Facts
- Population
- 5,182,617 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -1.8 %
- Net migration
- 1,070 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 4.8 % (2025)
- State
- Illinois
- Population base, April 2020
- 5,278,969 (2020)
- Births
- 51,823 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 10.0
- Deaths
- 43,366 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 8.4
- Natural change, 2023
- 8,457
- International migration
- 55,590 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -54,520 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 0.2
- Postal code
- IL
- FIPS code
- 17031
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.8 % |
| 2024 | 5.3 % |
| 2023 | 4.4 % |
| 2022 | 5.0 % |
| 2021 | 6.9 % |
| 2020 | 10.7 % |
| 2019 | 3.9 % |
| 2018 | 4.1 % |
| 2017 | 5.1 % |
| 2016 | 6.2 % |
| 2015 | 6.3 % |
| 2014 | 7.6 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 5,182,617 |
| 2023 | 5,142,522 |
| 2022 | 5,133,106 |
| 2021 | 5,185,134 |
| 2020 | 5,267,072 |