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People QuickFacts | Chicago | Illinois
Population, 2012 estimate | 2,714,856 | 12,875,255
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 2,695,598 | 12,830,632
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 0.7% | 0.3%
Population, 2010 | 2,695,598 | 12,830,632
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 6.9% | 6.5%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 23.1% | 24.4%
Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010 | 10.3% | 12.5%
Female persons, percent, 2010 | 51.5% | 51.0%
White alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 45.0% | 71.5%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 32.9% | 14.5%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.5% | 0.3%
Asian alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 5.5% | 4.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2010 (a) | Z | 0.0%
Two or More Races, percent, 2010 | 2.7% | 2.3%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 (b) | 28.9% | 15.8%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 | 31.7% | 63.7%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 83.4% | 86.7%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 21.0% | 13.7%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 35.5% | 22.0%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 80.2% | 86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 32.9% | 30.7%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 100,219 | 770,388
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 33.7 | 28.1
Housing units, 2010 | 1,194,337 | 5,296,715
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 47.0% | 68.7%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 70.4% | 32.9%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $260,800 | $198,500
Households, 2007-2011 | 1,030,746 | 4,773,002
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.57 | 2.62
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $27,940 | $29,376
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $47,371 | $56,576
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 21.4% | 13.1%
Business QuickFacts | Chicago | Illinois
Total number of firms, 2007 | 255,502 | 1,123,817
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 22.9% | 9.5%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | 0.7% | 0.5%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 7.2% | 5.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 0.1% | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 8.7% | 5.0%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 36.1% | 30.5%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 22,115,580 | 257,760,713
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 28,519,301 | 231,082,768
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 19,842,717 | 165,450,520
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $7,059 | $12,947
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 7,663,319 | 25,469,026
Geography QuickFacts | Chicago | Illinois
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 227.63 | 55,518.93
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 11,841.8 | 231.1
FIPS Code | 14000 | 17
Counties | Cook County  DuPage 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