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People QuickFacts | Watseka | Illinois
Population, 2012 estimate | 5,199 | 12,868,192
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 5,297 | 12,830,632
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | -1.9% | 0.3%
Population, 2010 | 5,255 | 12,830,632
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 6.0% | 6.5%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 22.7% | 24.4%
Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010 | 22.7% | 12.5%
Female persons, percent, 2010 | 53.2% | 51.0%
White alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 95.1% | 71.5%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.8% | 14.5%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.2% | 0.3%
Asian alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.7% | 4.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.0% | 0.0%
Two or More Races, percent, 2010 | 1.5% | 2.3%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 (b) | 3.6% | 15.8%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 | 93.6% | 63.7%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2008-2012 | 85.8% | 86.8%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2008-2012 | 4.8% | 13.8%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2008-2012 | 6.4% | 22.2%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 82.8% | 87.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 10.3% | 31.1%
Veterans, 2008-2012 | 501 | 755,256
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2008-2012 | 23 | 28.1
Housing units, 2010 | 2,537 | 5,296,715
Homeownership rate, 2008-2012 | 67.8% | 68.0%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2008-2012 | 18.7% | 32.9%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2008-2012 | $81,700 | $190,800
Households, 2008-2012 | 2,550 | 4,774,275
Persons per household, 2008-2012 | 2.12 | 2.62
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2012 dollars), 2008-2012 | $20,861 | $29,519
Median household income, 2008-2012 | $34,690 | $56,853
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2008-2012 | 14.7% | 13.7%
Business QuickFacts | Watseka | Illinois
Total number of firms, 2007 | 585 | 1,123,817
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 9.5%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.5%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 5.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 5.0%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 27.9% | 30.5%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | D | 257,760,713
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 5,859 | 231,082,768
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 163,734 | 165,450,520
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $30,087 | $12,947
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 9,003 | 25,469,026
Geography QuickFacts | Watseka | Illinois
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 3.05 | 55,518.93
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 1,722.4 | 231.1
FIPS Code | 79228 | 17
Counties | Iroquois County
(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.
FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms
Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts