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Chicago, IL--IN Urban Area

8,489,066 Population
2,338 square miles 3,631 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.9 ±0.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$48,401 ±$534 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$86,849 ±$1,002 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

11.3% ±0.4% (940,568  ±30,523) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

30.7 minutes ±0.3 (111,567,810  ±1,306,685) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

3,374,474 ±10,135 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.5 ±0 (8,354,445  ±11,469) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

4.4% ±0.2% (90,810  ±5,004) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

3,601,002 ±4,979 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$321,100 ±$2,683 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

10.8% ±0.3% (907,183  ±27,451.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

89.5% ±0.6% (5,290,630  ±37,881.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
43% ±0.4% (2,541,261  ±24,658.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

32.4% ±0.4% (2,601,495  ±32,893.4) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 22.5% 71,109,120 (±0.1% / ±222,236.2)

19.8% ±0.3% (1,681,839  ±26,742) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

3.5% ±0.1% (233,986  ±7,884) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
233,986 Total veterans ±7,884 211,933 Male ±7,687 22,053 Female ±2,391

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