2024 population: 9,577,330 ( 46,185 from 2020)
Land area: 7194.7 square miles
Population density: 1331.2 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	4,761,369	49.71%	4.0%
Black:	1,516,810	15.84%	3.3%
Indian:	12,167	0.13%	2.3%
Asian:	769,795	8.04%	11.6%
2+ races:	169,343	1.77%	9.4%
Hispanic:	2,347,846	24.51%	4.8%

Total non-White:	4,815,961	50.29%	3.2%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	413,025	10.7
Deaths:	350,921	9.1
Net Migration:	-349,619	-9.1
Net Immigration:	239,645	6.2

Change in White population:	-197,509	-2.1
Change in Non-White pop.:	151,324	1.6

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
9,623,515
4,958,878	51.53%
1,568,048	16.29%
12,459	0.13%
689,719	7.17%
154,735	1.61%
2,239,676	23.27%
4,664,637	48.47%

2010
9,461,105
5,204,489	55.01%
1,613,644	17.06%
12,777	0.14%
528,832	5.59%
131,257	1.39%
1,957,080	20.69%
4,256,616	44.99%

2000
9,098,316
5,397,499	59.32%
1,671,899	18.38%
12,289	0.14%
387,216	4.26%
123,595	1.36%
1,494,703	16.43%
3,700,817	40.68%

1990
8,182,076
5,507,085	67.31%
1,531,649	18.72%
14,196	0.17%
256,426	3.13%
n/a
872,720	10.67%
2,674,991	32.69%

1980
8,052,932
5,701,962	70.81%
1,545,131	19.19%
6,454	0.08%
155,739	1.93%
n/a
633,549	7.87%
2,350,970	29.19%

1970
7,886,829
6,158,763	78.09%
1,282,862	16.27%
9,250	0.12%
42,380	0.54%
n/a
368,593	4.67%
1,728,066	21.91%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
1,085,985	11.5
647,739	6.8
-638,599	-6.7
197,093	2.1

-245,611	-2.6
408,021	4.3

Number	Rate
2000's
1,300,208	14.3
638,482	7.0
-561,670	-6.2
377,959	4.2

-193,010	-2.1
555,799	6.1

Number	Rate
1990's
1,449,455	17.7
708,925	8.7
-572,167	-7.0
414,972	5.1

-109,586	-1.3
1,025,826	12.5

Number	Rate
1980's
1,353,530	16.8
684,094	8.5
-481,389	-6.0
n/a

-194,877	-2.4
324,021	4.0

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-560,804	-7.1
n/a

-456,801	-5.8
622,904	7.9

Age, Family & Household Data for Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
38.2
2,136,658	22.3%
7,440,672	77.7%
1,456,798	15.2%

