2022 population: 148,173
( 4,698 from 2010
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Land area: 129.1 square miles
Population density: 1147.9 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 76,532 | 51.65% | ![]() |
Black: | 31,677 | 21.38% | ![]() |
Indian: | 37 | 0.02% | ![]() |
Asian: | 5,296 | 3.57% | ![]() |
2+ races: | 5,865 | 3.96% | ![]() |
Hispanic: | 28,264 | 19.08% | ![]() |
Total non-White: | 71,641 | 48.35% | ![]() |
2010-2022 Components | Number | Rate ![]() |
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Change in White population: | -12,817 | -10.2 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 8,119 | 6.4 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 67,890 | |
Median Value | $114,100 | |
Occupied | 61,242 | 90.2% |
Vacant | 6,648 | 9.8% |
Owned | 33,141 | 54.1% |
Rented | 28,101 | 45.9% |
Median Rent | $906 | |
Single-Family Units | 43,854 | 64.6% |
Detached | 40,797 | 60.1% |
Attached | 3,057 | 4.5% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 11,739 | 17.3% |
Mobile Homes | 341 | 0.5% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 4,904 | 8.0% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 3,767 | 6.2% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 3,746 | 6.1% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 3,241 | 5.3% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 3,073 | 5.0% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 3,605 | 5.9% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 3,034 | 5.0% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 2,783 | 4.5% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 2,098 | 3.4% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 5,122 | 8.4% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 6,082 | 9.9% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 7,236 | 11.8% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 4,455 | 7.3% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 2,518 | 4.1% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 3,047 | 5.0% |
$200,000 or more | 2,531 | 4.1% |
Median Household Income | 50,744 | |
Per Capita Income | 29,187 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 4,331 | 7.1% |
Public Assistance | 2,540 | 4.1% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 16,454 | 26.9% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 46,789 | 64.8% |
Unemployed | 5,100 | 7.1% |
In Armed Forces | 12 | 0.0% |
Total Labor Force | 51,901 | 71.9% |
Not in Labor Force | 20,292 | 28.1% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 35.2% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 25,689 | 21,487 | 54.5% |
Non-Profit | 2,063 | 3,892 | 34.6% |
Self-Employed | 2,232 | 1,968 | 53.1% |
Local Government | 1,135 | 2,262 | 33.4% |
State Government | 565 | 780 | 42.0% |
Federal Government | 415 | 560 | 42.6% |
Total Private + Self | 27,921 | 23,455 | 54.3% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 4,178 | 7,494 | 35.8% |
Total | 32,099 | 30,949 | 50.9% |
Pct. Govt. | 9.1% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 5,964 | 9.4% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 13,176 | 20.8% |
Professional, Technical | 11,959 | 18.9% |
Service Occupations | 12,365 | 19.6% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 79 | 0.1% |
All others | 19,753 | 31.2% |
White Collar | 49.2% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Manufacturing | 12,156 | 19.2% |
Health care and social assistance | 10,283 | 16.3% |
Retail trade | 7,756 | 12.3% |
Transportation and warehousing | 4,424 | 7.0% |
Accommodation and food services | 4,405 | 7.0% |
Educational services | 4,086 | 6.5% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 3,465 | 5.5% |
Other services | 3,168 | 5.0% |
Construction | 2,991 | 4.7% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 2,735 | 4.3% |
Finance and insurance | 1,921 | 3.0% |
Wholesale trade | 1,519 | 2.4% |
Public administration | 1,405 | 2.2% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 1,153 | 1.8% |
Information | 721 | 1.1% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 546 | 0.9% |
Utilities | 246 | 0.4% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 233 | 0.4% |
Management | 2 | 0.0% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 2 | 0.0% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 23,640 | 15.95% |
Puerto Rican | 1,694 | 1.14% |
Cuban | 491 | 0.33% |
Dominican | 230 | 0.16% |
Total Central American | 907 | 0.61% |
Costa Rican | 0 | 0.00% |
Guatemalan | 244 | 0.16% |
Honduran | 89 | 0.06% |
Nicaraguan | 55 | 0.04% |
