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Illinois commercial real estate data, county by county.

The Census Bureau estimates 12,710,158 residents in Illinois on July 1, 2024. Every one of its 102 county-equivalents has a data page built from federal sources, each figure carrying its publisher and the period it describes.

Population, July 1, 2024
12,710,158
Households
5,036,449
Median household income
$83,390
Gross domestic product, 2025
$1,202.00 bn
Unemployment rate
4.7 percent

Illinois agency publications and federal agency publications

Which permits and hazards apply to a site in Illinois?

Construction stormwater permitting

Construction sites that disturb one acre or more are required to have coverage under the NPDES general permit for storm water discharges from construction site activities. The renewal of that permit, ILR10, was finalized on September 13, 2023, is effective as of September 22, 2023, and expires on August 31, 2028.

Source: Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, Beginning on March 10, 2003, retrieved 26 September 2026.

Great Lakes coastal management

Illinois's coastal zone includes a Lakeshore Boundary based on the Lake Michigan watershed that runs generally parallel to the Lake Michigan shoreline, and an Inland Waterway Boundary covering select segments of the Chicago River system and the Little Calumet and Grand Calumet Rivers.

Source: NOAA Office for Coastal Management, February 9, 2012, retrieved 26 September 2026.

Statewide energy code

Illinois requires privately funded commercial facilities and residential buildings to comply with the Illinois Energy Conservation Code. The 2024 edition of the International Energy Conservation Code, as amended, went into effect on 11/30/25.

Source: Illinois Capital Development Board, retrieved 26 September 2026.

Census Bureau population estimates and 2020 Census

How many people live in Illinois, and is the population growing?

  • Population, July 1, 202412,710,158
  • Population, April 1, 2020 estimates base12,821,814
  • Change since the 2020 base-0.87 percent
  • Rank by population among the 50 states and DC6th of 51
  • Rank by growth since 2020 among the 50 states and DC48th of 51
  • Share of residents in urban areas, 202086.9 percent

Net domestic and international migration, by year to July 1

  • 2021: domestic -114,221, international +11,421
  • 2022: domestic -143,390, international +60,951
  • 2023: domestic -81,875, international +92,822
  • 2024: domestic -56,235, international +112,955

Change since 2020 is MMCG Analytics arithmetic on the two published estimates; ranks order the 50 states and the District of Columbia by the published figure; the urban share divides the published urban count by the published total.

US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2024. US Census Bureau, 2020 Census Demographic and Housing Characteristics, table P2. Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics; the rest are the agency's own figures for Illinois.

Census Bureau American Community Survey

Who lives in Illinois?

  • Households5,036,449
  • Median household income$83,390
  • Median age39.0 years
  • Residents under 1821.8 percent
  • Residents 65 and over17.0 percent
  • Adults 25 and over with a bachelor's degree or higher37.8 percent
  • Median home value$263,300
  • Median gross rent, per month$1,274

The three shares are MMCG Analytics arithmetic on published counts: the survey's age groups under 18 and 65 and over, and its degree counts, each divided by the published total.

US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020 to 2024. Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics; the rest are the agency's own figures for Illinois.

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics

How many people are working in Illinois?

  • Labor force6,477,009
  • Employed6,170,228
  • Unemployed306,781
  • Unemployment rate4.7 percent

US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, August 2026, preliminary. Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics; the rest are the agency's own figures for Illinois.

Bureau of Economic Analysis, gross domestic product by state

How large is the Illinois economy?

  • Gross domestic product, 2025$1,202.00 bn
  • Gross domestic product, 2024$1,148.11 bn
  • Gross domestic product, 2023$1,100.79 bn
  • Gross domestic product, 2022$1,037.74 bn
  • Gross domestic product, 2021$947.22 bn
  • Rank by 2025 gross domestic product among the 50 states and DC5th of 51

The rank orders the 50 states and the District of Columbia by the published figure.

US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional accounts, table SAGDP2, 2021 to 2025. Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics; the rest are the agency's own figures for Illinois.

