STATE · ADMITTED 1818 · 2000 CENSUS

Illinois

12,419,293 residents · 102 counties · 1461 cities · 55,519 sq mi · 3,265 census tracts

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With 12,419,293 people, Illinois is a state. The population has held roughly steady since 1990. Households earn $46,590 at the median, near the US median. About 26% of adults have finished a four-year degree. The typical home is worth $127,800, having risen by half since 1990.

Section 01

Population & growth

Total population

12,419,293

+9%since 1990

from 11,430,602 in 1990

1990 – 2024

Median age

34.7

+5%since 1990

from 32.9 in 1990

US average: 35.2

Land area

55,519 sq mi

Population, 1990 – 2024

202412.7M

Age distribution, 2000

Under 57.1%(876,549)

US avg: 6.8%

5 to 97.5%(929,858)

US avg: 7.3%

10 to 147.3%(905,097)

US avg: 7.3%

15 to 197.2%(894,002)

US avg: 7.2%

20 to 246.9%(850,843)

US avg: 6.7%

25 to 3414.6%(1,811,674)

US avg: 14.2%

35 to 4416%(1,983,870)

US avg: 16%

45 to 5413.1%(1,626,742)

US avg: 13.4%

55 to 648.4%(1,040,633)

US avg: 8.6%

65 to 746.2%(772,247)

US avg: 6.5%

75 to 844.3%(535,747)

US avg: 4.4%

85 and over1.5%(192,031)

US avg: 1.5%

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Section 02

Income & economy

Median household income

$46,590

+10%inflation adjusted, since 1990

from $32,252 in 1990

US average: $42,589

1990 – 2024

Per capita income

$23,104

+52%since 1990

from $15,201 in 1990

US average: $21,522

Poverty rate

10.7%

−1.2 ptssince 1990

from 11.9% in 1990

US average: 12.4%

Section 03

Housing

Median home value

$127,800

+21%inflation adjusted, since 1990

from $80,100 in 1990

US average: $120,530

1990 – 2024

Median gross rent

$605

+3%inflation adjusted, since 1990

from $445 in 1990

US average: $602

Owner-occupied

67.3%

+3.0 ptssince 1990

from 64.2% in 1990

32.7% rent

Section 04

Race & ethnicity

1990

White, non-Hispanic78.4%(8,957,923)

Black14.8%(1,690,855)

Hispanic / Latino7.7%(878,682)

Asian2.5%(284,944)

2000

White, non-Hispanic67.8%(8,424,140)

Black14.9%(1,856,152)

Hispanic / Latino12.3%(1,530,262)

Asian3.4%(419,916)

No data for the years selected.

Section 04 · Origins

Detailed origins & ancestry

Detailed origin tables are available for 2024; showing 2024 data.

Hispanic origin

Mexican14.4%(1,825,458)

Puerto Rican1.6%(207,101)

South American1%(129,348)

Central American0.8%(102,759)

Guatemalan0.4%(45,473)

Ecuadorian0.3%(36,496)

Colombian0.3%(36,338)

Cuban0.3%(32,552)

Honduran0.2%(22,865)

Venezuelan0.2%(22,070)

Salvadoran0.2%(21,409)

Spaniard0.2%(21,156)

+ 10 more hispanic origin groups with data

Peruvian0.1%(14,796)

Dominican0.1%(10,133)

Argentine0.1%(8,089)

Chilean0%(5,599)

Nicaraguan0%(5,201)

Panamanian0%(4,403)

Bolivian0%(2,994)

Costa Rican0%(2,943)

Uruguayan0%(1,241)

Paraguayan0%(751)

Asian origin

Asian Indian2.1%(263,055)

Filipino1.1%(134,975)

Chinese1%(130,471)

Korean0.5%(59,252)

Pakistani0.4%(44,501)

Vietnamese0.2%(27,666)

Japanese0.1%(16,441)

Burmese0.1%(7,961)