3,654,700
2.58

2,332,541	63.8%
1,693,396	72.6%
225,462	9.7%
1,322,159	36.2%

2010
Number	Percent
35.8
2,377,810	25.1%
7,083,295	74.9%
1,079,893	11.4%

3,475,726
2.68

2,307,715	66.4%
1,663,565	72.1%
244,030	10.6%
1,168,011	33.6%

2000
Number	Percent
34.0
2,441,136	26.8%
6,657,180	73.2%
988,853	10.9%

3,280,821
2.72

2,247,640	68.5%
1,686,039	75.0%
226,974	10.1%
1,033,181	31.5%

1990
Number	Percent
32.4
2,135,547	26.1%
6,046,529	73.9%
927,783	11.3%

2,943,106
2.73

2,070,217	70.3%
1,586,738	76.6%
202,971	9.8%
872,889	29.7%

1980
Number	Percent
29.9
2,326,002	28.9%
5,726,930	71.1%
794,168	9.9%

2,806,742
2.82

2,039,125	72.7%
1,619,409	79.4%
202,888	9.9%
767,617	27.3%

2022 Housing Data for Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	182,269	5.0%
$10,000 to $14,999	117,108	3.2%
$15,000 to $19,999	100,370	2.7%
$20,000 to $24,999	118,661	3.2%
$25,000 to $29,999	118,969	3.3%
$30,000 to $34,999	116,957	3.2%
$35,000 to $39,999	111,300	3.0%
$40,000 to $44,999	109,818	3.0%
$45,000 to $49,999	116,206	3.2%
$50,000 to $59,999	225,387	6.2%
$60,000 to $74,999	308,642	8.4%
$75,000 to $99,999	464,889	12.7%
$100,000 to $124,999	376,444	10.3%
$125,000 to $149,999	288,553	7.9%
$150,000 to $199,999	376,991	10.3%
$200,000 or more	522,136	14.3%

Median Household Income	85,830
Per Capita Income	45,928

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	100

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	162,673	4.5%
Public Assistance	94,039	2.6%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	483,659	13.2%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	3,489,318	73.0%
Unemployed	233,929	4.9%
In Armed Forces	10,758	0.2%

Total Labor Force	3,734,005	78.2%
Not in Labor Force	1,043,579	21.8%

Real Unemployment Rate		26.7%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	1,877,954	1,505,232	55.5%
Non-Profit	154,162	284,042	35.2%
Self-Employed	263,068	157,695	62.5%

Local Government	145,605	210,191	40.9%
State Government	45,452	68,864	39.8%
Federal Government	46,127	40,669	53.1%

Total Private + Self	2,141,022	1,662,927	56.3%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	391,346	603,766	39.3%
Total	2,532,368	2,266,693	52.8%

Pct. Govt.	11.6%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	905,402	18.8%
Sales and Office Occupations	984,205	20.5%
Professional, Technical	1,169,111	24.3%
Service Occupations	752,065	15.6%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	7,197	0.1%
All others	996,925	20.7%

White Collar		63.6%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	635,278	13.2%
Manufacturing	550,531	11.5%
Retail trade	489,846	10.2%
Professional, scientific, technical	461,357	9.6%
Educational services	443,452	9.2%
Transportation and warehousing	319,164	6.6%
Accommodation and food services	306,124	6.4%
Finance and insurance	281,045	5.8%
Construction	264,477	5.5%
Other services	220,621	4.6%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	205,485	4.3%
Public administration	158,227	3.3%
Wholesale trade	137,528	2.9%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	101,627	2.1%
Real estate and rental and leasing	91,614	1.9%
Information	87,611	1.8%
Utilities	28,016	0.6%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	14,369	0.3%
Management	8,738	0.2%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	2,598	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	1,696,231	17.73%
Puerto Rican	212,363	2.22%
Cuban	26,007	0.27%
Dominican	9,141	0.10%

Total Central American	84,690	0.89%
Costa Rican	2,256	0.02%
Guatemalan	40,197	0.42%
Honduran	16,110	0.17%
Nicaraguan	3,866	0.04%
Panamanian	3,226	0.03%
Salvadoran	18,605	0.19%
Other Central American	430	0.00%

Total South American	97,828	1.02%
Argentinean	5,942	0.06%
Bolivian	2,685	0.03%
Chilean	4,039	0.04%
Colombian	27,518	0.29%
Ecuadorian	31,479	0.33%
Paraguayan	252	0.00%
Peruvian	13,098	0.14%
Uruguayan	936	0.01%
Venezuelan	11,015	0.12%
Other South American	864	0.01%

