2022 population: 171,141 ( 1,569 from 2010 , 166 from 2020)
Land area: 1183.2 square miles
Population density: 144.6 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	133,173	77.81%	4.1%
Black:	14,996	8.76%	22.5%
Indian:	341	0.20%	17.6%
Asian:	8,885	5.19%	22.9%
2+ races:	4,217	2.46%	26.4%
Hispanic:	9,529	5.57%	28.2%

Total non-White:	37,968	22.19%	23.5%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	3,769	11.0
Deaths:	3,077	9.0
Net Migration:	-1,401	-4.1
Net Immigration:	766	2.2

Change in White population:	-5,662	-3.3
Change in Non-White pop.:	7,231	4.3

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
169,572
138,835	81.87%
12,246	7.22%
290	0.17%
7,228	4.26%
3,336	1.97%
7,434	4.38%
30,737	18.13%

2000
150,433
132,224	87.90%
9,189	6.11%
224	0.15%
3,115	2.07%
1,703	1.13%
3,833	2.55%
18,209	12.10%

1990
129,180
120,427	93.22%
5,417	4.19%
218	0.17%
1,821	1.41%
n/a
1,297	1.00%
8,753	6.78%

1980
119,149
112,368	94.31%
4,739	3.98%
115	0.10%
887	0.74%
n/a
980	0.82%
6,781	5.69%

1970
104,389
101,206	96.95%
2,037	1.95%
58	0.06%
201	0.19%
n/a
827	0.79%
3,183	3.05%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
20,116	13.4
9,583	6.4
5,271	3.5
2,349	1.6

6,611	4.4
12,528	8.3

Number	Rate
1990's
19,028	14.7
9,544	7.4
6,221	4.8
854	0.7

11,797	9.1
9,456	7.3

Number	Rate
1980's
17,364	14.6
8,796	7.4
1,524	1.3
n/a

8,059	6.8
1,972	1.7

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
5,862	5.6
n/a

11,162	10.7
3,598	3.4

Age, Family & Household Data for McLean 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
34.0
36,489	21.3%
134,652	78.7%
23,884	14.0%

68,491
2.38

39,886	58.2%
31,496	79.0%
3,928	9.8%
28,605	41.8%

2010
Number	Percent
32.1
38,412	22.7%
131,160	77.3%
17,340	10.2%

65,104
2.44

40,124	61.6%
31,600	78.8%
4,011	10.0%
24,980	38.4%

2000
Number	Percent
30.7
35,204	23.4%
115,229	76.6%
14,687	9.8%

56,792
2.45

35,676	62.8%
29,152	81.7%
3,292	9.2%
21,116	37.2%

1990
Number	Percent
28.9
29,911	23.2%
99,269	76.8%
13,474	10.4%

46,896
2.52

30,653	65.4%
25,801	84.2%
2,288	7.5%
16,243	34.6%

1980
Number	Percent
26.2
29,425	24.7%
89,724	75.3%
11,576	9.7%

41,717
2.60

28,230	67.7%
24,582	87.1%
1,814	6.4%
13,487	32.3%

2022 Housing Data for McLean County, IL

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	5,856	8.6%
$10,000 to $14,999	2,063	3.0%
$15,000 to $19,999	2,247	3.3%
$20,000 to $24,999	1,580	2.3%
$25,000 to $29,999	3,284	4.8%
$30,000 to $34,999	2,243	3.3%
$35,000 to $39,999	2,412	3.5%
$40,000 to $44,999	2,297	3.4%
$45,000 to $49,999	2,367	3.5%
$50,000 to $59,999	3,986	5.8%
$60,000 to $74,999	5,788	8.5%
$75,000 to $99,999	9,293	13.6%
$100,000 to $124,999	7,047	10.3%
$125,000 to $149,999	4,858	7.1%
$150,000 to $199,999	6,464	9.4%
$200,000 or more	6,706	9.8%

Median Household Income	75,356
Per Capita Income	40,252

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	94
Compared to U.S.	93

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	2,020	2.9%
Public Assistance	1,011	1.5%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	7,018	10.2%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	78,161	71.7%
Unemployed	2,655	2.4%
In Armed Forces	69	0.1%

Total Labor Force	80,885	74.2%
Not in Labor Force	28,071	25.8%

Real Unemployment Rate		28.2%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	32,018	27,844	53.5%
Non-Profit	3,245	5,135	38.7%
Self-Employed	2,717	2,071	56.7%

Local Government	2,568	3,259	44.1%
State Government	2,789	3,073	47.6%
Federal Government	669	408	62.1%

Total Private + Self	34,735	29,915	53.7%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	9,271	11,875	43.8%
Total	44,006	41,790	51.3%

Pct. Govt.	14.9%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	16,431	19.1%
Sales and Office Occupations	19,065	22.2%
Professional, Technical	22,575	26.3%
Service Occupations	13,910	16.2%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	353	0.4%
All others	13,851	16.1%