Taiwanese0.1%(7,832)

Thai0.1%(7,526)

Laotian0%(6,022)

Mongolian0%(5,532)

+ 13 more asian origin groups with data

Cambodian0%(3,859)

Nepalese0%(3,805)

Bangladeshi0%(3,587)

Kazakh0%(2,471)

Indonesian0%(1,635)

Sri Lankan0%(1,524)

Uzbek0%(1,230)

Malaysian0%(928)

Hmong0%(524)

Singaporean0%(366)

Bhutanese0%(147)

Okinawan0%(74)

Mien0%(39)

Pacific Islander origin

Native Hawaiian0%(6,136)

Samoan0%(2,353)

Chamorro0%(1,483)

Tongan0%(558)

Guamanian0%(419)

Fijian0%(312)

Marshallese0%(94)

Ancestry

German16.1%(2,044,612)

Irish10.6%(1,342,703)

English6.9%(870,350)

Polish6.1%(769,227)

Italian5.4%(681,774)

American3.4%(428,117)

Swedish1.7%(211,655)

French1.4%(177,574)

Subsaharan African1.2%(149,791)

Scottish1.2%(147,954)

Norwegian1%(126,437)

Dutch1%(121,251)

+ 51 more ancestry groups with data

Arab0.8%(99,348)

Russian0.7%(93,334)

Greek0.7%(84,385)

Czech0.7%(83,490)

Lithuanian0.6%(71,432)

Ukrainian0.5%(65,143)

Scotch-Irish0.5%(59,298)

Welsh0.3%(40,678)

Hungarian0.3%(40,042)

West Indian0.3%(38,723)

Danish0.3%(36,313)

Croatian0.3%(35,374)

Nigerian0.3%(34,610)

Romanian0.3%(33,564)

British0.2%(31,593)

Austrian0.2%(30,618)

Swiss0.2%(29,940)

Slovak0.2%(29,908)

French Canadian0.2%(26,864)

Serbian0.2%(23,905)

Palestinian0.2%(22,713)

Belgian0.2%(21,768)

Bulgarian0.1%(16,358)

Jamaican0.1%(16,150)

Lebanese0.1%(14,591)

Finnish0.1%(14,321)

Iranian0.1%(12,635)

Canadian0.1%(12,442)

Portuguese0.1%(12,206)

Slovene0.1%(11,367)

Armenian0.1%(9,675)

Jordanian0.1%(9,522)

Haitian0.1%(9,473)

Ghanaian0.1%(9,059)

Turkish0.1%(8,814)

Iraqi0.1%(7,651)

Egyptian0.1%(7,574)

Ethiopian0.1%(7,374)

Brazilian0.1%(7,035)

Macedonian0.1%(6,648)

Moroccan0.1%(6,554)

Syrian0%(5,728)

Latvian0%(4,536)

Australian0%(3,632)

Israeli0%(3,432)

Trinidadian & Tobagonian0%(1,713)

Kenyan0%(1,436)

Somali0%(1,433)

Guyanese0%(892)

Barbadian0%(793)

Cape Verdean0%(375)

RANKED:Largest German population · Largest Mexican population · Largest Irish population · Largest English population · Largest Polish population

Section 05

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

26.1%

+5.0 ptssince 1990

from 21.0% in 1990

US average: 24.4%

High school or higher

81.4%

+5.2 ptssince 1990

from 76.2% in 1990

US average: 80.3%

Graduate degree

9.5%

+2.1 ptssince 1990

from 7.5% in 1990

US average: 8.8%

Section 06

Commute & transportation

Average commute

20.3 min

−16%since 1990

from 24.2 min in 1990

US average: 17.6

Section 07

Work & employment

No data for the years selected.

Section 08

People & community

No data for the years selected.

