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Chicago Illinois Social and demographic information
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Chicago Illinois Social information
Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Chicago city
| Subject |
Number |
Percent |
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Subject |
Number |
Percent |
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| SCHOOL
ENROLLMENT |
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NATIVITY
AND PLACE OF BIRTH |
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| Population
3 years and over |
|
|
|
Total
poplulation |
2,895,964 |
100.0 |
| enrolled
in school |
818,434 |
100.0 |
|
Native |
2,267,061 |
78.3 |
| Nursery
school, preschool |
53,383 |
6.5 |
|
Born in
United States |
2,206,180 |
76.2 |
| Kindergarten |
46,715 |
5.7 |
|
State
of residence |
1,671,466 |
57.7 |
| Elementary
school (grades 1-8) |
348,088 |
42.5 |
|
Different state |
534,714 |
18.5 |
| High school
(grades 9-12) |
160,438 |
19.6 |
|
Born
outside United States |
60,881 |
2.1 |
| College or
graduate school |
209,810 |
25.6 |
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Foreign born |
628,903 |
21.7 |
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Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
291,785 |
10.1 |
| EDUCATIONAL
ATTAINMENT |
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Naturalized citizen |
223,984 |
7.7 |
| Population
25 years and over |
1,815,896 |
100.0 |
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Not a
citizen |
404,919 |
14.0 |
| Less than 9th
grade |
225,497 |
12.4 |
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| 9th to 12th
grade, no diploma |
286,277 |
15.8 |
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REGION OF
BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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| High school
graduate (includes equivalency) |
418,113 |
23.0 |
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Total
(excluding born at sea) |
628,903 |
100.0 |
| Some college,
no degree |
338,983 |
18.7 |
|
Europe |
145,462 |
23.1 |
| Associate
degree |
84,243 |
4.6 |
|
Asia |
112,932 |
18.0 |
| Bachelor's
degree |
281,549 |
15.5 |
|
Africa |
12,613 |
2.0 |
| Graduate or
professional degree |
181,234 |
10.0 |
|
Oceania |
661 |
0.1 |
| |
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Latin America |
354,034 |
56.3 |
| Percent high
school graduate or higher |
71.8 |
(X) |
|
Northern
America |
3,201 |
0.5 |
| Percent
bachelor's degree or higher |
25.5 |
(X) |
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LANGUAGE
SPOKEN AT HOME |
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| MARITAL
STATUS |
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|
Population 5 years and over |
2,678,981 |
100.0 |
| Population
15 years and over |
2,253,912 |
100.0 |
|
English only |
1,726,905 |
64.5 |
| Never married |
921,522 |
40.9 |
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Language other
than English |
952,076 |
35.5 |
| Now married,
except separated |
900,163 |
39.9 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
494,175 |
18.4 |
| Separated |
76,624 |
3.4 |
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Spanish |
625,240 |
23.3 |
| Widowed |
157,385 |
7.0 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
335,393 |
12.5 |
| Female |
127,670 |
5.7 |
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Other
Indo-European languages |
212,576 |
7.9 |
| Divorced |
198,218 |
8.8 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
105,009 |
3.9 |
| Female |
117,028 |
5.2 |
|
Asian and
Pacific Island languages |
82,582 |
3.1 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
42,690 |
1.6 |
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GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS |
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| Grandparent
living in household |
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ANCESTRY
(single and multiple) |
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| with
one or more own grandchildren |
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Total
population |
2,895,964 |
100.0 |
| under
18 years |
101,234 |
100.0 |
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Total
ancestries reported |
2,818,176 |
97.3 |
| Grandparent
responsible for grandchildren |
41,328 |
40.8 |
|
Arab |
14,971 |
0.5 |
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Czech¹ |
17,086 |
0.6 |
| VETERAN
STATUS |
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Danish |
5,922 |
0.2 |
| Civilian
population 18 years and over |
2,138,576 |
100.0 |
|
Dutch |
11,906 |
0.4 |
| Civilian
veterans |
156,662 |
7.3 |
|
English |
57,579 |
2.0 |
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French (except
Basque)¹ |
24,180 |
0.8 |
| DISABILITY
STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN |
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French
Canadian¹ |
5,013 |
0.2 |
| NONINSTITUTIONALIZED
POPULATION |
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German |
189,618 |
6.5 |
| Population
5 to 20 years |
665,337 |
100.0 |
|
Greek |
18,249 |
0.6 |
| With a
disability |
66,354 |
10.0 |
|
Hungarian |
9,418 |
0.3 |
| Population
21 to 64 years |
1,696,960 |
100.0 |
|
Irish¹ |
191,998 |
6.6 |
| With a
disability |
400,961 |
23.6 |
|
Italian |
101,903 |
3.5 |
| Percent
employed |
51.4 |
(X) |
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Lithuanian |
15,383 |
0.5 |
| No disability |
1,295,999 |
76.4 |
|
Norwegian |
14,890 |
0.5 |
| Percent
employed |
70.2 |
(X) |
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Polish |
210,421 |
7.3 |
| Population
65 years and over |
288,752 |
100.0 |
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Portuguese |
915 |
0.0 |
| With a
disability |
137,361 |
47.6 |
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Russian |
28,845 |
1.0 |
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Scotch-Irish |
11,142 |
0.4 |
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Scottish |
14,285 |
0.5 |
| RESIDENCE
IN 1995 |
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Slovak |
6,238 |
0.2 |
| Population
5 years and over |
2,678,981 |
100.0 |
|
Subsaharan
African |
36,985 |
1.3 |
| Same house in
1995 |
1,457,813 |
54.4 |
|
Swedish |
24,882 |
0.9 |
| Different
house in the U.S. in 1995 |
1,075,213 |
40.1 |
|
Swiss |
3,008 |
0.1 |
| Same county |
875,392 |
32.7 |
|
Ukrainian |
13,579 |
0.5 |
| Different
county |
199,821 |
7.5 |
|
United States
or American |
38,779 |
1.3 |
| Same state |
50,981 |
1.9 |
|
Welsh |
5,226 |
0.2 |
| Different
state |
148,840 |
5.6 |
|
West Indian
(excluding Hispanic groups) |
11,698 |
0.4 |
| Elsewhere in
1995 |
145,955 |
5.4 |
|
Other
ancestries |
1,734,057 |
59.9 |
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| Date: December
30, 2004 |
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| -Represent
zero or rounds to zero. (X) Not applicable. |
| ¹ The data
represent a combination of two ancestries shown separately in Summary
File 3. Czech includes Czechoslovakian. French includes Alsatian. French
Canadian includes Acadian/Cajun. Irish includes Celtic. |
| Source: U.S.
Bureau of the Census, Census 2000. |
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