Panamanian | 0 | 0.00% |
Salvadoran | 519 | 0.35% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 301 | 0.20% |
Argentinean | 11 | 0.01% |
Bolivian | 0 | 0.00% |
Chilean | 0 | 0.00% |
Colombian | 171 | 0.12% |
Ecuadorian | 68 | 0.05% |
Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 0 | 0.00% |
Uruguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 51 | 0.03% |
Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 1,001 | 0.68% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Indian | 1,172 | 0.79% |
Laotian | 882 | 0.60% |
Filipino | 679 | 0.46% |
Chinese | 485 | 0.33% |
Burmese | 459 | 0.31% |
Vietnamese | 348 | 0.23% |
Korean | 192 | 0.13% |
Mongolian | 163 | 0.11% |
Thai | 104 | 0.07% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 109,514 | 79.2% |
Spanish | 19,843 | 14.3% |
Other | 1,781 | 1.3% |
Other Asian | 1,663 | 1.2% |
Arabic | 1,337 | 1.0% |
Other Indo-European | 1,219 | 0.9% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 1,075 | 0.8% |
Tagalog | 490 | 0.4% |
Chinese | 423 | 0.3% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
German | 23,542 | 15.9% |
Irish | 13,512 | 9.1% |
Italian | 9,627 | 6.5% |
English | 9,043 | 6.1% |
Swedish | 8,793 | 5.9% |
Polish | 4,936 | 3.3% |
American | 3,844 | 2.6% |
Norwegian | 3,229 | 2.2% |
Scottish | 1,818 | 1.2% |
French | 1,788 | 1.2% |
Dutch | 1,579 | 1.1% |
European | 1,217 | 0.8% |
Danish | 1,072 | 0.7% |
Scotch-Irish | 922 | 0.6% |
Iraqi | 712 | 0.5% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 138,006 | 93.1% |
Not a citizen | 10,167 | 6.9% |
Native | 130,472 | 88.1% |
Foreign-born | 17,701 | 11.9% |
Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older | |||||||||||
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< 9 Years | 9-12 Years | H.S. Grad or GED | Some College | Bach. Degree | Grad Degree | ||||||
5,127 | 5.2% | 9,336 | 9.4% | 30,288 | 30.7% | 31,273 | 31.6% | 14,317 | 14.5% | 8,475 | 8.6% |
Average years of education: 12.9 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 5,127 | 5.2% |
9-12 Years | 9,336 | 9.4% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 30,288 | 30.7% |
Some College | 31,273 | 31.6% |
Bach. Degree | 14,317 | 14.5% |
Grad Degree | 8,475 | 8.6% |
Average years of education: 12.9 |
Recent Trends | ||||
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Votes | Δ Margin | Swing % | ||
2020 vs. 2016 | R +1,010 | D +2,117 | D + 2.2% | |
D +3,127 | ||||
2020 vs. 2012 | R -558 | D +1,035 | D + 1.9% | |
D +477 | ||||
2020 vs. 2008 | R -841 | R +2,182 | R + 2.1% | |
D -3,023 | ||||
2016 vs. 2008 | R -1,851 | R +4,299 | R + 4.3% | |
D -6,150 | ||||
How to interpret this table |
Year | Turnout ![]() | Winner | Runner-Up | Other | Total Votes | Diff (St) ![]() | Diff (US) ![]() | PSV | |||||
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2020 | 49% | Joe Biden (D) | 33,702 | 60.8% | Donald Trump* (R) | 20,453 | 36.9% | 1,279 | 2.3% | 55,434 | -4 | -10 | 0.92% |
2016 | 47% | Hillary Clinton (D) | 30,575 | 56.9% | Donald Trump (R) | 19,443 | 36.2% | 3,736 | 7.0% | 53,754 | -2 | -10 | 0.96% |
2012 | 49% | Barack Obama* (D) | 33,225 | 60.1% | Mitt Romney (R) | 21,011 | 38.0% | 1,070 | 1.9% | 55,306 | -3 | -9 | 1.05% |
2008 | 53% | Barack Obama (D) | 36,725 | 62.1% | John McCain (R) | 21,294 | 36.0% | 1,159 | 2.0% | 59,178 | -1 | -10 | 1.07% |
2000 | 50% | Albert Gore, Jr. (D) | 28,286 | 51.3% | George W. Bush (R) | 25,007 | 45.3% | 1,872 | 3.4% | 55,165 | 3 | -3 | 1.16% |
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Year | Type | Turnout ![]() | Winner | Runner-Up | Other | Total Votes | Diff ![]() | PSV | |||||
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2022 | S3 | 32% | Tammy Duckworth* (D) | 21,591 | 59.4% | Kathy Salvi (R) | 14,062 | 38.7% | 683 [+] | 1.9% | 36,336 | -3 | 0.89% |
2022 | G | 32% | J.B. Pritzker* (D) | 21,306 | 58.3% | Darren Bailey (R) | 14,155 | 38.7% | 1,069 [+] | 2.9% | 36,530 | -4 | 0.89% |
2020 | S2 | 48% | Richard Durbin* (D) | 31,900 | 58.5% | Mark Curran (R) | 20,262 | 37.1% | 2,386 [+] | 4.4% | 54,548 | -2 | 0.91% |
2018 | G | 37% | J.B. Pritzker (D) | 22,961 | 54.9% | Bruce Rauner* (R) | 14,852 | 35.5% | 4,002 [+] | 9.6% | 41,815 | -3 | 0.92% |
2016 | S3 | 47% | Tammy Duckworth (D) | 28,558 | 54.0% | Mark Kirk* (R) | 21,105 | 39.9% | 3,270 [+] | 6.2% | 52,933 | 0 | 0.96% |
2014 | S2 | 31% | Richard Durbin* (D) | 18,338 | 52.8% | Jim Oberweis (R) | 15,090 | 43.4% | 1,332 [+] | 3.8% | 34,760 | 1 | 0.96% |
2014 | G | 31% | Bruce Rauner (R) | 17,192 | 49.3% | Pat Quinn* (D) | 16,212 | 46.5% | 1,464 [+] | 4.2% | 34,868 | -1 | 0.96% |