Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety59#1,261/3,096
Economy73#847/3,143
Housing52#1,522/3,140
Health96#119/3,144
Healthcare89#345/3,143
Environment9#2,819/3,108
Education85#478/3,144
Infrastructure93#208/3,144
Community74#820/3,144
Leisure & amenities79#654/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where McLean County, Illinois ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Mammography screening · high61.0%
98/100Illinois 47.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Distance to an Amtrak station · low5 mi
98/100Illinois 13 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau
High school diploma or higher · high95.9%
98/100Illinois 90.5%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Flu vaccinations · high55.0%
97/100Illinois 48.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Some college · high79.0%
97/100Illinois 71.4%United States 67.8%2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Bachelor's degree or higher · high47.2%
96/100Illinois 37.8%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003

Weaknesses

Effective property tax rate · high2.11%
1/100Illinois 1.88%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Child care cost burden · high40.2%
7/100Illinois 30.4%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Time spent in the emergency room · high196 min
11/100Illinois 170 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
High ozone days · high2 days
12/100Illinois 5 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Income inequality (Gini index) · high0.474
17/100Illinois 0.481United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · high8.5 µg/m³
19/100Illinois 8.8 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Drought exposureWorsening
6% (2021) → 50% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+44 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
New homes permittedImproving
1.7 /1k (2021) → 3.6 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+118%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
High ozone daysWorsening
1 days (2017) → 2 days (2022)
+100%5 yearsUS 9 days → 7 days
Child care cost burdenWorsening
24.2% (2020 & 2021) → 40.2% (2023 & 2024)
+16 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
Mental health providersImproving
276 /100k (2021) → 417 /100k (2025)
+51%4 yearsUS 282 /100k → 348 /100k
Homicide rateImproving
5.4 /100k (2021) → 2.9 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−46%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, McLean County, Illinois improved on 10 of 33 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 20 moved within the margin of error and 2 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved10

Poverty−2.7 points14.3% → 11.6%
Real income+35%$52,408 → $70,658
Students / teacher−0.9×14.6× → 13.7×
Unemployment−2.5 points6.4% → 3.9%
Violent crime−12%296 /100k → 260 /100k

Declined1

Price / income+0.1×2.5× → 2.6×

All 33 measures

Change of every measure of McLean County, Illinois between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	4.0 /10k2020	4.7 /10k2025	+16%	Within the margin of error	67%
Average commute time	17.9 min2015-2019	18.3 min2020-2024	+0.4 min	Within the margin of error	50%
Average weekly wage	$1,1612020	$1,3212025	+14%	Improved	4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.8%2015-2019	47.2%2020-2024	+2.4 points	Improved	44%
Broadband subscriptions	82.3%2015-2019	90.0%2020-2024	+7.6 points	Improved	29%
Child poverty rate	9.6%2019	9.3%2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	30%
Distance to an airport	109 mi2020	109 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	9.9 /100k2020	9.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−5.1%	Within the margin of error	30%
Effective property tax rate	2.32%2015-2019	2.11%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Little change	77%
Firearm deaths	12.3 /100k2020	7.6 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−38%	Within the margin of error	92%
Grocery stores	1.5 /10k2020	1.6 /10k2025	+12%	Within the margin of error	80%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.5 /10k2020	1.6 /10k2025	+3.7%	Within the margin of error	58%
High school diploma or higher	95.9%2015-2019	95.9%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	13%
Home price to income ratio	2.5×2015-2019	2.6×2020-2024	+0.1×	Declined	77%
Homicide rate	2.8 /100k2020	2.9 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+3.6%	Within the margin of error	18%
Income adjusted for local prices	$52,4082019	$70,6582024	+35%	Improved	68%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4732015-2019	0.4742020-2024	+0.002	Within the margin of error	51%
Median household income	$69,2302019	$81,9132024	+18%	Improved	18%
New business applications	6.8 /1k2020	9.1 /1k2025	+33%	Improved	36%
Pharmacies	1.5 /10k2020	1.5 /10k2025	+3.9%	Within the margin of error	82%
Poverty rate	14.3%2019	11.6%2024	−2.7 points	Improved	91%
Property crime rate	1,221 /100k2020	1,258 /100k2025	+3%	Within the margin of error	10%
Public libraries	0.8 /10k2019	0.9 /10k2024	+7%	Within the margin of error	86%
Public transit commuters	1.1%2015-2019	0.7%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Within the margin of error	38%
Rent as share of income	26.7%2015-2019	27.5%2020-2024	+0.8 points	Within the margin of error	42%
Rent-burdened households	43.1%2015-2019	45.0%2020-2024	+1.9 points	Within the margin of error	43%
Restaurants and bars	9.2 /10k2020	9.9 /10k2025	+7.5%	Within the margin of error	69%
Students per teacher	14.6×2019	13.7×2024	−0.9×	Improved	58%
Suicide rate	15.2 /100k2020	12.3 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−19%	Within the margin of error	85%
Traffic deaths	7.6 /100k2015-2019	9.1 /100k2020-2024	+19%	Within the margin of error	33%
Unemployment rate	6.4%2020	3.9%2025	−2.5 points	Improved	50%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	5.8%2019	5.8%2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	26%
Violent crime rate	296 /100k2020	260 /100k2025	−12%	Improved	46%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 3144 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Counties like McLean County, Illinois five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of McLean County, Illinois in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, McLean County, Illinois itself moved +0.8 points in standing on average over the same 32 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

