Bloomington is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 65,046 people and 14 constituent neighborhoods, Bloomington is the 18th largest community in Illinois.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Bloomington is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Bloomington is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Bloomington who work in office and administrative support jobs (17.05%), sales jobs (11.05%), and business and financial occupations (8.62%).

Also of interest is that Bloomington has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One thing noticeable about Bloomington, although not a huge city, is that it has a large population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. That's because Bloomington is full of single people in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting careers in professional occupations. This makes Bloomington a pretty good place for young, educated career starters looking to find many people like themselves, with good opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Bloomington spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 15.41 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.

Bloomington Information and Demographics

The education level of Bloomington citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (14.96%): 39.71% of adults in Bloomington have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Bloomington in 2000 was $24,751, which is upper middle income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $99,004 for a family of four.

Bloomington is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Bloomington home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Bloomington is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Bloomington include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Bloomington is English. Some people also speak Spanish.