: $36,010 ±$276
  • about the same as the amount in Illinois: $34,196 ±$207
$55,295 ±$1,185 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: $68,403 ±$790
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Illinois: $62,992 ±$544

18.6% ±0.8% (495,511  ±20,639) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 11.8% 1,102,860 (±0.3% / ±30,087)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 12.6% 1,569,753 (±0.3% / ±35,647)

34.9 minutes ±0.4 (44,003,315  ±730,181) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 31.8 140,592,280 (±0.2 / ±1,210,974)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 29.1 169,529,645 (±0.2 / ±1,216,376)

Families

1,047,695 ±10,142 Number of households
  • the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 3,488,312 ±11,436
  • Illinois: 4,808,672 ±14,430
2.5 ±0 (2,658,447  ±4,406) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 2.7 9,374,165 (±0 / ±5,885)
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 2.6 12,501,248 (±0)

4.8% ±0.4% (35,672  ±3,096) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 4.8% 111,953 (±0.2% / ±4,992)
  • a little less than the rate in Illinois: 5.1% 153,400 (±0.2% / ±6,254)

Housing

1,212,932 ±9,404 Number of housing units
  • the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 3,843,175 ±2,183
  • Illinois: 5,359,416 ±1,065

$255,900 ±$4,394 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: $240,300 ±$1,358
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Illinois: $195,300 ±$1,257

14.6% ±0.6% (391,578  ±14,847.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 12.5% 1,178,241 (±0.3% / ±32,353.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 12.9% 1,632,433 (±0.3% / ±34,915.8)

Social

84.8% ±0.9% (1,593,710  ±19,705.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 88.5% 5,723,779 (±0.6% / ±37,092)
  • a little less than the rate in Illinois: 89.1% 7,757,177 (±0.5% / ±40,909)
38.8% ±0.7% (728,591  ±12,860.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 37.7% 2,441,685 (±0.4% / ±23,010.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 34.4% 2,997,805 (±0.3% / ±24,398.1)

36.1% ±0.7% (919,165  ±17,621.2) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 29.7% 2,655,430 (±0.3% / ±23,798)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 23.5% 2,825,385 (±0.2% / ±24,319.8)

20.8% ±0.5% (563,688  ±13,351) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 18% 1,720,001 (±0.2% / ±19,393)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 14.3% 1,832,421 (±0.2% / ±19,648)

3.2% ±0.2% (68,508  ±3,539) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 4.7% 345,571 (±0.1% / ±8,841)
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 5.8% 576,214 (±0.1% / ±10,036)
68,508 Total veterans ±3,539 62,863 Male ±3,424 5,645 Female ±1,265

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