2022 population: 282,188 ( 13,078 from 2010 , 3,162 from 2020)
Land area: 513.0 square miles
Population density: 550.0 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	184,469	65.37%	13.9%
Black:	38,841	13.76%	9.9%
Indian:	525	0.19%	6.7%
Asian:	8,139	2.88%	20.0%
2+ races:	7,734	2.74%	31.8%
Hispanic:	42,480	15.05%	32.0%

Total non-White:	97,719	34.63%	20.5%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	7,453	13.1
Deaths:	7,611	13.3
Net Migration:	-3,905	-6.8
Net Immigration:	819	1.4

Change in White population:	-29,727	-10.1
Change in Non-White pop.:	16,649	5.6

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
295,266
214,196	72.54%
35,358	11.97%
563	0.19%
6,783	2.30%
5,870	1.99%
32,177	10.90%
81,070	27.46%

2000
278,418
220,817	79.31%
29,038	10.43%
584	0.21%
4,795	1.72%
3,762	1.35%
19,206	6.90%
57,601	20.69%

1990
252,913
218,851	86.53%
22,941	9.07%
713	0.28%
3,358	1.33%
n/a
7,050	2.79%
34,062	13.47%

1980
250,884
222,795	88.80%
20,700	8.25%
631	0.25%
1,556	0.62%
n/a
5,073	2.02%
28,089	11.20%

1970
246,623
226,908	92.01%
15,762	6.39%
237	0.10%
263	0.11%
n/a
3,169	1.28%
19,715	7.99%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
37,436	13.4
23,095	8.3
-889	-0.3
5,831	2.1

-6,621	-2.4
23,469	8.4

Number	Rate
1990's
39,522	15.6
23,227	9.2
-4,740	-1.9
3,993	1.6

1,966	0.8
23,539	9.3

Number	Rate
1980's
39,324	15.7
20,787	8.3
-15,576	-6.2
n/a

-3,944	-1.6
5,973	2.4

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-19,892	-8.1
n/a

-4,113	-1.7
8,374	3.4

Age, Family & Household Data for Winnebago 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
39.5
66,483	23.6%
215,705	76.4%
51,253	18.2%

115,214
2.43

73,115	63.5%
50,977	69.7%
9,712	13.3%
42,099	36.5%

2010
Number	Percent
38.3
73,580	24.9%
221,686	75.1%
40,715	13.8%

115,501
2.52

76,854	66.5%
54,632	71.1%
9,821	12.8%
38,647	33.5%

2000
Number	Percent
36.0
73,506	26.4%
204,912	73.6%
35,453	12.7%

107,966
2.53

73,999	68.5%
57,462	77.7%
8,021	10.8%
33,967	31.5%

1990
Number	Percent
33.5
66,160	26.2%
186,753	73.8%
32,081	12.7%

96,818
2.57

69,256	71.5%
56,122	81.0%
6,510	9.4%
27,562	28.5%

1980
Number	Percent
29.9
74,614	29.7%
176,270	70.3%
25,458	10.1%

89,180
2.77

67,241	75.4%
57,349	85.3%
5,070	7.5%
21,939	24.6%

2022 Housing Data for Winnebago County, IL

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	6,600	5.7%
$10,000 to $14,999	5,300	4.6%
$15,000 to $19,999	5,305	4.6%
$20,000 to $24,999	5,142	4.5%
$25,000 to $29,999	5,171	4.5%
$30,000 to $34,999	5,728	5.0%
$35,000 to $39,999	5,283	4.6%
$40,000 to $44,999	4,632	4.0%
$45,000 to $49,999	4,185	3.6%
$50,000 to $59,999	8,901	7.7%
$60,000 to $74,999	11,627	10.1%
$75,000 to $99,999	14,617	12.7%
$100,000 to $124,999	10,783	9.4%
$125,000 to $149,999	7,046	6.1%
$150,000 to $199,999	8,305	7.2%
$200,000 or more	6,589	5.7%

Median Household Income	61,738
Per Capita Income	33,474

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	87
Compared to U.S.	86

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	6,382	5.5%
Public Assistance	3,803	3.3%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	22,912	19.9%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	105,015	70.2%
Unemployed	8,562	5.7%
In Armed Forces	60	0.0%

Total Labor Force	113,637	75.9%
Not in Labor Force	36,028	24.1%

Real Unemployment Rate		29.8%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	52,793	41,894	55.8%
Non-Profit	3,932	7,985	33.0%
Self-Employed	5,787	3,738	60.8%

Local Government	3,127	5,502	36.2%
State Government	1,155	1,806	39.0%
Federal Government	915	1,000	47.8%

Total Private + Self	58,580	45,632	56.2%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	9,129	16,293	35.9%
Total	67,709	61,925	52.2%

Pct. Govt.	10.4%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	16,150	12.4%
Sales and Office Occupations	26,547	20.4%
Professional, Technical	26,184	20.1%
Service Occupations	21,966	16.9%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	241	0.2%
All others	39,105	30.1%

