Median Household Income
$83,390
Median Home Value
$263,300
Median Gross Rent
$1,274/mo
Poverty Rate
11.8%
Unemployment Rate
5.8%
Homeownership Rate
67.1%
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
37.8%
Median Age
39.0
Population Over Time
Illinois shrank 1.4% from 2014 to 2024.
2014
12,868,747
2016
12,851,684
2018
12,821,497
2020
12,716,164
2022
12,757,634
2024
12,694,798
Business & Industry
Illinois has 322,415 business establishments employing 5,661,761 people.
Professional, scientific, and technical services
37,946
Health care and social assistance
37,597
Other services (except public administration)
32,694
Accommodation and food services
30,226
Construction
29,457
Finance and insurance
19,310
Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
16,966
Wholesale trade
15,961
Establishments by industry sector. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns.
Largest Cities in Illinois
See all →Chicago2,721,914 people$77,902Aurora181,405 people$93,633Joliet150,221 people$92,201Naperville149,089 people$155,105Rockford148,173 people$54,752Springfield114,214 people$66,064Elgin114,190 people$90,282Peoria113,054 people$59,410Waukegan89,435 people$71,919Champaign88,628 people$56,118Cicero84,189 people$70,842Bloomington78,788 people$77,384Schaumburg77,571 people$97,514Evanston77,181 people$96,434Arlington Heights76,794 people$116,723Bolingbrook73,755 people$108,400Decatur70,975 people$51,592Palatine67,223 people$97,819Skokie67,076 people$95,337Des Plaines60,087 people$97,875Orland Park58,345 people$98,910Oak Lawn57,665 people$83,911Berwyn56,556 people$78,408Mount Prospect56,191 people$101,720Tinley Park55,571 people$105,189Oak Park53,834 people$110,820Wheaton53,673 people$120,008Normal52,920 people$64,785Hoffman Estates51,744 people$106,806Downers Grove49,996 people$115,114Glenview47,896 people$143,056Elmhurst45,648 people$149,644Plainfield44,941 people$144,000Lombard44,055 people$100,362Buffalo Grove42,934 people$129,395Moline42,452 people$67,701Belleville42,155 people$63,535Bartlett40,829 people$133,240DeKalb40,697 people$46,481Crystal Lake40,463 people$108,418Romeoville40,132 people$106,325Carol Stream39,656 people$102,309Streamwood39,556 people$101,218Quincy39,441 people$56,480Park Ridge39,368 people$142,986Wheeling38,823 people$85,205Urbana38,741 people$45,346Carpentersville37,834 people$86,917Rock Island37,264 people$59,041Hanover Park37,222 people$91,763
Counties in Illinois
Adams CountyAlexander CountyBond CountyBoone CountyBrown CountyBureau CountyCalhoun CountyCarroll CountyCass CountyChampaign CountyChristian CountyClark CountyClay CountyClinton CountyColes CountyCook CountyCrawford CountyCumberland CountyDeKalb CountyDe Witt CountyDouglas CountyDuPage CountyEdgar CountyEdwards CountyEffingham CountyFayette CountyFord CountyFranklin CountyFulton CountyGallatin CountyGreene CountyGrundy CountyHamilton CountyHancock CountyHardin CountyHenderson CountyHenry CountyIroquois CountyJackson CountyJasper CountyJefferson CountyJersey CountyJo Daviess CountyJohnson CountyKane CountyKankakee CountyKendall CountyKnox CountyLake CountyLaSalle CountyLawrence CountyLee CountyLivingston CountyLogan CountyMacon CountyMacoupin CountyMadison CountyMarion CountyMarshall CountyMason CountyMassac CountyMcDonough CountyMcHenry CountyMcLean CountyMenard CountyMercer CountyMonroe CountyMontgomery CountyMorgan CountyMoultrie CountyOgle CountyPeoria CountyPerry CountyPiatt CountyPike CountyPope CountyPulaski CountyPutnam CountyRandolph CountyRichland CountyRock Island CountySaline CountySangamon CountySchuyler CountyScott CountyShelby CountyStark CountySt. Clair CountyStephenson CountyTazewell CountyUnion CountyVermilion CountyWabash CountyWarren CountyWashington CountyWayne CountyWhite CountyWhiteside CountyWill CountyWilliamson CountyWinnebago CountyWoodford County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 2020-2024.