2022 population: 53,041 ( 2,978 from 2010 , 497 from 2020)
Land area: 418.1 square miles
Population density: 126.9 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	44,342	83.60%	0.4%
Black:	1,190	2.24%	106.2%
Indian:	90	0.17%	32.4%
Asian:	520	0.98%	57.6%
2+ races:	656	1.24%	48.8%
Hispanic:	6,243	11.77%	52.4%

Total non-White:	8,699	16.40%	57.1%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	1,117	10.6
Deaths:	1,204	11.5
Net Migration:	532	5.1
Net Immigration:	55	0.5

Change in White population:	-184	-0.4
Change in Non-White pop.:	3,162	6.3

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

[Display all years]

Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
50,063
44,526	88.94%
577	1.15%
68	0.14%
330	0.66%
441	0.88%
4,096	8.18%
5,537	11.06%

2000
37,535
35,502	94.58%
67	0.18%
81	0.22%
114	0.30%
216	0.58%
1,552	4.13%
2,033	5.42%

1990
32,337
31,392	97.08%
11	0.03%
45	0.14%
88	0.27%
n/a
801	2.48%
945	2.92%

1980
30,582
29,708	97.14%
13	0.04%
54	0.18%
134	0.44%
n/a
649	2.12%
874	2.86%

1970
26,535
26,095	98.34%
34	0.13%
2	0.01%
15	0.06%
n/a
353	1.33%
440	1.66%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
5,859	15.6
3,075	8.2
8,029	21.4
295	0.8

9,024	24.0
3,504	9.3

Number	Rate
1990's
4,602	14.2
2,951	9.1
3,291	10.2
307	0.9

4,110	12.7
1,088	3.4

Number	Rate
1980's
4,728	15.5
2,507	8.2
-373	-1.2
n/a

1,684	5.5
71	0.2

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
1,504	5.7
n/a

3,613	13.6
434	1.6

Age, Family & Household Data for Grundy County, IL

[Display all years]

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
38.8
12,984	24.5%
40,057	75.5%
7,564	14.3%

20,376
2.56

13,880	68.1%
11,058	79.7%
912	6.6%
6,496	31.9%

2010
Number	Percent
36.1
13,657	27.3%
36,406	72.7%
5,546	11.1%

18,546
2.69

13,431	72.4%
10,711	79.7%
1,105	8.2%
5,115	27.6%

2000
Number	Percent
36.1
10,050	26.8%
27,485	73.2%
4,596	12.2%

14,300
2.60

10,315	72.1%
8,628	83.6%
746	7.2%
3,985	27.9%

1990
Number	Percent
33.2
8,988	27.8%
23,349	72.2%
4,177	12.9%

11,964
2.67

8,922	74.6%
7,803	87.5%
459	5.1%
3,042	25.4%

1980
Number	Percent
29.8
9,279	30.3%
21,303	69.7%
3,325	10.9%

10,723
2.83

8,414	78.5%
7,531	89.5%
290	3.4%
2,309	21.5%

2022 Housing Data for Grundy County, IL

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	469	2.3%
$10,000 to $14,999	318	1.6%
$15,000 to $19,999	694	3.4%
$20,000 to $24,999	560	2.7%
$25,000 to $29,999	620	3.0%
$30,000 to $34,999	549	2.7%
$35,000 to $39,999	780	3.8%
$40,000 to $44,999	564	2.8%
$45,000 to $49,999	651	3.2%
$50,000 to $59,999	1,383	6.8%
$60,000 to $74,999	1,780	8.7%
$75,000 to $99,999	3,033	14.9%
$100,000 to $124,999	2,394	11.7%
$125,000 to $149,999	1,849	9.1%
$150,000 to $199,999	2,258	11.1%
$200,000 or more	2,474	12.1%

Median Household Income	89,993
Per Capita Income	42,192

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	92
Compared to U.S.	91

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	750	3.7%
Public Assistance	261	1.3%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	1,776	8.7%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	22,706	76.4%
Unemployed	920	3.1%
In Armed Forces	5	0.0%

Total Labor Force	23,631	79.5%
Not in Labor Force	6,086	20.5%

Real Unemployment Rate		23.6%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	11,532	8,588	57.3%
Non-Profit	631	1,019	38.2%
Self-Employed	1,160	660	63.7%

Local Government	989	1,449	40.6%
State Government	249	226	52.4%
Federal Government	128	189	40.4%

Total Private + Self	12,692	9,248	57.8%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	1,997	2,883	40.9%
Total	14,689	12,131	54.8%

Pct. Govt.	12.0%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	3,681	13.7%
Sales and Office Occupations	5,087	19.0%
Professional, Technical	5,471	20.4%
Service Occupations	4,431	16.5%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	94	0.4%
All others	8,150	30.4%

White Collar		53.1%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	3,697	13.8%
Retail trade	3,520	13.1%
Manufacturing	3,242	12.1%
Educational services	2,576	9.6%
Construction	2,170	8.1%
Transportation and warehousing	2,051	7.6%
Other services	1,526	5.7%
Accommodation and food services	1,271	4.7%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	958	3.6%
Utilities	944	3.5%
Professional, scientific, technical	924	3.4%
Public administration	839	3.1%
Wholesale trade	702	2.6%
Finance and insurance	620	2.3%
Information	554	2.1%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	444	1.7%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	324	1.2%
Real estate and rental and leasing	213	0.8%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	173	0.6%
Management	72	0.3%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	4,540	8.63%
Puerto Rican	1,032	1.96%
Cuban	46	0.09%
Dominican	0	0.00%

