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 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 19, 2012 (EMBARGO LIFTED) Chicago's Household Income at $43,628 in 2011, American Community Survey Shows The median household income in Chicago was $43,628 in 2011, compared with  the national figure of $50,502, according to statistics released today from the *2011 American Community Survey* by the  U.S. Census Bureau. In addition, 20.4 percent of people in Chicago did not have  health insurance coverage, compared with 15.1 percent nationally. A selected  profile of Chicago appears below, including statistics on education, housing and  the foreign-born population. "The American Community  Survey provides a wide range of important statistics about our nation's people,  housing and economy for all communities in the country - including Chicago,"  said Thomas Mesenbourg, the Census Bureau's acting director. "The results are  used by everyone from retailers, homebuilders and police departments, to town  and city planners." The survey is the only source of local  estimates for most of the 40 topics it covers, such as educational attainment,  housing, employment, commuting, language spoken at home, nativity, ancestry and  selected monthly homeowner costs down to the smallest communities. Other selected highlights for Chicago: Education In 2011, 50.1 percent of the preschool age population was enrolled in school, which was not significantly different from 47.4 percent in the nation as a whole.
  Among Chicago's 25-and-older population, 80.7 percent completed high school or more, compared with 85.9 percent in the nation as a whole.
  Meanwhile, 33.5 percent of the 25-and-older population had a bachelor's degree or higher, compared with 28.5 percent nationally. Housing In 2011, the median value for an owner-occupied home was $228,300. In the nation as a whole, the value was $173,600.
In 2011, the median gross rent (rent plus utilities) was $905, compared with $871 in the nation as a whole. Foreign-Born  Population About 21.4 percent of people in Chicago were foreign-born, compared with 13.0 percent in the nation as a whole. More information about Chicago's social, economic and housing characteristics, as well as information on other geographies, can be found on  the Census Bureau's *American FactFinder* website. The 2011 American  Community Survey one-year estimates are available for the nation, all 50 states,  the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, every congressional district, every  metropolitan area, and all counties and places with populations of 65,000 or  more. Estimates for areas with smaller populations will be available later this  year.
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