171,556 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69
50–59
40–49
30–39
20–29
10–19
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 70–79 women (+0.9 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

171,556 residents

McLean County, Illinois
Illinois share

White76%130,803
Black8.4%14,355
Hispanic or Latino6.4%11,062
Asian5.2%8,906
American Indian and Alaska Native0.1%†88
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%†54
Other or two or more races3.7%6,288

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: White (−3.2 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

106,224 residents (±45)

McLean County, Illinois
Illinois share

No high school diploma4.1%4,367
High school or GED22%23,816
Some college18%18,594
Associate degree8.7%9,290
Bachelor's degree31%32,898
Graduate degree16%17,259

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: High school or GED (−2.2 points).

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

70,220 households (±669)

McLean County, Illinois
Illinois share

Under $25k17%11,839
$25k–50k17%11,642
$50k–75k14%9,947
$75k–100k13%9,159
$100k–150k17%12,266
$150k–200k10%7,107
$200k or more12%8,260

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $200k or more (+4.7 points).

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

70,220 households (±669)

McLean County, Illinois
Illinois share

Own65%45,704
Rent35%24,516

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

23,735 households (±1,003)

McLean County, Illinois
Illinois share

Under $75021%4,936
$750–1,00028%6,754
$1,000–1,50034%8,181

Home values

45,704 homes (±814)

McLean County, Illinois
Illinois share

Under $150k27%12,349
$150k–250k37%17,094
$250k–400k25%11,273

Age of homes

75,305 homes (±125)

McLean County, Illinois
Illinois share

2010 or later7.8%5,876
2000–200917%12,770
1980–199927%20,089

Size of homes

75,305 homes (±125)

McLean County, Illinois
Illinois share

Studio2.2%1,660
1 bedroom10.0%7,500
2 bedrooms26%19,355

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

85,768 workers (±1,189)

McLean County, Illinois
Illinois share

Drive alone69%59,288
Carpool7.8%6,712
Public transit0.7%†609
Walk4.0%3,396
Bike0.3%†225
Work from home18%15,050
Other0.6%488

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+12.9 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

70,718 workers (±1,318)