SBA 7(a) and 504 loan records

How active is SBA lending in Illinois?

  • 7(a) loans approved, FY2020 to FY202613,420
  • 7(a) approval dollars, FY2020 to FY2026$7.13 bn
  • Rank by 7(a) loan count among the 50 states and DC, FY2020 to FY20267th of 51
  • 504 loans approved, FY2010 to FY20265,824
  • 504 approval dollars, FY2010 to FY2026$4.60 bn
  • Rank by 504 loan count among the 50 states and DC, FY2010 to FY20263rd of 51

Most active 7(a) lenders, by loans approved, FY2020 to FY2026

  • The Huntington National Bank: 3,269 loans
  • U.S. Bank, National Association: 970 loans
  • Byline Bank: 663 loans
  • Northeast Bank: 548 loans
  • JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association: 525 loans

Most active Certified Development Companies, by 504 loans, FY2010 to FY2026

  • Small Business Growth Corporation: 3,064 loans
  • SomerCor 504, Inc.: 2,009 loans
  • Rockford Local Development Corporation: 253 loans
  • Wessex 504 Corporation: 251 loans
  • Illinois Business Financial Services: 138 loans

Industries with the most 7(a) loans, FY2020 to FY2026

  • General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Truckload: 810 loans
  • Full-Service Restaurants: 765 loans
  • Limited-Service Restaurants: 481 loans
  • General Freight Trucking, Local: 347 loans
  • Residential Remodelers: 290 loans

Every figure here is MMCG Analytics arithmetic over the SBA's loan-level records whose project state is Illinois: counts of records, sums of the gross approval amount, and ranks among the 50 states and the District of Columbia. These are approvals, not disbursements or balances.

US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA loan records, FY2020 to FY2026, records as of 2026-06-30. US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA loan records, FY2010 to FY2026, records as of 2026-06-30. Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics; the rest are the agency's own figures for Illinois.

FEMA NFIP Community Status Book and EPA radon zones

How do flood insurance and radon screening stand in Illinois?

  • Communities participating in the NFIP898
  • Communities earning a Community Rating System discount, classes 1 to 969
  • Counties in EPA radon zone 1, the highest predicted level56
  • Counties in EPA radon zone 243
  • Counties in EPA radon zone 33

Communities by Community Rating System class (class 1 earns the largest discount, class 10 none)

  • Class 2: 1
  • Class 5: 20
  • Class 6: 18
  • Class 7: 21
  • Class 8: 8
  • Class 9: 1
  • Class 10: 8

Every figure here is MMCG Analytics counting over the agency's own list: FEMA's community rows for the state, and the state's county records by EPA radon zone. Radon zones are county-wide predictions, never a site measurement.

FEMA, NFIP Community Status Book, as of 2026-09-26. US EPA, Map of Radon Zones, 2024-05 publication, EPA 402/A-16/001. Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics; the rest are the agency's own figures for Illinois.

What do jobs in Illinois pay, county by county?

  • Combined county product, 2024$1,148.11 bn
  • Covered employment, summed over counties5,810,965
  • Average annual pay, weighted by county employment$75,660

The average annual pay of $75,660 is weighted by each county's covered employment, not averaged across counties, so a large labor market counts for more than a small one.

US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, through 2024. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. Every figure in this section is computed by MMCG Analytics from the county records on this site.

How many businesses are in Illinois?

  • Business establishments, summed over counties321,239
  • Establishments per 1,000 residents of those counties25.3
  • Employment at those establishments5,447,113
  • Annual payroll$395.94 bn

US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. Every figure in this section is computed by MMCG Analytics from the county records on this site.

Building permits in Illinois

  • Housing units permitted, summed over counties20,326
  • Permitted construction value$5.78 bn
  • Units permitted per 1,000 households4.0

US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. Every figure in this section is computed by MMCG Analytics from the county records on this site.

