Facts
- Population
- 937,142 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 0.4 %
- Net migration
- 1,068 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 3.9 % (2025)
- State
- Illinois
- Population base, April 2020
- 933,031 (2020)
- Births
- 9,734 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 10.4
- Deaths
- 6,902 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 7.4
- Natural change, 2023
- 2,832
- International migration
- 9,522 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -8,454 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 1.1
- Postal code
- IL
- FIPS code
- 17043
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.9 % |
| 2024 | 4.3 % |
| 2023 | 3.5 % |
| 2022 | 3.7 % |
| 2021 | 4.8 % |
| 2020 | 8.2 % |
| 2019 | 3.2 % |
| 2018 | 3.3 % |
| 2017 | 4.2 % |
| 2016 | 5.1 % |
| 2015 | 4.8 % |
| 2014 | 5.8 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 937,142 |
| 2023 | 929,180 |
| 2022 | 925,143 |
| 2021 | 927,145 |
| 2020 | 931,508 |