McLean County, Illinois
Illinois share

Under 15 min46%32,779
15–29 min37%26,218
30–44 min9.5%6,718

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Bloomington, IL

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

McLean County has 3,481 employer establishments, 204 for every 10,000 residents (0.82× the US rate of 248; 0.80× Illinois's), with 75,617 paid employees at an average annual pay of $72,957. The Census Bureau also counts 10,895 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 3,481; 10,895 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 204; US 248 · Illinois 255
Paid employees: 75,617
Average annual pay: $72,957; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of McLean County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	288	16.8	0.92×About typical	6,739	$21,040	37
Ambulatory health care services	259	15.2	0.73×Fewer than typical	3,914	$76,258	414
Specialty trade contractors	199	11.6	0.75×Fewer than typical	1,719	$68,267	574
Limited-service restaurants	143	8.4	1.04×About typical	3,438	$19,864	17
Religious organizations	126	7.4	1.33×More than typical	891	$26,246	—
Lessors of real estate	119	7	0.57×Fewer than typical	576	$41,891	1,104
Full-service restaurants	115	6.7	0.88×About typical	2,742	$23,395	11
Services to buildings and dwellings	110	6.4	0.95×About typical	1,811	$31,874	539
Offices of other health practitioners	87	5.1	0.84×About typical	651	$51,988	237
Construction of buildings	85	5	0.66×Fewer than typical	383	$64,809	256
Automotive repair and maintenance	84	4.9	0.98×About typical	822	$85,925	86
Building equipment contractors	81	4.7	0.79×Fewer than typical	962	$71,830	90

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 170,931 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $2M on contracts performed in McLean County, Illinois: $11.49 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $2M; +14% vs FY2025
Per resident: $11.49; US $1,994
Sole-source: 40%; US 30%
Single offer: 15%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Internal Revenue Service$1.6M81%
Department of the Army$217.8K11%
USTRANSCOM$142K7.2%
Defense Logistics Agency$116.6K5.9%
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$76.6K3.9%
Federal Aviation Administration$37.8K1.9%
Rural Housing Service$13.8K0.7%
Commodity Futures Trading Commission$12K0.6%

Top recipients

QUICKSILVER MAILING SERVICES, LLC$466.4K24%
ORBITAX LLC$450K23%
SOFTEON, INC.$254.9K13%
CANON U.S.A., INC.$146.2K7.4%
JASMINE HUNTER$116.6K5.9%
VIKING BROS LLC

Spending by fiscal year

5.6MFY2017
1.4MFY2018
3.2MFY2019
3.4MFY2020
3.2MFY2021
1.8MFY2022
5.2MFY2023
941.1K

Top industries (NAICS)

Business support services · 5614$466.4K24%
Software publishers · 5132$450K23%
Computer systems design and related services · 5415$288.9K15%
Services to buildings and dwellings · 5617$245.6K12%
Commercial and service industry machinery manufacturing · 3333$243.6K12%

Largest awards

FIRST CLASS MAIL: THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE (IRS) NATIONAL DISTRIBUTION CENTER (NDC) REQUIRES A CONTRACTOR TO COLLECT OUTGOING MAIL TO PRESORT, MARK AND POST MAIL PIECES AND COMPLY WITH THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE (USPS)$466.4K
QUICKSILVER MAILING SERVICES, LLC· McLean County, IL· Professional services· Apr 24, 2026 – Jul 27, 2026· 2043FY26P00054
ORBITAX TAX MODELING SOFTWARE AND SUPPORT$450K
ORBITAX LLC· McLean County, IL· IT & telecom· Sep 28, 2026 – Sep 28, 2026· 2043FY26C00034
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH REHABILITATION SERVICES FOR OJS$364.4K
CHESTNUT HEALTH SYSTEMS INC· McLean County, IL· Professional services· May 23, 2025 – Apr 1, 2026· 140A1625F0069

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $961.1M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for McLean County, Illinois: $5,607 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $961.1M; −0.9% vs FY2025
Per resident: $5,607; US $12,955
Loan face value: $27.9M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 1.6%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$580.5M60%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$56M5.8%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$55.7M5.8%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$54.1M5.6%
20.938 · Rural Surface Transportation Grant Program$52.9M5.5%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$44.6M4.6%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$15.5M1.6%
20.116 · Airport Improvement Program$12.1M1.3%

