2022 population: 311,747 ( 2,987 from 2010 , 1,520 from 2020)
Land area: 603.4 square miles
Population density: 516.7 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	243,984	78.26%	5.6%
Black:	5,328	1.71%	75.0%
Indian:	480	0.15%	5.5%
Asian:	9,916	3.18%	27.5%
2+ races:	4,477	1.44%	30.3%
Hispanic:	47,562	15.26%	34.9%

Total non-White:	67,763	21.74%	35.1%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	6,657	10.7
Deaths:	5,612	9.0
Net Migration:	177	0.3
Net Immigration:	161	0.3

Change in White population:	-14,600	-4.7
Change in Non-White pop.:	17,587	5.7

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
308,760
258,584	83.75%
3,045	0.99%
455	0.15%
7,780	2.52%
3,437	1.11%
35,249	11.42%
50,176	16.25%

2000
260,077
233,026	89.60%
1,379	0.53%
352	0.14%
3,776	1.45%
1,792	0.69%
19,602	7.54%
27,051	10.40%

1990
183,241
175,391	95.72%
407	0.22%
352	0.19%
1,191	0.65%
n/a
5,900	3.22%
7,850	4.28%

1980
147,897
144,041	97.39%
81	0.05%
116	0.08%
722	0.49%
n/a
2,835	1.92%
3,856	2.61%

1970
111,555
109,768	98.40%
38	0.03%
63	0.06%
168	0.15%
n/a
1,453	1.30%
1,787	1.60%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
39,252	15.1
15,823	6.1
30,299	11.7
5,214	2.0

25,558	9.8
23,125	8.9

Number	Rate
1990's
36,741	20.1
13,914	7.6
41,170	22.5
3,119	1.7

57,635	31.5
19,201	10.5

Number	Rate
1980's
25,758	17.4
11,425	7.7
21,942	14.8
n/a

31,350	21.2
3,994	2.7

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
25,597	22.9
n/a

34,273	30.7
2,069	1.9

Age, Family & Household Data for McHenry County, IL

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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
40.5
71,397	22.9%
240,350	77.1%
48,285	15.5%

115,467
2.68

85,104	73.7%
68,546	80.5%
6,233	7.3%
30,363	26.3%

2010
Number	Percent
38.0
84,175	27.3%
224,585	72.7%
31,320	10.1%

109,199
2.81

82,288	75.4%
67,988	82.6%
5,581	6.8%
26,911	24.6%

2000
Number	Percent
34.1
78,586	30.2%
181,491	69.8%
20,725	8.0%

89,377
2.89

69,794	78.1%
60,788	87.1%
3,488	5.0%
19,583	21.9%

1990
Number	Percent
32.0
53,495	29.2%
129,746	70.8%
17,361	9.5%

63,047
2.88

50,202	79.6%
44,448	88.5%
2,185	4.4%
12,845	20.4%

1980
Number	Percent
29.3
46,895	31.7%
101,002	68.3%
13,502	9.1%

49,212
2.99

39,994	81.3%
35,641	89.1%
1,872	4.7%
9,218	18.7%

2022 Housing Data for McHenry County, IL

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	3,197	2.8%
$10,000 to $14,999	2,028	1.8%
$15,000 to $19,999	2,234	1.9%
$20,000 to $24,999	2,249	1.9%
$25,000 to $29,999	3,164	2.7%
$30,000 to $34,999	2,880	2.5%
$35,000 to $39,999	2,493	2.2%
$40,000 to $44,999	3,033	2.6%
$45,000 to $49,999	3,477	3.0%
$50,000 to $59,999	6,850	5.9%
$60,000 to $74,999	9,998	8.7%
$75,000 to $99,999	16,084	13.9%
$100,000 to $124,999	13,652	11.8%
$125,000 to $149,999	11,131	9.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	16,040	13.9%
$200,000 or more	16,957	14.7%

Median Household Income	100,101
Per Capita Income	46,322

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	112
Compared to U.S.	110

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	4,156	3.6%
Public Assistance	2,567	2.2%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	8,804	7.6%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	133,385	77.7%
Unemployed	6,670	3.9%
In Armed Forces	36	0.0%

Total Labor Force	140,091	81.6%
Not in Labor Force	31,653	18.4%

Real Unemployment Rate		22.3%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	67,693	51,857	56.6%
Non-Profit	3,091	7,406	29.4%
Self-Employed	9,288	5,340	63.5%

Local Government	6,662	9,407	41.5%
State Government	1,072	1,593	40.2%
Federal Government	1,082	727	59.8%

Total Private + Self	76,981	57,197	57.4%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	11,907	19,133	38.4%
Total	88,888	76,330	53.8%

Pct. Govt.	12.4%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	31,284	18.9%
Sales and Office Occupations	36,727	22.2%
Professional, Technical	35,631	21.5%
Service Occupations	23,258	14.0%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	455	0.3%
All others	38,660	23.4%

White Collar		62.6%

Industry
	Number	%
Manufacturing	25,402	15.3%
Retail trade	20,995	12.7%
Health care and social assistance	18,771	11.3%
Educational services	14,718	8.9%
Construction	13,566	8.2%
Professional, scientific, technical	11,506	6.9%
Accommodation and food services	9,021	5.4%
Finance and insurance	8,465	5.1%
Other services	8,124	4.9%
Transportation and warehousing	7,321	4.4%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	6,243	3.8%
Wholesale trade	5,451	3.3%
Public administration	5,287	3.2%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	3,145	1.9%
Information	2,910	1.8%
Real estate and rental and leasing	2,074	1.3%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	1,178	0.7%
Utilities	939	0.6%
Management	297	0.2%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	147	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	34,279	11.02%
Puerto Rican	3,706	1.19%
Cuban	731	0.23%
Dominican	289	0.09%

