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 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

Illinois Population is declining, while the residents in 2018 is 12.74 million compares to 2010 is 12.84 million, decreased by 100K population in ten years, the population started decreasing gradually from the year 2014 at a change of -0.07 to -0.35. Illinois state is the second highest state with 45,116 lost population after New York 48,510 from july 2017 to july 2018. As per the Chicagotribune Article, Sep 2019, In 2018, the state had an estimated net migration loss of 6.5 people for every 1,000 residents, as per census data. Illinois population is fleeing, Five years earlier, the net loss was about 3 people per 1,000 residents. 14 counties are registered with greater than -1.0 change compared to 2017, while 68 counties registered loss between -0.1 to -0.9. Cook County registered a population loss of 24,009 between 2018 and 2017 with change of -0.5.

Year	Population	% Change
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 *

Source : Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2018

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

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

Total Population	12,854,526	Percent
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

Source: US Census 2017(Table B03002)

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

Source: 2017 US Census Estimates: Population In Five Year Age-Group

Languages spoken in IL

Illinois official language is English, Natively 77.16% speak english at home compared to 13.33% of Spanish, 5.33 of european language and 2.91% of Asian languages.

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

Source: US Census 2017(Table S1601)

Education

Illinois state Education levels table statistics in 2017.

Population 18 to 24 years		1229450	627160	602290
		Total	Male	Female
	Less than high school graduate	155831	91625	64206
	High school graduate (includes equivalency)	347685	193912	153773
	Some college or associates degree	565538	271150	294388
	Bachelors degree or higher	160396	70473	89923
Population 25 years and over		8666079	4175857	4490222
	Less than 9th grade	446625	220564	226061
	9th to 12th grade, no diploma	544799	284694	260105
	High school graduate (includes equivalency)	2281524	1125470	1156054
	Some college, no degree	1812247	868860	943387
	Associates degree	682300	298093	384207
	Bachelors degree	1776326	848826	927500
	Graduate or professional degree	1122258	529350	592908

White		5760748	2780966	2979782
	High school graduate or higher	5399164	2599957	2799207
	Bachelors degree or higher	2154469	1047383	1107086
Black or African		1153163	517367	635796
	High school graduate or higher	988713	433621	555092
	Bachelors degree or higher	240188	90220	149968
American Indian or Alaska Native alone		20183	10348	9835
	High school graduate or higher	15570	7817	7753
	Bachelors degree or higher	3907	2049	1858
Asian		469283	221049	248234
	High school graduate or higher	426592	205667	220925
	Bachelors degree or higher	300448	147028	153420
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander		2847	1575	1272
	High school graduate or higher	2476	1380	1096
	Bachelors degree or higher	746	325	421
Hispanic or Latino Origin		1186705	610327	576378
	High school graduate or higher	771320	388678	382642
	Bachelors degree or higher	165485	75183	90302

Source: US Census 2017(Table S1501)

Disability

Physical and Mentally disadvantage people statistics as on 2017.

Total civilian non-institutionalized population	1388827
Male	661517
Female	727310
	-
White	1025888
Black or African American	243948
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	4391
Asian	43240
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	320
Some other race	43442
DISABILITY TYPE
With a hearing difficulty	374983
With a vision difficulty	254282
With a cognitive difficulty	478952
With an ambulatory difficulty	751865
With a self-care difficulty	282625
With an independent living difficulty	516208

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
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