Top recipients (organizations)

ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$69.7M7.3%
SPRINGFIELD, IL
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY$51.5M5.4%
NORMAL, IL
CENTRAL ILLINOIS REGIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY$15.1M1.6%
BLOOMINGTON, IL
CHESTNUT HEALTH SYSTEMS INC$9.2M1.0%
BLOOMINGTON, IL
HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$696.7M72%
Federal Highway Administration$69.7M7.3%
Department of Transportation
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$64.1M6.7%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Department of Education$59.3M6.2%
Federal Aviation Administration$15.1M

Assistance by fiscal year

874.7MFY2021
779.5MFY2022
832.7MFY2023
880MFY2024
970.2MFY2025
961.1MFY2026

County aggregates

80%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How McLean County, Illinois compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

McLean County, Illinois
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, McLean County, Illinois and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	McLean County, Illinois	United States
FY2017	$32.13	$1,436
FY2018	$8.27	$1,552
FY2019	$18.88	$1,654
FY2020	$20.01	$1,880
FY2021	$18.42	$1,810
FY2022	$10.46	$1,917
FY2023	$30.61	$2,079
FY2024	$5.49	$2,047
FY2025	$10.10	$2,165
FY2026	$11.49 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, McLean County, Illinois and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	McLean County, Illinois	United States
FY2017	$11.93	$93.28
FY2018	$2.30	$105
FY2019	$0.21	$128
FY2020	$6.22	$145
FY2021	$0.41	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, McLean County, Illinois and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	McLean County, Illinois	United States
FY2021	$785	$5,748
FY2022	$461	$5,221
FY2023	$574	$5,364
FY2024	$603	$5,501
FY2025	$518	$5,732
FY2026	$658

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, McLean County, Illinois and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	McLean County, Illinois	United States
FY2021	$54.85	$298
FY2022	$287	$357
FY2023	$386	$301
FY2024	$405	$319
FY2025	$356	$360
FY2026	$495

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, McLean County, Illinois and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	McLean County, Illinois	United States
FY2021	$97.72	$239
FY2022	$90.85	$185
FY2023	$113	$229
FY2024	$103	$229
FY2025	$111	$249
FY2026	$100

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, McLean County, Illinois and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	McLean County, Illinois	United States
FY2021	$94.79	$2,304
FY2022	$53.43	$2,197
FY2023	$56.79	$2,274
FY2024	$64.51	$2,267
FY2025	$72.39	$2,397
FY2026	$85.15

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, McLean County, Illinois and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	McLean County, Illinois	United States
FY2021	$956	$1,186
FY2022	$254	$465
FY2023	$8.62	$76.52
FY2024	$102	$120
FY2025	$51.85	$148
FY2026	$39.63

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

McLean County, Illinois
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, McLean County, Illinois and the United States, by year
Calendar years	McLean County, Illinois	United States
2014	−1.0%	2.0%
2015

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

No jump in federal money met the criteria in the years loaded, so there is no comparison for this place.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/17113

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

McLean County, Illinois is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

Metro area

The metro or micro area McLean County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Bloomington, IL90Central county

Cities and towns in McLean County

Places whose residents live mostly in McLean County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

JSON · /api/v1/places/17113

Calendar years	McLean County, Illinois	United States
2014	−2.5%	−4.2%
2015	−1.3%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	−0.1%	+3.3%
2018	+2.7%	+6.8%
2019	+2.4%	+10.5%
2020	+17.7%	+19.4%
2021	+19.7%	+26.1%
2022	+24.5%	+30.6%
2023	+25.6%	+35.0%
2024	+29.1%	+41.0%
2025	+34.0%	+46.8%

