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Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Chicago metro area from 1950 to 2024. United Nations population projections are also included through the year 2035. The current metro area population of Chicago in 2024 is 8,984,000, a 0.53% increase from 2023.
The Chicago MSA, now defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) as the Chicago–Naperville–Elgin, IL–IN–WI Metropolitan Statistical Area, is the third largest MSA by population in the United States. The 2022 census estimate for the population of the MSA was 9,441,957.
In the 2010 United States Census, there were 2,695,598 people and 1,194,337 households residing within the city limits of Chicago. More than half the population of the state of Illinois lives in the Chicago metropolitan area.
Census data for Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area (pop. 9,442,159), including age, race, sex, income, poverty, marital status, education and more.
Census data for Chicago, IL--IN Urban Area (pop. 8,497,759), including age, race, sex, income, poverty, marital status, education and more.
According to data from the 2010 census, the CJN Metro Area is home to an impressive 9,504,753 people. In 2016, this number is estimated to be around 9,554,598.
Chicago, 2010 Census Maps. There are many sources of 2010 census data for Chicago and vicinity. The Census Bureau's FactFinder2 allows you to download census data and GIS boundary files. Social Explorer (premium edition) allows you to make simple maps with 2010 census data.
