Poverty fell, income rose last year in Illinois, Chicago – Chicago Tribune

Poverty fell and median income rose substantially last year in Chicago and Illinois, mirroring national trends. The Chicago metro area saw its poverty rate drop to 12.4 percent in 2016 from 13.3 percent the year before, according to American Community Survey data released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau. Meanwhile, median household income increased 3.2 percent in the Chicago metro area, to $66,020. Nearly all of the other metro areas saw increases as well.