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Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area

9,406,924 Population
6,923.1 square miles 1,358.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.9 ±0.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$49,948 ±$510 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$90,770 ±$879 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

11.1% ±0.3% (1,026,828  ±23,643) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

30.9 minutes ±0.2 (125,151,910  ±1,209,442) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

3,690,402 ±9,692 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.5 ±0 (9,254,461  ±1,750) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.6% ±0.3% (104,224  ±6,102) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

3,924,020 ±943 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$339,700 ±$1,930 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

10.2% ±0.3% (945,818  ±31,727.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

90% ±0.7% (5,903,400  ±42,582.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
43.1% ±0.4% (2,825,577  ±27,146) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

31.1% ±0.3% (2,772,184  ±30,631.3) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 23% 74,050,850 (±0.1% / ±226,318.1)

19.4% ±0.3% (1,825,700  ±28,683) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

3.6% ±0.1% (266,098  ±7,628) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
266,098 Total veterans ±7,628 243,877 Male ±6,579 22,221 Female ±2,717

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