White Collar		53.0%

Industry
	Number	%
Manufacturing	26,493	20.4%
Health care and social assistance	18,993	14.6%
Retail trade	15,211	11.7%
Educational services	9,789	7.5%
Accommodation and food services	8,559	6.6%
Transportation and warehousing	7,932	6.1%
Construction	7,668	5.9%
Other services	6,146	4.7%
Professional, scientific, technical	6,027	4.6%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	5,054	3.9%
Finance and insurance	4,459	3.4%
Public administration	3,652	2.8%
Wholesale trade	3,533	2.7%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	2,184	1.7%
Information	1,692	1.3%
Real estate and rental and leasing	1,092	0.8%
Utilities	770	0.6%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	543	0.4%
Management	106	0.1%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	49	0.0%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	32,727	11.50%
Puerto Rican	2,692	0.95%
Cuban	826	0.29%
Dominican	354	0.12%

Total Central American	1,249	0.44%
Costa Rican	0	0.00%
Guatemalan	468	0.16%
Honduran	164	0.06%
Nicaraguan	55	0.02%
Panamanian	0	0.00%
Salvadoran	562	0.20%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	866	0.30%
Argentinean	58	0.02%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	0	0.00%
Colombian	221	0.08%
Ecuadorian	319	0.11%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	51	0.02%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	217	0.08%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	1,338	0.47%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	1,853	0.65%
Filipino	1,395	0.49%
Laotian	1,032	0.36%
Chinese	985	0.35%
Vietnamese	572	0.20%
Burmese	459	0.16%
Korean	341	0.12%
Mongolian	202	0.07%
Thai	104	0.04%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	227,412	85.1%
Spanish	25,941	9.7%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	2,567	1.0%
Other Indo-European	2,372	0.9%
Other Asian	1,988	0.7%
Other	1,929	0.7%
Arabic	1,493	0.6%
Tagalog	1,036	0.4%
Chinese	852	0.3%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	60,555	21.3%
Irish	32,225	11.3%
English	23,891	8.4%
Italian	19,838	7.0%
Swedish	19,641	6.9%
Polish	10,515	3.7%
American	8,784	3.1%
Norwegian	7,843	2.8%
French	4,066	1.4%
Scottish	4,025	1.4%
Dutch	3,503	1.2%
European	3,277	1.2%
Danish	1,812	0.6%
Scotch-Irish	1,652	0.6%
Russian	1,459	0.5%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	271,420	95.4%
Not a citizen	13,171	4.6%

Native	259,813	91.3%
Foreign-born	24,778	8.7%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
6,945	3.6%	15,257	7.9%	60,308	31.1%	64,451	33.3%	29,684	15.3%	17,082	8.8%
Average years of education: 13.2

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	6,945	3.6%
9-12 Years	15,257	7.9%
H.S. Grad or GED	60,308	31.1%
Some College	64,451	33.3%
Bach. Degree	29,684	15.3%
Grad Degree	17,082	8.8%
Average years of education: 13.2

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	142,052	134,364	7,688	5.4%	6.3%
1991	142,280	132,125	10,155	7.1%	7.3%
1992	144,170	132,727	11,443	7.9%	7.9%
1993	144,120	133,112	11,008	7.6%	7.5%
1994	144,904	137,384	7,520	5.2%	5.8%
1995	146,339	140,938	5,401	3.7%	5.2%
1996	148,406	142,091	6,315	4.3%	5.3%
1997	150,895	144,932	5,963	4.0%	4.8%
1998	149,749	143,915	5,834	3.9%	4.5%
1999	150,752	144,460	6,292	4.2%	4.4%

2000	146,905	140,479	6,426	4.4%	4.4%
2001	143,365	135,013	8,352	5.8%	5.4%
2002	140,663	130,825	9,838	7.0%	6.6%
2003	139,815	128,573	11,242	8.0%	6.7%
2004	140,140	130,031	10,109	7.2%	6.2%
2005	141,325	132,449	8,876	6.3%	5.7%
2006	144,827	137,216	7,611	5.3%	4.6%
2007	148,651	139,654	8,997	6.1%	5.1%
2008	147,583	134,880	12,703	8.6%	6.5%
2009	144,667	122,725	21,942	15.2%	10.2%

2010	149,585	128,423	21,162	14.1%	10.5%
2011	147,218	129,684	17,534	11.9%	9.8%
2012	145,295	129,872	15,423	10.6%	9.0%
2013	142,881	127,922	14,959	10.5%	9.1%
2014	141,833	129,969	11,864	8.4%	7.2%
2015	142,199	132,206	9,993	7.0%	6.0%
2016	141,910	132,448	9,462	6.7%	5.9%
2017	139,230	130,261	8,969	6.4%	5.0%
2018	141,687	133,700	7,987	5.6%	4.4%
2019	139,782	132,234	7,548	5.4%	4.0%

2020	135,759	120,253	15,506	11.4%	9.5%
2021	133,619	122,225	11,394	8.5%	6.1%
2022	133,220	125,490	7,730	5.8%	4.6%
2023	132,003	123,860	8,143	6.2%	4.5%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	125,039
Median Value	$146,800

Occupied	115,214	92.1%
Vacant	9,825	7.9%

Owned	75,642	65.7%
Rented	39,572	34.3%
Median Rent	$941

Single-Family Units	92,545	74.0%
Detached	87,436	69.9%
Attached	5,109	4.1%
Buldings with 5+ Units	14,704	11.8%
Mobile Homes	1,565	1.3%

Winnebago County, IL

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Winnebago County, IL

2022 Housing Data for Winnebago County, IL

2022 Income & Employment Data for Winnebago County, IL

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

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Winnebago County, IL

Historical Labor Force Data for Winnebago County, IL