Illinois Population
Illinois State (U.S. state abbreviation is 'IL') is the midwestern state of United States bordering Iowa, Missouri in the west, Indiana in the east, Wisconsin to the north. Illinois population in 2021 is estimated to be 12.62 million, It is the sixth largest population in the United States, and largest population city is Chicago located in the northeast. Its area is 57,914 sq miles (149,997 sq km) and density is 232 per sq miles (89.4 per sq km). Millenium Park, Willis Tower, Navy Pier and Cloud Gate are the popular visiting places in Illinois state. Chicago, Aurora, Rockford, Hinsdale are the biggest cities in Illinois.
Image Source: People gathering at Port Byron Tug Fest, Rock Island County, Illinois, Dec 2018
Year | Population | % Change |
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2010 | 12,840,762 | |
2011 | 12,867,291 | 0.21 |
2012 | 12,884,119 | 0.13 |
2013 | 12,898,269 | 0.11 |
2014 | 12,888,962 | -0.07 |
2015 | 12,864,342 | -0.19 |
2016 | 12,826,895 | -0.29 |
2017 | 12,786,196 | -0.32 |
2018 | 12,741,080 | -0.35 |
2019* | 12,700,309 | -0.32 |
2020* | 12,662,085 | -0.30 |
2021* | 12,625,136 | -0.29 |
Illinois Population by Race & Groups
Illinois State has 66.3% are White Americans, 13.2% are Black or African Americans, 15.5% are Hispanic or Latino and 4.8% are Asian people. Out of Hispanic or Latino population of 2.1 million, Mexicans are around 1.71 million, 201,841 are Puerto Rican and 26,078 are Cuban. 671,811 population are Asian, out of that 231,720 are Asian Indians, 128,793 are Chinese, 122,010 are Filipinos, and other asian people are Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese.
Total Population | 12,854,526 | Percent |
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White | 9,236,701 | 71.86% |
Black or African American | 1,833,501 | 14.26% |
American Indian and Alaska Native | 29,696 | 0.231% |
Cherokee tribal grouping | 3,209 | 0.025% |
Chippewa tribal grouping | 1,516 | 0.012% |
Navajo tribal grouping | 289 | 0.002% |
Sioux tribal grouping | 766 | 0.006% |
Asian Population | 671,811 | 5.23% |
Asian Indian | 231,720 | 1.80% |
Chinese | 128,793 | 1.00% |
Filipino | 122,010 | 0.95% |
Japanese | 17,994 | 0.14% |
Korean | 59,372 | 0.46% |
Vietnamese | 27,506 | 0.21% |
Other Asian Population | 84,416 | |
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander | 4,275 | 0.03% |
Native Hawaiian | 1,488 | 0.012% |
Guamanian or Chamorro | 1,225 | 0.010% |
Samoan | 598 | 0.005% |
Other Pacific Islander | 964 | |
Some other race | 767,145 | |
Hispanic or Latino | 2,162,070 | 16.82% |
Mexican | 1,711,843 | 13.32% |
Puerto Rican | 201,841 | 1.57% |
Cuban | 26,078 | 0.20% |
Other Hispanic or Latino | 222,308 |
Top Cities of Illinois
Rank | Cities | Population(2018) |
---|---|---|
1 | Chicago | 2,705,994 |
2 | Aurora | 199,602 |
3 | Naperville | 148,304 |
4 | Joliet | 148,099 |
5 | Rockford | 146,526 |
6 | Springfield | 114,694 |
7 | Elgin | 111,683 |
8 | Peoria | 111,388 |
9 | Champaign | 88,029 |
10 | Waukegan | 86,792 |
Population Pyramid
Languages spoken in IL
Languages | Population | Percentage |
---|---|---|
Speak only English | 9,312,735 | 77.16 |
Spanish Language | 1,608,654 | 13.33 |
European Language | 667,350 | 5.53 |
Asian Languages | 351,528 | 2.91 |
Other Languages | 128,699 | 1.07 |
Education
Illinois state Education levels table statistics in 2017.