Marital status

Men 15+

Never married31.9%(1,495,795)

Married57.7%(2,702,469)

Widowed2.5%(118,508)

Divorced7.9%(369,210)

Women 15+

Never married26.1%(1,308,889)

Married53.4%(2,679,481)

Widowed10.7%(535,281)

Divorced9.9%(498,204)

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Section 09

Health coverage

Showing 2024 (the nearest year with coverage data).

Uninsured

6.9%

−6.1 ptssince 2013

from 13.0% in 2013

US average: 8.4%

Employer-based

59.1%

−0.4 ptssince 2020

from 59.5% in 2020

US average: 54.8%

Direct-purchase

12.6%

−0.5 ptssince 2020

from 13.1% in 2020

US average: 13.8%

Medicare

17.7%

+1.1 ptssince 2020

from 16.6% in 2020

US average: 18.4%

Medicaid

19.5%

+0.5 ptssince 2020

from 19.0% in 2020

US average: 20.9%

VA health care

1.5%

−0.2 ptssince 2020

from 1.7% in 2020

US average: 2.2%

Any private

69.4%

−1.2 ptssince 2020

from 70.6% in 2020

US average: 67.1%

Any public

35.0%

+1.3 ptssince 2020

from 33.7% in 2020

US average: 36.7%

Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.

Section 09 · Service history

Veterans

Veterans by period of service, 2024

Gulf War (2001 or later)23.3%(111,588)

US avg: 26.4%

Gulf War (1990s)20.7%(98,793)

US avg: 24.3%

Vietnam era34.4%(164,674)

US avg: 33.1%

Korean War5.2%(24,639)

US avg: 4.5%

World War II1.4%(6,791)

US avg: 1%

Share of the 478,196 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.

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Section 02

Largest cities

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1.Chicago2,731,585

2.Aurora181,505

3.Naperville153,114

4.Joliet152,241

5.Rockford147,384

6.Elgin115,476

7.Springfield112,989

8.Peoria110,920

9.Champaign91,195

10.Waukegan87,940

11.Cicero81,858

12.Bloomington78,804

13.Schaumburg77,249

14.Evanston76,380

15.Arlington Heights76,216

16.Bolingbrook74,803

17.Decatur67,884

18.Skokie66,544

19.Palatine65,842

20.Des Plaines58,772

21.Orland Park57,954

22.Oak Lawn56,450

23.Mount Prospect55,395

24.Tinley Park55,140

25.Berwyn55,001

26.Wheaton54,065

27.Normal53,275

28.Oak Park52,823

29.Hoffman Estates50,858

30.Downers Grove50,365

31.Plainfield50,043

32.Glenview47,711

33.Elmhurst46,111

34.Lombard44,399

35.Buffalo Grove42,812

36.Moline42,362

37.Crystal Lake42,288

38.Romeoville41,281

39.Bartlett40,855

40.DeKalb40,467

41.Belleville40,237

42.Oswego39,948

43.Urbana39,719

44.Carol Stream39,315

45.Quincy38,918

Section 03

Metropolitan & micropolitan areas

Metropolitan areas (8)

1.Chicago9,434,123

2.Peoria363,505

3.Rockford337,242

4.Champaign239,979

5.Springfield206,033

6.Bloomington171,419

7.Kankakee105,525

8.Decatur99,300

Micropolitan areas (20)

1.Ottawa145,902

2.Quincy74,146

3.Danville71,259

4.Marion67,225

5.Sterling54,121

6.Carbondale52,501

7.Rochelle51,399

8.Galesburg47,767

9.Charleston46,607

10.Effingham44,727

11.Freeport43,220

12.Jacksonville37,381

13.Centralia36,382

14.Mount Vernon36,147

15.Pontiac35,057

16.Taylorville33,443

17.Dixon32,914

18.Canton32,901

19.Lincoln27,182

20.Macomb25,916

Metropolitan areas are built around an urban core of 50,000 or more people; micropolitan areas around a core of 10,000 to 50,000. A statistical area can cross state lines, so each is listed under its primary state.

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