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People QuickFacts | Cook County | Illinois
Population, 2012 estimate | 5,231,351 | 12,875,255
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 5,194,675 | 12,830,632
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 0.7% | 0.3%
Population, 2010 | 5,194,675 | 12,830,632
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 | 6.6% | 6.4%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 | 23.5% | 24.1%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 | 12.1% | 12.7%
Female persons, percent, 2011 | 51.5% | 50.9%
White persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 66.0% | 78.0%
Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 25.0% | 14.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.8% | 0.6%
Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 6.5% | 4.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 | 1.7% | 1.7%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) | 24.4% | 16.2%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 | 43.7% | 63.3%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 86.3% | 86.7%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 21.0% | 13.7%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 34.0% | 22.0%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 83.7% | 86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 33.7% | 30.7%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 232,373 | 770,388
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 31.8 | 28.1
Housing units, 2011 | 2,175,941 | 5,297,318
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 59.8% | 68.7%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 53.9% | 32.9%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $256,900 | $198,500
Households, 2007-2011 | 1,934,771 | 4,773,002
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.64 | 2.62
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $29,920 | $29,376
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $54,598 | $56,576
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 15.8% | 13.1%
Business QuickFacts | Cook County | Illinois
Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 | 127,875 | 314,171
Private nonfarm employment, 2010 | 2,169,587 | 4,980,011
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 | -15.1 | -9.5
Nonemployer establishments, 2010 | 428,123 | 903,025
Total number of firms, 2007 | 510,931 | 1,123,817
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 16.4% | 9.5%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | 0.6% | 0.5%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 6.9% | 5.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 0.1% | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 7.2% | 5.0%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 32.3% | 30.5%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 77,932,858 | 257,760,713
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 83,964,561 | 231,082,768
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 60,585,557 | 165,450,520
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $11,571 | $12,947
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 13,094,372 | 25,469,026
Building permits, 2011 | 3,436 | 11,809
Geography QuickFacts | Cook County | Illinois
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 945.33 | 55,518.93
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 5,495.1 | 231.1
FIPS Code | 31 | 17
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI Metro Area
(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