Total | Male | Female | ||
Population 18 to 24 years | 1,229,450 | 627,160 | 602,290 | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Less than high school graduate | 155,831 | 91,625 | 64,206 | |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) | 347,685 | 193,912 | 153,773 | |
Some college or associates degree | 565,538 | 271,150 | 294,388 | |
Bachelors degree or higher | 160,396 | 70,473 | 89,923 | |
Population 25 years and over | 8,666,079 | 4,175,857 | 4,490,222 | |
Less than 9th grade | 446,625 | 220,564 | 226,061 | |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma | 544,799 | 284,694 | 260,105 | |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) | 2,281,524 | 1,125,470 | 1,156,054 | |
Some college, no degree | 1,812,247 | 868,860 | 943,387 | |
Associates degree | 682,300 | 298,093 | 384,207 | |
Bachelors degree | 1,776,326 | 848,826 | 927,500 | |
Graduate or professional degree | 1,122,258 | 529,350 | 592,908 |
White | 5,760,748 | 2,780,966 | 2,979,782 | |
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High school graduate or higher | 5,399,164 | 2,599,957 | 2,799,207 | |
Bachelors degree or higher | 2,154,469 | 1,047,383 | 1,107,086 | |
Black or African | 1,153,163 | 517,367 | 635,796 | |
High school graduate or higher | 988,713 | 433,621 | 555,092 | |
Bachelors degree or higher | 240,188 | 90,220 | 149,968 | |
American Indian or Alaska Native alone | 20,183 | 10,348 | 9,835 | |
High school graduate or higher | 15,570 | 7,817 | 7,753 | |
Bachelors degree or higher | 3,907 | 2,049 | 1,858 | |
Asian | 469,283 | 221,049 | 248,234 | |
High school graduate or higher | 426,592 | 205,667 | 220,925 | |
Bachelors degree or higher | 300,448 | 147,028 | 153,420 | |
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander | 2,847 | 1,575 | 1,272 | |
High school graduate or higher | 2,476 | 1,380 | 1,096 | |
Bachelors degree or higher | 746 | 325 | 421 | |
Hispanic or Latino Origin | 1,186,705 | 610,327 | 576,378 | |
High school graduate or higher | 771,320 | 388,678 | 382,642 | |
Bachelors degree or higher | 165,485 | 75,183 | 90,302 |
Disability
Physical and Mentally disadvantage people statistics as on 2017.
Total civilian non-institutionalized population | 1,388,827 |
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Male | 661,517 |
Female | 727,310 |
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White | 1,025,888 |
Black or African American | 243,948 |
American Indian and Alaska Native alone | 4,391 |
Asian | 43,240 |
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander | 320 |
Some other race | 43,442 |
DISABILITY TYPE | |
With a hearing difficulty | 374,983 |
With a vision difficulty | 254,282 |
With a cognitive difficulty | 478,952 |
With an ambulatory difficulty | 751,865 |
With a self-care difficulty | 282,625 |
With an independent living difficulty | 516,208 |
Counties of Illinois
Illinois State has a total of 102 counties. Cook County is the most populous county with more than 5 million population, followed by DuPage County with 928,589, Lake County with 700,832 as on 2018.
