Household broadband adoption
Chicago city
How many households in Chicago city, Illinois report an internet subscription. These are survey estimates of what households subscribe to, not a record of which providers offer service at a given address.
Households
1,160,205
± 3,944
With a broadband subscription
89.1%
1,034,112 households ± 4,565
With no internet access
6.9%
79,786 households ± 2,743
How this compares
| Chicago city | 89.1% | |
|---|---|---|
| Illinois | 90.8% ± 0.1 points | 1.6 points below |
| United States | 91.0% ± 0.1 points | 1.8 points below |
Ranks 395 of 634 places in this state with estimates solid enough to compare.
How to read these numbers
- Every figure is a survey estimate with a margin of error at the 90% confidence level. A difference smaller than the margin is not a real difference.
- “Broadband of any type” counts cable, fibre, DSL, satellite and cellular data plans together. It does not distinguish speed or technology.
- Households reporting no internet access may still have service available to them. Adoption and availability are different measurements.
- These estimates describe households, not people, and not individual addresses.
Source
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-year estimates, table B28002, presence and types of internet subscriptions in household.
Census place 1714000 · retrieved 2026-10-07T01:45:41Z
Change since 2018
2018 estimate
75.9%
± 0.4 points
2024 estimate
89.1%
± 0.3 points
Difference
+13.3 points
Statistically significant: higher than in 2018
The two releases cover 2014–2018 and 2020–2024. They share no years, which is what makes them comparable at all. The margin on each rate is derived from the margins of both counts it came from, and the difference is tested at the same 90% confidence level the Census Bureau publishes those margins at.
Places of a similar size in Illinois
Each of these publishes an estimate solid enough to set beside this one. Margins of error overlap, so a small difference between two places is not a difference.
| Place | Households | With a subscription |
|---|---|---|
| Rockford city | 61,324 | 86.6% |
| Aurora city | 61,317 | 92.8% |
| Naperville city | 54,847 | 97.5% |
| Joliet city | 51,055 | 93.4% |
| Springfield city | 51,040 | 90.1% |
| Peoria city | 49,037 | 89.6% |