Facts
- Population
- 251,149 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -2.5 %
- Net migration
- -420 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 4.5 % (2025)
- State
- Illinois
- Population base, April 2020
- 257,631 (2020)
- Births
- 2,338 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 9.3
- Deaths
- 2,743 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 10.9
- Natural change, 2023
- -405
- International migration
- 501 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -921 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- -1.7
- Postal code
- IL
- FIPS code
- 17163
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.5 % |
| 2024 | 4.7 % |
| 2023 | 4.7 % |
| 2022 | 4.5 % |
| 2021 | 6.2 % |
| 2020 | 9.0 % |
| 2019 | 4.4 % |
| 2018 | 5.1 % |
| 2017 | 5.1 % |
| 2016 | 6.0 % |
| 2015 | 6.5 % |
| 2014 | 7.8 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 251,149 |
| 2023 | 252,094 |
| 2022 | 252,947 |
| 2021 | 255,210 |
| 2020 | 257,070 |