Editing Illinois (section)

=== Socioeconomics ===
As of 2023, the [[Per capita income|per-capita income]] in Illinois is $45,043,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Grid View: Table B19301 - Census Reporter |url=https://censusreporter.org/data/table/?table=B19301&geo_ids=04000US17&primary_geo_id=04000US17 |access-date=2025-04-29 |website=censusreporter.org}}</ref> and the [[median income]] for a household in the state is $80,306, slightly higher than the national average. 11.6% of the population lives below the [[Poverty in the United States|poverty line]], including 15% of children under 18 and 11% of those over the age of 65. There is significant income inequality in the state, with Asians and Non-Hispanic Whites having a per-capita income almost double that of Black and Hispanic residents.
{| class="wikitable"
!Race/Ethnicity
!Per capita income (2023)
!Poverty Rate (2023)
|-
|Asian<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |title=Grid View: Table B19301D - Census Reporter |url=https://censusreporter.org/data/table/?table=B19301D&geo_ids=04000US17&primary_geo_id=04000US17 |access-date=2025-04-29 |website=censusreporter.org}}</ref>
|$54,122
|10.4%
|-
|White (Non-Hispanic)<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |title=Grid View: Table B19301I - Census Reporter |url=https://censusreporter.org/data/table/?table=B19301I&geo_ids=04000US17&primary_geo_id=04000US17 |access-date=2025-04-29 |website=censusreporter.org}}</ref><ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=Grid View: Table C17001H - Census Reporter |url=https://censusreporter.org/data/table/?table=C17001H&geo_ids=04000US17&primary_geo_id=04000US17 |access-date=2025-04-29 |website=censusreporter.org}}</ref>
|$53,591
|8.3%
|-
|'''All residents'''
|'''$45,043'''
|'''11.6%'''
|-
|Black<ref>{{Cite web |title=Grid View: Table B19301B - Census Reporter |url=https://censusreporter.org/data/table/?table=B19301B&geo_ids=04000US17&primary_geo_id=04000US17 |access-date=2025-04-29 |website=censusreporter.org}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=Grid View: Table C17001B - Census Reporter |url=https://censusreporter.org/data/table/?table=C17001B&geo_ids=04000US17&primary_geo_id=04000US17 |access-date=2025-04-29 |website=censusreporter.org}}</ref>
|$30,295
|23.0%
|-
|Hispanic (Any Race)<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Grid View: Table B19301I - Census Reporter |url=https://censusreporter.org/data/table/?table=B19301I&geo_ids=04000US17&primary_geo_id=04000US17 |access-date=2025-04-29 |website=censusreporter.org}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Grid View: Table C17001I - Census Reporter |url=https://censusreporter.org/data/table/?table=C17001I&geo_ids=04000US17&primary_geo_id=04000US17 |access-date=2025-04-29 |website=censusreporter.org}}</ref>
|$28,541
|14.1%
|}
There are 5,071,288 households in Illinois, with an average size of 2.4 people per household. 48% of the population over the age of 15 is married.   

90.6% of the adult population has a high school diploma, and 38.3% of the population over 25 has a bachelor's degree or higher, compared to a national average of 36.2%.<ref name="Census profile: Illinois" /> 

In 2022, Illinois scored 0.932 on the UN's [[Human Development Index]], placing it in the category of "very high" Human Development and slightly higher than the US average of 0.927.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Subnational HDI |url=https://globaldatalab.org/shdi/table/shdi/USA/ |website=Global Data Lab}}</ref>

According to [[United States Department of Housing and Urban Development|HUD]]'s 2022 [[Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress|Annual Homeless Assessment Report]], there were an estimated 9,212 [[Homelessness in Illinois|homeless people in Illinois]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=2007-2022 PIT Counts by State |url=https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.huduser.gov%2Fportal%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fxls%2F2007-2022-PIT-Counts-by-State.xlsx&wdOrigin=BROWSELINK |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230314020239/https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.huduser.gov%2Fportal%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fxls%2F2007-2022-PIT-Counts-by-State.xlsx&wdOrigin=BROWSELINK |archive-date=March 14, 2023 |access-date=March 11, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 2022 Annual Homelessness Assessment Report (AHAR) to Congress |url=https://www.huduser.gov/portal/sites/default/files/pdf/2022-AHAR-Part-1.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230311234217/https://www.huduser.gov/portal/sites/default/files/pdf/2022-AHAR-Part-1.pdf |archive-date=March 11, 2023 |access-date=March 11, 2023}}</ref>