SBA loan charge-off rates in Illinois

  • 7(a) charge-off rate over resolved loans8.90 percent
  • Resolved 7(a) loans behind that rate2,565
  • 7(a) loans charged off229
  • 504 charge-off rate over resolved loans3.50 percent
  • Resolved 504 loans behind that rate1,792
  • 504 loans charged off63

Of the 2,565 Illinois 7(a) loans that have reached a final outcome, 8.90 percent were charged off. The rate is taken over loans resolved in a window starting in FY2020, so it leans toward early outcomes and is not a lifetime loss rate.

Compare against the national and state SBA charge-off rates →

US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30. US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30. Every figure in this section is computed by MMCG Analytics from the county records on this site.

How large is Illinois?

  • Land area, summed over counties55,518 sq mi
  • County-equivalents102
  • People per square mile, county records229

US Census Bureau county boundary geometry, TIGER, adjacency computed from shared boundary vertices, TIGER county boundaries. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, 2020-2024 5-year. Every figure in this section is computed by MMCG Analytics from the county records on this site.

Which are the largest counties in Illinois?

Illinois county-equivalents by population, with the figures a site search compares them on
GeographyPopulationMedian incomeEstablishmentsCounty GDPSBA approvals
Cook County5,182,090$83,498134,513$546.44 bn8,581
DuPage County930,024$112,09634,121$129.73 bn2,344
Lake County714,223$110,41620,076$82.87 bn1,284
Will County701,462$109,98417,085$50.33 bn1,213
Kane County517,255$103,16313,537$37.06 bn1,158
McHenry County312,591$104,8028,140$15.98 bn661
Winnebago County283,292$65,8376,286$18.80 bn389
Madison County264,238$75,7935,659$16.58 bn302
St. Clair County253,694$73,8544,973$16.13 bn260
Champaign County208,741$63,6834,237$15.45 bn216

Counties

All 102 Illinois county-equivalents, resolved locally.

Illinois counties. Select a county to open its site intelligence page.Bond CountyBrown CountyChampaign CountyColes CountyCumberland CountyEffingham CountyFranklin CountyHamilton CountyHenry CountyJackson CountyJasper CountyKane CountyLee CountyLogan CountyMarion CountyMenard CountyMoultrie CountyPerry CountyPutnam CountySchuyler CountyStark CountyTazewell CountyWashington CountyWoodford CountyAlexander CountyBoone CountyBureau CountyCarroll CountyClark CountyCrawford CountyDeKalb CountyDouglas CountyDuPage CountyEdwards CountyFayette CountyFord CountyFulton CountyGrundy CountyMercer CountyJefferson CountyKankakee CountyKendall CountyLaSalle CountyLawrence CountyLivingston CountyMcDonough CountyMcHenry CountyMacoupin CountyMason CountyMassac CountyMonroe CountyMorgan CountyOgle CountyPeoria CountyPiatt CountyPulaski CountyRichland CountySaline CountySangamon CountyStephenson CountyVermilion CountyWayne CountyWhiteside CountyWill CountyAdams CountyCass CountyClay CountyDe Witt CountyEdgar CountyGreene CountyHardin CountyHenderson CountyIroquois CountyJohnson CountyKnox CountyMcLean CountyMarshall CountyMontgomery CountyPope CountySt. Clair CountyWarren CountyWilliamson CountyGallatin CountyHancock CountyJersey CountyJo Daviess CountyLake CountyMacon CountyMadison CountyCalhoun CountyChristian CountyClinton CountyCook CountyPike CountyRandolph CountyRock Island CountyScott CountyShelby CountyUnion CountyWabash CountyWhite CountyWinnebago County

