Income in Cook County, Illinois
Household income in Cook County, Illinois
Median household income
$84,328.627
This page uses U.S. Census income data to show how household incomes are distributed in Cook County, Illinois and where the middle of the income range sits.
About income in Cook County, Illinois
The median household income in Cook County, Illinois is $84,328.627 . A median is the “middle” value: half of households in the county earn more than this amount each year, and half earn less.
The calculator above lets you enter your own household income and see what income percentile you fall into for this county, as well as for the entire United States. Your percentile shows the share of households that earn less than you, based on annual pre-tax household income.
All of the numbers on this page come from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates, which group incomes into buckets such as under $10,000, $10,000–$14,999, and so on. This county-level view for Cook County, Illinois uses those income buckets to summarize the full income distribution and estimate the median for the area.
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