Facts
- Population
- 708,583 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 1.6 %
- Net migration
- 2,644 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 4.6 % (2025)
- State
- Illinois
- Population base, April 2020
- 697,353 (2020)
- Births
- 6,967 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 9.8
- Deaths
- 5,233 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 7.4
- Natural change, 2023
- 1,734
- International migration
- 3,134 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -490 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 3.7
- Postal code
- IL
- FIPS code
- 17197
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.6 % |
| 2024 | 5.1 % |
| 2023 | 4.2 % |
| 2022 | 4.5 % |
| 2021 | 5.7 % |
| 2020 | 9.3 % |
| 2019 | 3.9 % |
| 2018 | 4.1 % |
| 2017 | 5.1 % |
| 2016 | 6.1 % |
| 2015 | 6.3 % |
| 2014 | 7.7 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 708,583 |
| 2023 | 703,383 |
| 2022 | 699,110 |
| 2021 | 699,327 |
| 2020 | 696,909 |