Facts
- Population
- 263,017 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -1.1 %
- Net migration
- 219 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 4.0 % (2025)
- State
- Illinois
- Population base, April 2020
- 265,972 (2020)
- Births
- 2,396 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 9.1
- Deaths
- 3,091 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 11.8
- Natural change, 2023
- -695
- International migration
- 255 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -36 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 0.8
- Postal code
- IL
- FIPS code
- 17119
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.0 % |
| 2024 | 4.3 % |
| 2023 | 4.2 % |
| 2022 | 3.9 % |
| 2021 | 5.0 % |
| 2020 | 7.6 % |
| 2019 | 3.8 % |
| 2018 | 4.6 % |
| 2017 | 4.7 % |
| 2016 | 5.8 % |
| 2015 | 6.0 % |
| 2014 | 7.0 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 263,017 |
| 2023 | 263,442 |
| 2022 | 263,981 |
| 2021 | 265,001 |
| 2020 | 265,749 |