Other Hispanic	61,300	0.64%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	238,038	2.49%
Filipino	122,451	1.28%
Chinese	114,178	1.19%
Korean	52,317	0.55%
Vietnamese	25,940	0.27%
Japanese	15,206	0.16%
Thai	7,662	0.08%
Taiwanese	5,313	0.06%
Mongolian	5,082	0.05%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	6,364,126	70.5%
Spanish	1,567,344	17.4%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	296,224	3.3%
Other Indo-European	286,701	3.2%
Other Asian	97,981	1.1%
Chinese	94,339	1.0%
Tagalog	77,751	0.9%
Arabic	64,432	0.7%
Other	59,316	0.7%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	1,285,297	13.4%
Irish	986,469	10.3%
Polish	781,456	8.2%
Italian	598,687	6.3%
English	454,324	4.7%
American	237,620	2.5%
Swedish	157,243	1.6%
French	118,917	1.2%
European	113,900	1.2%
Norwegian	102,773	1.1%
Dutch	102,553	1.1%
Russian	92,492	1.0%
Scottish	89,528	0.9%
Greek	85,026	0.9%
Czech	80,738	0.8%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	8,783,924	91.8%
Not a citizen	783,031	8.2%

Native	7,869,754	82.3%
Foreign-born	1,697,201	17.7%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
341,003	5.2%	336,660	5.1%	1,529,557	23.3%	1,714,093	26.1%	1,572,705	24.0%	1,063,822	16.2%
Average years of education: 13.8

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	341,003	5.2%
9-12 Years	336,660	5.1%
H.S. Grad or GED	1,529,557	23.3%
Some College	1,714,093	26.1%
Bach. Degree	1,572,705	24.0%
Grad Degree	1,063,822	16.2%
Average years of education: 13.8

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	8,534,226	7,990,718	543,508	6.4%
1991	8,523,038	7,891,742	631,296	7.4%
1992	8,682,048	7,984,742	697,306	8.0%
1993	8,787,048	8,113,446	673,602	7.7%
1994	8,887,454	8,350,710	536,744	6.0%
1995	9,011,096	8,523,570	487,526	5.4%
1996	9,118,868	8,634,228	484,640	5.3%
1997	9,192,102	8,739,342	452,760	4.9%
1998	9,241,758	8,818,122	423,636	4.6%
1999	9,449,250	9,030,024	419,226	4.4%

2000	9,558,196	9,139,458	418,738	4.4%
2001	9,541,610	9,012,728	528,882	5.5%
2002	9,361,592	8,716,372	645,220	6.9%
2003	9,324,838	8,690,808	634,030	6.8%
2004	9,364,002	8,776,820	587,182	6.3%
2005	9,397,308	8,841,140	556,168	5.9%
2006	9,546,880	9,108,568	438,312	4.6%
2007	9,732,724	9,243,742	488,982	5.0%
2008	9,801,720	9,182,188	619,532	6.3%
2009	9,740,942	8,749,546	991,396	10.2%

2010	9,733,198	8,697,112	1,036,086	10.6%
2011	9,681,054	8,712,506	968,548	10.0%
2012	9,790,860	8,894,750	896,110	9.2%
2013	9,827,436	8,932,998	894,438	9.1%
2014	9,785,464	9,081,208	704,256	7.2%
2015	9,779,574	9,194,996	584,578	6.0%
2016	9,873,268	9,297,786	575,482	5.8%
2017	9,788,060	9,311,322	476,738	4.9%
2018	9,746,626	9,341,808	404,818	4.2%
2019	9,719,330	9,339,594	379,736	3.9%

2020	9,433,174	8,495,706	937,468	9.9%
2021	9,692,342	9,094,858	597,484	6.2%
2022	9,927,340	9,469,208	458,132	4.6%
2023	9,850,578	9,422,858	427,720	4.3%
2024	10,219,648	9,699,044	520,604	5.1%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	3,942,534
Median Value	$290,758

Occupied	3,654,700	92.7%
Vacant	287,834	7.3%

Owned	2,384,623	65.2%
Rented	1,270,077	34.8%
Median Rent	$1,321

Single-Family Units	2,346,608	59.5%
Detached	2,054,551	52.1%
Attached	292,057	7.4%
Buldings with 5+ Units	1,013,484	25.7%
Mobile Homes	40,215	1.0%

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area

2022 Housing Data for Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area