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Illinois counties: population, income, establishments and SBA activity
GeographyPopulationMedian incomeEstablishmentsCounty GDPSBA approvalsLand area, sq mi
Adams County64,754$66,2201,787$4.66 bn45855
Alexander County4,875$47,04375$273.5 mNone recorded236
Bond County16,716$65,959303$781.2 m8380
Boone County53,230$84,571890$1.97 bn45281
Brown County6,322$67,917108$624.0 m4306
Bureau County32,866$69,257699$1.60 bn12869
Calhoun County4,330$93,20377$131.1 m2254
Carroll County15,576$60,758363$761.5 m10445
Cass County12,784$68,125241$883.5 m1376
Champaign County208,741$63,6834,237$15.45 bn216996
Christian County33,538$62,611709$1.97 bn31709
Clark County15,266$72,927335$715.5 m2501
Clay County13,052$60,417322$699.4 m2468
Clinton County36,954$86,588913$1.58 bn29474
Coles County46,777$56,4781,112$3.51 bn22508
Cook County5,182,090$83,498134,513$546.44 bn8,581945
Crawford County18,511$71,674411$1.66 bn5444
Cumberland County10,334$73,327178$1.83 bn3346
De Witt County15,373$71,678343$1.63 bn7398
DeKalb County100,703$70,7241,975$5.66 bn138631
Douglas County19,751$77,320575$1.44 bn11417
DuPage County930,024$112,09634,121$129.73 bn2,344327
Edgar County16,535$59,941334$1.04 bn14623
Edwards County6,075$60,519132$320.6 mNone recorded222
Effingham County34,522$80,4041,263$3.08 bn34479
Fayette County21,315$60,944477$770.4 m9716
Ford County13,406$62,439343$1.12 bnNone recorded486
Franklin County37,323$56,740696$1.36 bn22409
Fulton County33,020$60,599596$1.14 bn6866
Gallatin County4,819$59,21982$172.5 m4323
Greene County11,683$62,192215$430.9 m7543
Grundy County53,219$92,2351,202$6.04 bn80418
Hamilton County7,916$65,746175$478.3 m6435
Hancock County17,281$65,865365$824.4 m11794
Hardin County3,605$54,27155$125.5 m2178
Henderson County6,193$62,227105$224.5 mNone recorded379
Henry County48,643$71,9111,037$2.05 bn39823
Iroquois County26,449$66,255625$1.42 bn31,117
Jackson County53,064$48,7631,196$3.30 bn33584
Jasper County9,180$74,755226$645.6 m5495
Jefferson County36,550$63,118882$2.43 bn72571
Jersey County21,274$80,361404$672.9 m18369
Jo Daviess County21,851$73,993673$1.14 bn14601
Johnson County13,376$62,528175$328.9 m4344
Kane County517,255$103,16313,537$37.06 bn1,158520
Kankakee County106,635$71,2812,268$8.53 bn80677
Kendall County137,675$111,6012,548$5.41 bn217320
Knox County49,046$57,030968$2.45 bn28716
Lake County714,223$110,41620,076$82.87 bn1,284444
LaSalle County108,714$73,0452,523$7.67 bn781,135
Lawrence County15,031$55,324247$661.2 m4372
Lee County33,869$70,292690$2.17 bn26725
Livingston County35,565$73,790826$2.89 bn111,044
Logan County27,713$66,358536$1.34 bn15618
Macon County101,849$62,6662,241$9.05 bn138581
Macoupin County44,350$70,805813$1.53 bn39863
Madison County264,238$75,7935,659$16.58 bn302716
Marion County37,000$61,240863$1.76 bn23572
Marshall County11,647$71,585235$686.6 m5387
Mason County12,745$62,845255$633.8 m1539
Massac County13,865$65,116217$508.9 m4237
McDonough County26,920$52,795611$1.46 bn12589
McHenry County312,591$104,8028,140$15.98 bn661603
McLean County171,556$79,9053,481$16.91 bn1841,183
Menard County12,095$82,176207$364.2 m12314
Mercer County15,495$74,182258$589.6 m5561
Monroe County35,036$102,880875$1.35 bn65385
Montgomery County27,942$63,620676$2.02 bn24704
Morgan County33,021$66,306759$2.06 bn40569
Moultrie County14,424$71,784336$981.0 m19336
Ogle County51,495$82,1321,053$3.85 bn37759
Peoria County179,645$65,1084,168$16.97 bn151619
Perry County20,639$62,118378$873.3 m7442
Piatt County16,695$94,811339$719.1 m7439
Pike County14,469$59,777349$824.6 m3831
Pope County3,739$60,05049$85.1 m2369
Pulaski County5,015$42,46386$222.7 m5199
Putnam County5,601$75,590133$427.9 m1160
Randolph County30,058$68,131636$2.02 bn12576
Richland County15,598$62,455423$834.2 m2360
Rock Island County142,757$67,1592,992$12.61 bn93428
Saline County23,213$53,117538$1.12 bn22380
Sangamon County194,947$75,3574,925$15.67 bn343868
Schuyler County6,787$65,948161$346.0 m5437
Scott County4,937$66,70584$207.8 m3251
Shelby County20,720$72,095422$1.10 bn9759
St. Clair County253,694$73,8544,973$16.13 bn260658
Stark County5,308$62,878116$340.0 m1288
Stephenson County43,768$64,0431,003$2.49 bn36565
Tazewell County130,290$77,9822,772$7.84 bn108649
Union County16,997$55,728352$532.8 m4413
Vermilion County72,386$56,8771,300$4.18 bn68898
Wabash County11,119$57,086249$451.0 mNone recorded223
Warren County16,447$67,385351$1.10 bn1542
Washington County13,627$78,224364$1.26 bn6563
Wayne County15,973$55,521374$679.4 m3714
White County13,619$54,813340$724.4 m12495
Whiteside County54,947$67,5001,158$2.98 bn29684
Will County701,462$109,98417,085$50.33 bn1,213837
Williamson County66,876$65,6041,597$3.99 bn59420
Winnebago County283,292$65,8376,286$18.80 bn389513
Woodford County38,312$91,483793$1.78 bn17528

