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People QuickFacts | Melrose Park | Illinois
Population, 2011 estimate | 25,524 | 12,859,752
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 25,411 | 12,830,632
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 | 0.4% | 0.2%
Population, 2010 | 25,411 | 12,830,632
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 9.5% | 6.5%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 30.0% | 24.4%
Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010 | 9.7% | 12.5%
Female persons, percent, 2010 | 49.9% | 51.0%
White persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 57.0% | 71.5%
Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 5.9% | 14.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.5% | 0.3%
Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 1.8% | 4.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) | Z | 0.0%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 | 3.1% | 2.3%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) | 69.6% | 15.8%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 | 22.7% | 63.7%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 89.4% | 86.7%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 39.4% | 13.7%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 70.5% | 22.0%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 69.4% | 86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 10.5% | 30.7%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 603 | 770,388
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 23.9 | 28.1
Housing units, 2010 | 8,525 | 5,296,715
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 54.1% | 68.7%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 51.8% | 32.9%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $244,100 | $198,500
Households, 2007-2011 | 7,528 | 4,773,002
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 3.32 | 2.62
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $17,077 | $29,376
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $43,863 | $56,576
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 13.7% | 13.1%
Business QuickFacts | Melrose Park | Illinois
Total number of firms, 2007 | 1,450 | 1,123,817
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 9.5%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.5%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 7.0% | 5.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 5.0%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 21.4% | 30.5%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 2,323,923 | 257,760,713
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 942,199 | 231,082,768
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 537,337 | 165,450,520
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $24,648 | $12,947
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 55,898 | 25,469,026
Geography QuickFacts | Melrose Park | Illinois
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 4.24 | 55,518.93
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 5,996.0 | 231.1
FIPS Code | 48242 | 17
Counties | Cook 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