County | Population 2017 | Population 2018 | % Change | Rank 2017 | Rank 2018 |
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Adams County | 66,094 | 65,691 | -0.6 | 23 | 23 |
Alexander County | 6,302 | 6,060 | -3.8 | 94 | 94 |
Bond County | 16,635 | 16,630 | 0 | 64 | 64 |
Boone County | 53,512 | 53,577 | 0.1 | 26 | 26 |
Brown County | 6,611 | 6,556 | -0.8 | 92 | 92 |
Bureau County | 33,168 | 32,993 | -0.5 | 45 | 45 |
Calhoun County | 4,841 | 4,802 | -0.8 | 100 | 100 |
Carroll County | 14,481 | 14,312 | -1.2 | 74 | 74 |
Cass County | 12,461 | 12,260 | -1.6 | 82 | 84 |
Champaign County | 210,104 | 209,983 | -0.1 | 10 | 10 |
Christian County | 33,011 | 32,661 | -1.1 | 46 | 46 |
Clark County | 15,809 | 15,596 | -1.3 | 70 | 72 |
Clay County | 13,272 | 13,253 | -0.1 | 80 | 80 |
Clinton County | 37,607 | 37,639 | 0.1 | 38 | 37 |
Coles County | 51,348 | 50,885 | -0.9 | 27 | 29 |
Cook County | 5,204,502 | 5,180,493 | -0.5 | 1 | 1 |
Crawford County | 18,955 | 18,807 | -0.8 | 59 | 59 |
Cumberland County | 10,864 | 10,808 | -0.5 | 87 | 87 |
DeKalb County | 104,151 | 104,143 | 0 | 20 | 20 |
De Witt County | 15,909 | 15,769 | -0.9 | 68 | 67 |
Douglas County | 19,639 | 19,479 | -0.8 | 58 | 58 |
DuPage County | 930,662 | 928,589 | -0.2 | 2 | 2 |
Edgar County | 17,411 | 17,360 | -0.3 | 61 | 61 |
Edwards County | 6,471 | 6,392 | -1.2 | 93 | 93 |
Effingham County | 34,147 | 34,208 | 0.2 | 44 | 43 |
Fayette County | 21,535 | 21,416 | -0.6 | 56 | 55 |
Ford County | 13,317 | 13,264 | -0.4 | 79 | 79 |
Franklin County | 39,004 | 38,701 | -0.8 | 34 | 34 |
Fulton County | 35,095 | 34,844 | -0.7 | 40 | 40 |
Gallatin County | 5,069 | 5,058 | -0.2 | 98 | 98 |
Greene County | 13,168 | 13,044 | -0.9 | 81 | 81 |
Grundy County | 50,613 | 50,972 | 0.7 | 30 | 27 |
Hamilton County | 8,195 | 8,163 | -0.4 | 89 | 89 |
Hancock County | 17,973 | 17,844 | -0.7 | 60 | 60 |
Hardin County | 3,935 | 3,910 | -0.6 | 102 | 102 |
Henderson County | 6,819 | 6,709 | -1.6 | 91 | 91 |
Henry County | 49,246 | 49,090 | -0.3 | 31 | 31 |
Iroquois County | 27,830 | 27,604 | -0.8 | 51 | 51 |
Jackson County | 57,958 | 57,419 | -0.9 | 24 | 24 |
Jasper County | 9,540 | 9,611 | 0.7 | 88 | 88 |
Jefferson County | 38,111 | 37,820 | -0.8 | 36 | 36 |
Jersey County | 21,901 | 21,847 | -0.2 | 53 | 53 |
Jo Daviess County | 21,549 | 21,366 | -0.8 | 55 | 56 |
Johnson County | 12,425 | 12,456 | 0.2 | 83 | 82 |
Kane County | 533,156 | 534,216 | 0.2 | 5 | 5 |
Kankakee County | 110,544 | 110,024 | -0.5 | 17 | 17 |
Kendall County | 126,272 | 127,915 | 1.3 | 16 | 16 |
Knox County | 50,628 | 50,112 | -1 | 29 | 30 |
Lake County | 703,006 | 700,832 | -0.3 | 3 | 3 |
LaSalle County | 109,681 | 109,430 | -0.2 | 18 | 18 |
Lawrence County | 16,000 | 15,765 | -1.5 | 67 | 68 |