Total Central American	1,581	0.51%
Costa Rican	38	0.01%
Guatemalan	280	0.09%
Honduran	144	0.05%
Nicaraguan	230	0.07%
Panamanian	204	0.07%
Salvadoran	685	0.22%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	2,094	0.67%
Argentinean	124	0.04%
Bolivian	17	0.01%
Chilean	203	0.07%
Colombian	540	0.17%
Ecuadorian	496	0.16%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	667	0.21%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	8	0.00%
Other South American	39	0.01%

Other Hispanic	1,945	0.63%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Filipino	2,722	0.87%
Indian	1,900	0.61%
Korean	1,110	0.36%
Chinese	873	0.28%
Vietnamese	700	0.22%
Cambodian	179	0.06%
Thai	159	0.05%
Japanese	140	0.04%
Burmese	51	0.02%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	251,944	85.5%
Spanish	27,350	9.3%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	5,701	1.9%
Other Indo-European	3,110	1.1%
Tagalog	1,944	0.7%
German, other Germanic	1,183	0.4%
Other Asian	814	0.3%
Vietnamese	562	0.2%
Korean	558	0.2%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	87,381	28.1%
Irish	50,355	16.2%
Polish	35,644	11.5%
Italian	30,950	9.9%
English	24,752	8.0%
Swedish	11,529	3.7%
American	9,090	2.9%
Norwegian	6,072	2.0%
French	5,653	1.8%
Scottish	4,847	1.6%
European	4,047	1.3%
Dutch	3,683	1.2%
Czech	3,494	1.1%
Greek	2,927	0.9%
Scotch-Irish	2,336	0.8%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	298,407	95.9%
Not a citizen	12,726	4.1%

Native	283,128	91.0%
Foreign-born	28,005	9.0%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
5,248	2.5%	7,782	3.6%	56,108	26.3%	68,871	32.3%	49,733	23.3%	25,605	12.0%
Average years of education: 13.8

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	5,248	2.5%
9-12 Years	7,782	3.6%
H.S. Grad or GED	56,108	26.3%
Some College	68,871	32.3%
Bach. Degree	49,733	23.3%
Grad Degree	25,605	12.0%
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	102,523	96,996	5,527	5.4%	6.3%
1991	105,956	98,675	7,281	6.9%	7.3%
1992	110,717	102,726	7,991	7.2%	7.9%
1993	115,415	107,820	7,595	6.6%	7.5%
1994	121,098	114,986	6,112	5.0%	5.8%
1995	126,849	121,370	5,479	4.3%	5.2%
1996	131,371	125,777	5,594	4.3%	5.3%
1997	132,594	127,154	5,440	4.1%	4.8%
1998	135,148	129,849	5,299	3.9%	4.5%
1999	140,929	135,872	5,057	3.6%	4.4%

2000	152,092	146,543	5,549	3.6%	4.4%
2001	155,069	147,673	7,396	4.8%	5.4%
2002	154,562	145,618	8,944	5.8%	6.6%
2003	158,468	149,028	9,440	6.0%	6.7%
2004	162,264	153,660	8,604	5.3%	6.2%
2005	166,167	157,573	8,594	5.2%	5.7%
2006	172,730	166,062	6,668	3.9%	4.6%
2007	178,142	170,185	7,957	4.5%	5.1%
2008	180,494	169,705	10,789	6.0%	6.5%
2009	180,692	163,110	17,582	9.7%	10.2%

2010	168,589	150,630	17,959	10.7%	10.5%
2011	165,889	149,281	16,608	10.0%	9.8%
2012	167,661	152,545	15,116	9.0%	9.0%
2013	167,315	152,728	14,587	8.7%	9.1%
2014	165,941	154,933	11,008	6.6%	7.2%
2015	165,854	156,760	9,094	5.5%	6.0%
2016	167,872	158,890	8,982	5.4%	5.9%
2017	167,144	159,717	7,427	4.4%	5.0%
2018	166,100	160,053	6,047	3.6%	4.4%
2019	166,214	160,446	5,768	3.5%	4.0%

2020	158,406	145,249	13,157	8.3%	9.5%
2021	164,803	156,995	7,808	4.7%	6.1%
2022	171,299	164,451	6,848	4.0%	4.6%
2023	169,714	163,379	6,335	3.7%	4.5%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	119,985
Median Value	$270,600

Occupied	115,467	96.2%
Vacant	4,518	3.8%

Owned	94,946	82.2%
Rented	20,521	17.8%
Median Rent	$1,310

Single-Family Units	105,305	87.8%
Detached	92,662	77.2%
Attached	12,643	10.5%
Buldings with 5+ Units	9,238	7.7%
Mobile Homes	743	0.6%

McHenry County, IL

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for McHenry County, IL

2022 Housing Data for McHenry County, IL

2022 Income & Employment Data for McHenry County, IL

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

2022 Educational Attainment Data for McHenry County, IL

Historical Labor Force Data for McHenry County, IL