2022 population: 696,757 ( 19,197 from 2010 , 395 from 2020)
Land area: 835.9 square miles
Population density: 833.6 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	417,697	59.95%	8.3%
Black:	84,891	12.18%	14.1%
Indian:	929	0.13%	14.1%
Asian:	45,947	6.59%	50.3%
2+ races:	11,722	1.68%	21.9%
Hispanic:	135,571	19.46%	28.1%

Total non-White:	279,060	40.05%	25.7%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	15,177	10.9
Deaths:	12,885	9.3
Net Migration:	-3,711	-2.7
Net Immigration:	1,329	1.0

Change in White population:	-37,880	-5.6
Change in Non-White pop.:	57,077	8.4

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

[Display all years]

Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
677,560
455,577	67.24%
74,419	10.98%
814	0.12%
30,562	4.51%
9,620	1.42%
105,817	15.62%
221,983	32.76%

2000
502,266
388,523	77.35%
51,980	10.35%
672	0.13%
11,141	2.22%
5,646	1.12%
43,768	8.71%
113,743	22.65%

1990
357,313
295,006	82.56%
37,262	10.43%
735	0.21%
4,786	1.34%
n/a
19,524	5.46%
62,307	17.44%

1980
324,460
275,430	84.89%
31,080	9.58%
360	0.11%
3,300	1.02%
n/a
14,060	4.33%
49,030	15.11%

1970
249,498
224,675	90.05%
16,529	6.62%
261	0.10%
315	0.13%
n/a
7,312	2.93%
24,823	9.95%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
89,052	17.7
31,123	6.2
120,681	24.0
7,174	1.4

67,054	13.4
108,240	21.6

Number	Rate
1990's
65,397	18.3
25,787	7.2
93,282	26.1
4,043	1.1

93,517	26.2
51,436	14.4

Number	Rate
1980's
54,441	16.8
21,790	6.7
2,273	0.7
n/a

19,576	6.0
13,277	4.1

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
43,513	17.4
n/a

50,755	20.3
24,207	9.7

Age, Family & Household Data for Will 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
38.7
168,067	24.1%
528,690	75.9%
95,701	13.7%

239,064
2.88

178,878	74.8%
141,261	79.0%
13,451	7.5%
60,186	25.2%

2010
Number	Percent
35.4
196,954	29.1%
480,606	70.9%
62,814	9.3%

225,256
2.97

174,062	77.3%
139,545	80.2%
13,821	7.9%
51,194	22.7%

2000
Number	Percent
33.1
150,385	29.9%
351,881	70.1%
41,332	8.2%

167,602
2.94

131,674	78.6%
110,397	83.8%
8,442	6.4%
35,928	21.4%

1990
Number	Percent
31.0
106,370	29.8%
250,943	70.2%
30,538	8.5%

117,209
2.97

93,405	79.7%
79,234	84.8%
6,354	6.8%
23,804	20.3%

1980
Number	Percent
27.5
107,762	33.2%
216,698	66.8%
23,671	7.3%

102,992
3.07

82,742	80.3%
71,807	86.8%
5,502	6.6%
20,250	19.7%

2022 Housing Data for Will County, IL

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	6,996	2.9%
$10,000 to $14,999	4,157	1.7%
$15,000 to $19,999	3,813	1.6%
$20,000 to $24,999	5,750	2.4%
$25,000 to $29,999	5,396	2.3%
$30,000 to $34,999	5,986	2.5%
$35,000 to $39,999	5,816	2.4%
$40,000 to $44,999	5,978	2.5%
$45,000 to $49,999	6,596	2.8%
$50,000 to $59,999	13,550	5.7%
$60,000 to $74,999	20,136	8.4%
$75,000 to $99,999	31,136	13.0%
$100,000 to $124,999	29,742	12.4%
$125,000 to $149,999	23,347	9.8%
$150,000 to $199,999	32,891	13.8%
$200,000 or more	37,774	15.8%

Median Household Income	103,678
Per Capita Income	44,356

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	104
Compared to U.S.	102

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	8,062	3.4%
Public Assistance	5,046	2.1%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	24,291	10.2%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	278,510	75.5%
Unemployed	14,363	3.9%
In Armed Forces	182	0.0%

Total Labor Force	293,055	79.4%
Not in Labor Force	75,957	20.6%

Real Unemployment Rate		24.5%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	146,545	115,269	56.0%
Non-Profit	8,367	16,643	33.5%
Self-Employed	17,146	10,758	61.4%

Local Government	11,391	17,127	39.9%
State Government	3,401	5,605	37.8%
Federal Government	4,057	2,506	61.8%

Total Private + Self	163,691	126,027	56.5%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	27,216	41,881	39.4%
Total	190,907	167,908	53.2%

Pct. Govt.	12.3%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	61,493	17.1%
Sales and Office Occupations	76,580	21.3%
Professional, Technical	79,294	22.1%
Service Occupations	52,368	14.6%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	655	0.2%
All others	89,729	25.0%

