Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Chicago city GEOCODE:17-1051 IL ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 3,005,078 100.0% 2,783,726 100.0% -221352 -7.4 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 2,519,648 83.8% 2,274,594 81.7% -245054 -9.7 -2.1 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 46,066 1.5% 46,903 1.7% 837 1.8 0.2 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 1,512,411 50.3% 1,265,953 45.5% -246458 -16.3 -4.9 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 1,197,174 39.8% 1,086,389 39.0% -110785 -9.3 -0.8 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 73,745 2.5% 104,141 3.7% 30,396 41.2 1.3 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 6,804 0.2% 6,761 0.2% -43 -0.6 0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 423,357 14.1% 535,315 19.2% 111,958 26.4 5.1 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 231,181 7.7% 214,994 7.7% -16,187 -7.0 0.0 5-17.................. 623,052 20.7% 508,488 18.3% -114564 -18.4 -2.5 18-24.................. 401,271 13.4% 313,247 11.3% -88,024 -21.9 -2.1 25-44.................. 818,506 27.2% 925,653 33.3% 107,147 13.1 6.0 45-64.................. 589,789 19.6% 491,672 17.7% -98,117 -16.6 -2.0 65 AND OVER............ 341,279 11.4% 329,672 11.8% -11,607 -3.4 0.5 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 854,233 28.4% 723,482 26.0% -130751 -15.3 -2.4 40 AND OVER............ 1,088,907 36.2% 995,645 35.8% -93,262 -8.6 -0.5 MEDIAN AGE............ 29.5 31.5 2.0 6.8 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $26,134 $26,301 167 0.6 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $32,069 $30,707 -1,362 -4.2 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $11,842 $12,899 1,057 8.9 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 601,410 20.3% 592,298 21.6% -9,112 -1.5 1.3 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 1,094,046 100.0% 1,020,911 100.0% -73,135 -6.7 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 712,071 65.1% 636,423 62.3% -75,648 -10.6 -2.7 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 346,270 31.7% 333,249 32.6% -13,021 -3.8 1.0 MARRIED COUPLES...... 477,528 43.6% 391,710 38.4% -85,818 -18.0 -5.3 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 232,491 21.3% 181,442 17.8% -51,049 -22.0 -3.5 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 192,309 17.6% 197,631 19.4% 5,322 2.8 1.8 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 119,983 11.0% 109,107 10.7% -10,876 -9.1 -0.3 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 337,077 30.8% 323,822 31.7% -13,255 -3.9 0.9 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.7 2.7 -0.0 -0.9 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 1,749,574 100.0% 1,746,997 100.0% -2,577 -0.1 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 496,397 28.4% 430,618 24.6% -65,779 -13.3 -3.7 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 242,053 13.8% 339,862 19.5% 97,809 40.4 5.6 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 1,370,485 100.0% 1,361,339 100.0% -9,146 -0.7 FEMALE................ 614,982 44.9% 637,810 46.9% 22,828 3.7 2.0 EMPLOYED.............. 1,235,865 90.2% 1,207,108 88.7% -28,757 -2.3 -1.5 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 245,887 17.9% 300,246 22.1% 54,359 22.1 4.1 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 177,727 13.0% 182,737 13.4% 5,010 2.8 0.5 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 1,174,028 100.0% 1,133,039 100.0% -40,989 -3.5 OCCUPIED.............. 1,093,410 93.1% 1,025,174 90.5% -68,236 -6.2 -2.7 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 426,610 39.0% 425,411 41.5% -1,199 -0.3 2.5 AVERAGE VALUE....... $80,642 $94,072 13,431 16.7 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 666,800 61.0% 599,763 58.5% -67,037 -10.1 -2.5 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $366 $445 79 21.5 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 288,829 24.6% 295,507 26.1% 6,678 2.3 1.5 MOBILE HOMES.......... 1,527 0.1% 1,090 0.1% -437 -28.6 -0.0 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1938.9 1944.0 5.1 0.3 NOTES: 1. Income figures for "1980" are actually for 1979 and have been converted to 1989 dollars using CPI inflation factor of 1.708. 2. Average value of housing units and median contract rent for 1980 have been converted to 1990 dollars using CPI inflation factor of 1.586 Source: 1980 and 1990 summary tape files 3, U.S. Bureau of the Census Programming and design by the Urban Information Center, U. of Mo. St. Louis