Lee County | 34,511 | 34,223 | -0.8 | 41 | 42 |
Livingston County | 36,115 | 35,761 | -1 | 39 | 39 |
Logan County | 29,015 | 28,925 | -0.3 | 49 | 49 |
McDonough County | 30,323 | 29,955 | -1.2 | 48 | 48 |
McHenry County | 308,013 | 308,570 | 0.2 | 6 | 6 |
McLean County | 172,845 | 172,828 | 0 | 13 | 13 |
Macon County | 105,533 | 104,712 | -0.8 | 19 | 19 |
Macoupin County | 45,515 | 45,313 | -0.4 | 32 | 32 |
Madison County | 265,471 | 264,461 | -0.4 | 8 | 8 |
Marion County | 37,821 | 37,620 | -0.5 | 37 | 38 |
Marshall County | 11,685 | 11,534 | -1.3 | 85 | 86 |
Mason County | 13,688 | 13,565 | -0.9 | 78 | 78 |
Massac County | 14,312 | 14,080 | -1.6 | 75 | 75 |
Menard County | 12,286 | 12,288 | 0 | 84 | 83 |
Mercer County | 15,623 | 15,601 | -0.1 | 72 | 71 |
Monroe County | 34,159 | 34,335 | 0.5 | 43 | 41 |
Montgomery County | 28,755 | 28,601 | -0.5 | 50 | 50 |
Morgan County | 34,199 | 33,976 | -0.7 | 42 | 44 |
Moultrie County | 14,703 | 14,717 | 0.1 | 73 | 73 |
Ogle County | 51,032 | 50,923 | -0.2 | 28 | 28 |
Peoria County | 182,578 | 180,621 | -1.1 | 12 | 12 |
Perry County | 21,297 | 21,174 | -0.6 | 57 | 57 |
Piatt County | 16,456 | 16,396 | -0.4 | 65 | 65 |
Pike County | 15,672 | 15,611 | -0.4 | 71 | 70 |
Pope County | 4,194 | 4,212 | 0.4 | 101 | 101 |
Pulaski County | 5,541 | 5,463 | -1.4 | 96 | 96 |
Putnam County | 5,718 | 5,740 | 0.4 | 95 | 95 |
Randolph County | 32,264 | 32,106 | -0.5 | 47 | 47 |
Richland County | 15,848 | 15,763 | -0.5 | 69 | 69 |
Rock Island County | 144,293 | 143,477 | -0.6 | 14 | 14 |
St. Clair County | 262,426 | 261,059 | -0.5 | 9 | 9 |
Saline County | 24,035 | 23,906 | -0.5 | 52 | 52 |
Sangamon County | 196,889 | 195,348 | -0.8 | 11 | 11 |
Schuyler County | 6,976 | 6,907 | -1 | 90 | 90 |
Scott County | 4,978 | 4,926 | -1 | 99 | 99 |
Shelby County | 21,752 | 21,741 | -0.1 | 54 | 54 |
Stark County | 5,457 | 5,427 | -0.5 | 97 | 97 |
Stephenson County | 44,981 | 44,753 | -0.5 | 33 | 33 |
Tazewell County | 133,391 | 132,328 | -0.8 | 15 | 15 |
Union County | 16,985 | 16,841 | -0.8 | 63 | 63 |
Vermilion County | 77,776 | 76,806 | -1.2 | 21 | 21 |
Wabash County | 11,550 | 11,549 | 0 | 86 | 85 |
Warren County | 17,170 | 17,032 | -0.8 | 62 | 62 |
Washington County | 13,951 | 13,995 | 0.3 | 76 | 76 |
Wayne County | 16,442 | 16,332 | -0.7 | 66 | 66 |
White County | 13,925 | 13,665 | -1.9 | 77 | 77 |
Whiteside County | 55,947 | 55,626 | -0.6 | 25 | 25 |
Will County | 691,017 | 692,310 | 0.2 | 4 | 4 |
Williamson County | 67,107 | 67,056 | -0.1 | 22 | 22 |
Winnebago County | 284,740 | 284,081 | -0.2 | 7 | 7 |
Woodford County | 38,699 | 38,463 | -0.6 | 35 | 35 |
References
1. Census Fact finder
2. Historical Population of States from 1790 to 1990
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