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Illinois Population

People QuickFacts Illinois
Population, 2005 estimate 12,763,371
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 2.8%
Population, 2000 12,419,293
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 8.6%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2004 7.0%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2004 25.5%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2004 12.0%
Female persons, percent, 2004 50.9%
 
White persons, percent, 2004 (a) 79.5%
Black persons, percent, 2004 (a) 15.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2004 (a) 0.3%
Asian persons, percent, 2004 (a) 4.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2004 (a) 0.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2004 1.1%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2004 (b) 14.0%
White persons, not Hispanic, percent, 2004 66.2%
 
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000 56.8%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 12.3%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 19.2%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 81.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 26.1%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 1,999,717
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 28.0
 
Housing units, 2004 5,094,186
Homeownership rate, 2000 67.3%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 34.0%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $130,800
 
Households, 2000 4,591,779
Persons per household, 2000 2.63
Per capita money income, 1999 $23,104
Median household income, 2003 $47,367
Persons below poverty, percent, 2003 11.4%
Business QuickFacts Illinois
Private nonfarm establishments, 2003 311,7141
Private nonfarm employment, 2003 5,205,4571
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2003 -5.4%1
Nonemployer establishments, 2003 762,765
Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) 188,365,216
Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) 131,469,518
Retail sales per capita, 2002 $10,446
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 12.5%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 27.2%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2004 59,753
Federal spending, 2004 ($1000) 76,828,3601
Geography QuickFacts Illinois
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 55,584
Persons per square mile, 2000 223.4
FIPS Code 17
 

 

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