Calendar years	McLean County, Illinois	United States
2014	−6.6%	−5.5%
2015	−1.7%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+1.5%	+4.1%
2018	+5.8%	+8.9%
2019	+7.7%	+13.5%
2020	+18.3%	+20.8%
2021	+27.2%	+32.1%
2022	+30.6%	+35.4%
2023	+37.2%	+42.9%
2024	+42.8%	+49.5%

Calendar years	McLean County, Illinois	United States
2014	1.4/1k	3.3/1k
2015	2.1/1k	3.7/1k
2016	1.9/1k	3.7/1k
2017	2.1/1k	3.9/1k
2018	1.2/1k	4.1/1k
2019	1.1/1k	4.2/1k
2020	1.5/1k	4.4/1k
2021	1.7/1k	5.2/1k
2022	2.6/1k	5.0/1k
2023	1.3/1k	4.5/1k
2024	1.4/1k	4.3/1k
2025	1.6/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	McLean County, Illinois	United States
2014	−5.9%	−6.9%
2015	+2.3%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+7.2%	+4.7%
2018	+4.4%	+7.5%
2019	+7.7%	+14.0%
2020	+11.9%	+16.9%
2021	+11.0%	+21.0%
2022	+11.8%	+29.7%
2023	+23.9%	+34.9%
2024	+27.4%	+41.6%

Calendar years	McLean County, Illinois	United States
2014	14.3%	15.5%
2015	11.7%	14.7%
2016	12.6%	14.0%
2017	15.6%	13.4%
2018	14.4%	13.1%
2019	14.3%	12.3%
2020	10.7%	11.9%
2021	13.4%	12.8%
2022	11.2%	12.6%
2023	11.0%	12.5%
2024	11.6%	12.1%

Calendar years	McLean County, Illinois	United States
2014	5.4%	6.2%
2015	4.7%	5.3%
2016	4.8%	4.9%
2017	4.0%	4.4%
2018	4.0%	3.9%
2019	3.5%	3.7%
2020	6.4%	8.1%
2021	4.5%	5.4%
2022	3.6%	3.7%
2023	3.7%	3.6%
2024	3.9%	4.0%
2025	3.9%	4.3%

Calendar years	McLean County, Illinois	United States
2014	+0.1% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	+0.8% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	−0.2% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	−0.4% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	−0.6% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+4.8% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+13.1% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+28.4% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+34.1% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+42.4% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+49.2% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	McLean County, Illinois	United States
2015	—	−3.3% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+3.1% (Dec 2017)	+4.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+6.1% (Dec 2018)	+8.8% (Dec 2018)
2019	+8.3% (Dec 2019)	+13.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+13.5% (Dec 2020)	+15.2% (Dec 2020)
2021	+34.1% (Dec 2021)	+32.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+50.7% (Dec 2022)	+42.1% (Dec 2022)
2023	+62.0% (Dec 2023)	+46.3% (Dec 2023)
2024	+71.2% (Dec 2024)	+50.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+75.3% (Dec 2025)	+53.5% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	McLean County, Illinois	United States
2014	6.5%	13.5%
2015	4.7%	10.9%
2016	4.3%	10.0%
2017	5.1%	10.2%
2018	5.3%	10.4%
2019	5.8%	10.8%
2020	5.4%	10.4%
2021	6.2%	10.2%
2022	4.9%	9.5%
2023	5.4%	9.5%
2024	5.8%	9.8%

Calendar years	McLean County, Illinois	United States
2014	4.8/1k	8.5/1k
2015	4.9/1k	8.7/1k
2016	4.4/1k	9.1/1k
2017	4.5/1k	9.8/1k
2018	5.1/1k	10.7/1k
2019	5.1/1k	10.6/1k
2020	6.8/1k	13.1/1k
2021	8.7/1k	16.2/1k
2022	7.9/1k	15.1/1k
2023	8.2/1k	16.2/1k
2024	8.2/1k	15.4/1k
2025	9.1/1k	16.6/1k

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