White Collar		67.7%

Industry
	Number	%
Finance and insurance	14,868	17.3%
Educational services	11,482	13.4%
Health care and social assistance	11,070	12.9%
Retail trade	9,415	11.0%
Accommodation and food services	5,983	7.0%
Manufacturing	5,480	6.4%
Professional, scientific, technical	4,711	5.5%
Other services	3,746	4.4%
Construction	3,425	4.0%
Transportation and warehousing	2,950	3.4%
Public administration	2,868	3.3%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	2,706	3.2%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	1,673	1.9%
Wholesale trade	1,472	1.7%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	1,250	1.5%
Real estate and rental and leasing	1,052	1.2%
Information	1,021	1.2%
Utilities	463	0.5%
Management	155	0.2%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	42	0.0%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	6,513	3.80%
Puerto Rican	585	0.34%
Cuban	225	0.13%
Dominican	48	0.03%

Total Central American	460	0.27%
Costa Rican	57	0.03%
Guatemalan	208	0.12%
Honduran	71	0.04%
Nicaraguan	4	0.00%
Panamanian	0	0.00%
Salvadoran	120	0.07%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	603	0.35%
Argentinean	24	0.01%
Bolivian	75	0.04%
Chilean	20	0.01%
Colombian	151	0.09%
Ecuadorian	9	0.01%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	115	0.07%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	209	0.12%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	669	0.39%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	5,031	2.94%
Chinese	1,236	0.72%
Filipino	652	0.38%
Korean	387	0.23%
Vietnamese	353	0.21%
Burmese	308	0.18%
Japanese	271	0.16%
Taiwanese	39	0.02%
Thai	33	0.02%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	147,939	91.4%
Spanish	4,977	3.1%
Other Asian	3,030	1.9%
Other Indo-European	2,088	1.3%
French, Haitian, Cajun	873	0.5%
Chinese	660	0.4%
German, other Germanic	404	0.2%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	396	0.2%
Tagalog	364	0.2%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	44,958	26.2%
Irish	26,153	15.3%
English	19,552	11.4%
American	7,260	4.2%
Italian	5,627	3.3%
Polish	5,540	3.2%
Swedish	3,416	2.0%
Scottish	2,812	1.6%
European	2,804	1.6%
French	2,483	1.4%
Norwegian	2,299	1.3%
Dutch	1,754	1.0%
Russian	1,615	0.9%
Scotch-Irish	1,186	0.7%
Welsh	1,128	0.7%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	164,574	96.1%
Not a citizen	6,710	3.9%

Native	159,491	93.1%
Foreign-born	11,793	6.9%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
1,363	1.3%	2,981	2.8%	24,329	23.1%	28,282	26.8%	32,113	30.5%	16,371	15.5%
Average years of education: 14.4

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	1,363	1.3%
9-12 Years	2,981	2.8%
H.S. Grad or GED	24,329	23.1%
Some College	28,282	26.8%
Bach. Degree	32,113	30.5%
Grad Degree	16,371	15.5%
Average years of education: 14.4

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	74,315	71,856	2,459	3.3%	6.3%
1991	75,620	72,807	2,813	3.7%	7.3%
1992	77,702	74,667	3,035	3.9%	7.9%
1993	77,160	74,368	2,792	3.6%	7.5%
1994	78,917	76,822	2,095	2.7%	5.8%
1995	79,908	77,799	2,109	2.6%	5.2%
1996	80,842	78,583	2,259	2.8%	5.3%
1997	84,061	82,219	1,842	2.2%	4.8%
1998	87,773	86,029	1,744	2.0%	4.5%
1999	91,867	90,026	1,841	2.0%	4.4%

2000	85,770	83,044	2,726	3.2%	4.4%
2001	85,930	83,122	2,808	3.3%	5.4%
2002	86,559	83,418	3,141	3.6%	6.6%
2003	85,758	82,271	3,487	4.1%	6.7%
2004	85,508	81,792	3,716	4.3%	6.2%
2005	87,704	84,166	3,538	4.0%	5.7%
2006	88,781	85,767	3,014	3.4%	4.6%
2007	90,176	86,758	3,418	3.8%	5.1%
2008	90,447	85,918	4,529	5.0%	6.5%
2009	91,225	84,563	6,662	7.3%	10.2%

2010	95,925	89,107	6,818	7.1%	10.5%
2011	95,765	89,448	6,317	6.6%	9.8%
2012	94,493	88,452	6,041	6.4%	9.0%
2013	92,664	86,595	6,069	6.5%	9.1%
2014	91,147	86,138	5,009	5.5%	7.2%
2015	91,406	87,031	4,375	4.8%	6.0%
2016	90,907	86,312	4,595	5.1%	5.9%
2017	89,436	85,751	3,685	4.1%	5.0%
2018	89,230	85,567	3,663	4.1%	4.4%
2019	88,256	85,083	3,173	3.6%	4.0%

2020	85,103	79,341	5,762	6.8%	9.5%
2021	86,036	81,998	4,038	4.7%	6.1%
2022	88,860	85,712	3,148	3.5%	4.6%
2023	90,686	87,190	3,496	3.9%	4.5%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	74,822
Median Value	$191,300

Occupied	68,491	91.5%
Vacant	6,331	8.5%

Owned	44,512	65.0%
Rented	23,979	35.0%
Median Rent	$941

Single-Family Units	49,067	65.6%
Detached	45,215	60.4%
Attached	3,852	5.1%
Buldings with 5+ Units	17,812	23.8%
Mobile Homes	2,638	3.5%

McLean County, IL

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for McLean County, IL

2022 Housing Data for McLean County, IL

2022 Income & Employment Data for McLean County, IL

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

2022 Educational Attainment Data for McLean County, IL

Historical Labor Force Data for McLean County, IL