White Collar		60.5%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	46,402	12.9%
Retail trade	41,360	11.5%
Manufacturing	39,811	11.1%
Educational services	31,346	8.7%
Transportation and warehousing	30,026	8.4%
Professional, scientific, technical	25,495	7.1%
Construction	25,134	7.0%
Accommodation and food services	21,900	6.1%
Finance and insurance	19,267	5.4%
Other services	15,420	4.3%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	13,614	3.8%
Public administration	13,452	3.7%
Wholesale trade	11,585	3.2%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	6,913	1.9%
Information	6,011	1.7%
Real estate and rental and leasing	5,566	1.5%
Utilities	3,597	1.0%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	1,278	0.4%
Management	973	0.3%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	314	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	108,834	15.62%
Puerto Rican	7,841	1.13%
Cuban	1,253	0.18%
Dominican	326	0.05%

Total Central American	2,845	0.41%
Costa Rican	163	0.02%
Guatemalan	1,487	0.21%
Honduran	270	0.04%
Nicaraguan	227	0.03%
Panamanian	178	0.03%
Salvadoran	520	0.07%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	3,496	0.50%
Argentinean	153	0.02%
Bolivian	121	0.02%
Chilean	174	0.02%
Colombian	1,037	0.15%
Ecuadorian	724	0.10%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	549	0.08%
Uruguayan	15	0.00%
Venezuelan	723	0.10%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	5,092	0.73%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	17,564	2.52%
Filipino	8,563	1.23%
Chinese	4,429	0.64%
Korean	1,726	0.25%
Vietnamese	1,255	0.18%
Thai	367	0.05%
Bangladeshi	298	0.04%
Laotian	265	0.04%
Taiwanese	241	0.03%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	519,452	78.9%
Spanish	83,516	12.7%
Other Indo-European	16,267	2.5%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	11,681	1.8%
Other Asian	7,036	1.1%
Tagalog	4,956	0.8%
Chinese	3,658	0.6%
Arabic	3,439	0.5%
Other	3,402	0.5%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	121,708	17.5%
Irish	96,197	13.8%
Polish	80,654	11.6%
Italian	63,319	9.1%
English	37,836	5.4%
American	17,820	2.6%
Swedish	12,724	1.8%
African	11,904	1.7%
Dutch	11,359	1.6%
Czech	9,661	1.4%
Lithuanian	9,020	1.3%
French	8,868	1.3%
European	7,443	1.1%
Norwegian	6,274	0.9%
Scottish	6,210	0.9%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	659,697	94.7%
Not a citizen	37,077	5.3%

Native	608,299	87.3%
Foreign-born	88,475	12.7%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
18,318	3.9%	20,654	4.5%	119,309	25.7%	138,257	29.8%	105,392	22.7%	61,973	13.4%
Average years of education: 13.7

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	18,318	3.9%
9-12 Years	20,654	4.5%
H.S. Grad or GED	119,309	25.7%
Some College	138,257	29.8%
Bach. Degree	105,392	22.7%
Grad Degree	61,973	13.4%
Average years of education: 13.7

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	186,562	174,395	12,167	6.5%	6.3%
1991	188,777	174,311	14,466	7.7%	7.3%
1992	195,858	178,746	17,112	8.7%	7.9%
1993	201,440	185,652	15,788	7.8%	7.5%
1994	209,596	196,555	13,041	6.2%	5.8%
1995	219,219	206,971	12,248	5.6%	5.2%
1996	229,255	216,869	12,386	5.4%	5.3%
1997	233,798	221,971	11,827	5.1%	4.8%
1998	241,060	229,828	11,232	4.7%	4.5%
1999	255,376	244,142	11,234	4.4%	4.4%

2000	280,158	268,536	11,622	4.1%	4.4%
2001	289,939	275,028	14,911	5.1%	5.4%
2002	294,575	275,397	19,178	6.5%	6.6%
2003	305,605	285,302	20,303	6.6%	6.7%
2004	322,394	302,124	20,270	6.3%	6.2%
2005	333,936	314,320	19,616	5.9%	5.7%
2006	350,320	335,103	15,217	4.3%	4.6%
2007	359,958	342,270	17,688	4.9%	5.1%
2008	365,116	342,189	22,927	6.3%	6.5%
2009	366,000	328,507	37,493	10.2%	10.2%

2010	355,134	315,408	39,726	11.2%	10.5%
2011	352,460	314,639	37,821	10.7%	9.8%
2012	357,443	322,411	35,032	9.8%	9.0%
2013	359,245	323,807	35,438	9.9%	9.1%
2014	357,335	329,806	27,529	7.7%	7.2%
2015	356,963	334,632	22,331	6.3%	6.0%
2016	362,899	340,783	22,116	6.1%	5.9%
2017	360,262	341,945	18,317	5.1%	5.0%
2018	358,318	343,223	15,095	4.2%	4.4%
2019	358,876	344,488	14,388	4.0%	4.0%

2020	344,335	311,763	32,572	9.5%	9.5%
2021	358,350	337,883	20,467	5.7%	6.1%
2022	371,526	354,402	17,124	4.6%	4.6%
2023	367,740	352,251	15,489	4.2%	4.5%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	251,029
Median Value	$283,600

Occupied	239,064	95.2%
Vacant	11,965	4.8%

Owned	196,571	82.2%
Rented	42,493	17.8%
Median Rent	$1,342

Single-Family Units	216,390	86.2%
Detached	187,283	74.6%
Attached	29,107	11.6%
Buldings with 5+ Units	19,767	7.9%
Mobile Homes	3,364	1.3%

Will County, IL

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Will County, IL

2022 Housing Data for Will County, IL

2022 Income & Employment Data for Will County, IL

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

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Will County, IL

Historical Labor Force Data for Will County, IL