Total Central American	19	0.04%
Costa Rican	0	0.00%
Guatemalan	0	0.00%
Honduran	0	0.00%
Nicaraguan	17	0.03%
Panamanian	0	0.00%
Salvadoran	2	0.00%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	88	0.17%
Argentinean	0	0.00%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	0	0.00%
Colombian	32	0.06%
Ecuadorian	0	0.00%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	7	0.01%
Uruguayan	49	0.09%
Venezuelan	0	0.00%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	26	0.05%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	113	0.21%
Filipino	92	0.17%
Chinese	35	0.07%
Thai	31	0.06%
Vietnamese	24	0.05%
Japanese	16	0.03%
Cambodian	3	0.01%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	46,162	93.0%
Spanish	2,572	5.2%
Other Indo-European	348	0.7%
French, Haitian, Cajun	123	0.2%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	111	0.2%
German, other Germanic	78	0.2%
Other Asian	59	0.1%
Tagalog	57	0.1%
Arabic	51	0.1%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	12,284	23.3%
Irish	9,010	17.1%
English	6,065	11.5%
Italian	5,941	11.3%
Polish	5,453	10.4%
Norwegian	2,920	5.5%
American	1,533	2.9%
French	1,236	2.3%
Swedish	1,096	2.1%
Dutch	922	1.8%
Scottish	758	1.4%
Lithuanian	613	1.2%
Czech	604	1.1%
Scotch-Irish	510	1.0%
Albanian	482	0.9%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	51,917	98.7%
Not a citizen	707	1.3%

Native	50,512	96.0%
Foreign-born	2,112	4.0%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
718	2.0%	1,391	4.0%	11,203	32.0%	12,737	36.3%	5,864	16.7%	3,140	9.0%
Average years of education: 13.5

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	718	2.0%
9-12 Years	1,391	4.0%
H.S. Grad or GED	11,203	32.0%
Some College	12,737	36.3%
Bach. Degree	5,864	16.7%
Grad Degree	3,140	9.0%
Average years of education: 13.5

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	16,748	15,236	1,512	9.0%	6.3%
1991	17,088	15,266	1,822	10.7%	7.3%
1992	17,666	15,569	2,097	11.9%	7.9%
1993	17,953	15,926	2,027	11.3%	7.5%
1994	18,107	16,546	1,561	8.6%	5.8%
1995	18,508	16,975	1,533	8.3%	5.2%
1996	18,721	17,383	1,338	7.1%	5.3%
1997	18,917	17,465	1,452	7.7%	4.8%
1998	19,099	17,724	1,375	7.2%	4.5%
1999	19,712	18,326	1,386	7.0%	4.4%

2000	21,200	20,069	1,131	5.3%	4.4%
2001	21,218	19,912	1,306	6.2%	5.4%
2002	20,804	19,228	1,576	7.6%	6.6%
2003	21,150	19,451	1,699	8.0%	6.7%
2004	22,036	20,312	1,724	7.8%	6.2%
2005	23,281	21,611	1,670	7.2%	5.7%
2006	24,448	23,170	1,278	5.2%	4.6%
2007	25,660	24,151	1,509	5.9%	5.1%
2008	26,243	24,292	1,951	7.4%	6.5%
2009	26,629	23,403	3,226	12.1%	10.2%

2010	25,918	22,448	3,470	13.4%	10.5%
2011	25,612	22,320	3,292	12.9%	9.8%
2012	25,851	22,876	2,975	11.5%	9.0%
2013	25,968	22,930	3,038	11.7%	9.1%
2014	25,632	23,364	2,268	8.8%	7.2%
2015	25,482	23,690	1,792	7.0%	6.0%
2016	25,767	23,999	1,768	6.9%	5.9%
2017	25,521	24,032	1,489	5.8%	5.0%
2018	25,544	24,299	1,245	4.9%	4.4%
2019	25,664	24,463	1,201	4.7%	4.0%

2020	24,269	22,138	2,131	8.8%	9.5%
2021	25,388	24,042	1,346	5.3%	6.1%
2022	26,492	25,191	1,301	4.9%	4.6%
2023	26,233	25,038	1,195	4.6%	4.5%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	21,195
Median Value	$245,400

Occupied	20,376	96.1%
Vacant	819	3.9%

Owned	15,440	75.8%
Rented	4,936	24.2%
Median Rent	$1,126

Single-Family Units	17,359	81.9%
Detached	15,301	72.2%
Attached	2,058	9.7%
Buldings with 5+ Units	1,670	7.9%
Mobile Homes	921	4.3%

Grundy County, IL

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Grundy County, IL

2022 Housing Data for Grundy County, IL

2022 Income & Employment Data for Grundy County, IL

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Grundy County, IL

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Grundy County, IL

Historical Labor Force Data for Grundy County, IL