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Questions

Illinois questions, answered from this page.

What is the population of Illinois?

The Census Bureau estimates 12,710,158 residents on July 1, 2024 (Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2024).

What is the unemployment rate in Illinois?

4.7 percent in August 2026, preliminary, seasonally adjusted, as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

How many SBA 7(a) loans were approved in Illinois?

13,420 loans with a project in Illinois, counted by MMCG Analytics from the SBA's 7(a) loan records, FY2020 to FY2026, records as of 2026-06-30.

How many counties does Illinois have?

102. Each has a page on this site covering population, income, business establishments, employment and wages, building permits, SBA lending and hazard records.

The register

Every source behind this page and its 102 county pages.

SourcePeriod coveredLicense
US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2024, state totals (NST-EST2024-ALLDATA)Vintage 2024Public domain
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, state tables B01001, B01002, B01003, B11001, B15003, B19013, B25064, B250772020 to 2024, 5-yearPublic domain
US Census Bureau, 2020 Census Demographic and Housing Characteristics File, table P2, urban and rural2020 CensusPublic domain
US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional accounts, table SAGDP2, gross domestic product by state, millions of current dollars2021 to 2025Public domain
US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, statewide series, seasonally adjustedAugust 2026, preliminaryPublic domain
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA loan-level dataFY2020 to FY2026, records as of 2026-06-30Public domain
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA loan-level dataFY2010 to FY2026, records as of 2026-06-30Public domain
Federal Emergency Management Agency, NFIP Community Status Book (OpenFEMA NfipCommunityStatusBook)as of 2026-09-26Public domain
US Environmental Protection Agency, Map of Radon Zones, county list2024-05 publication, EPA 402/A-16/001Public domain
US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2CAGDP2, through 2024Public domain
US Census Bureau county boundary geometry, TIGER, adjacency computed from shared boundary verticesTIGER county boundariesPublic domain
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns2023Public domain
US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages2024 annual averagesPublic domain
US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey2024 annualPublic domain
US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows2021 to 2022 filing yearsPublic domain
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