Illinois Census Data

Updated June 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff


People QuickFacts Illinois USA
Population, 2005 estimate 12,763,371 296,410,404
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 2.8% 5.3%
Population, 2000 12,419,293 281,421,906
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2005 7.0% 6.8%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2005 25.4% 24.8%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2005 12.0% 12.4%
Female persons, percent, 2005 50.9% 50.7%
White persons, percent, 2005 (a) 79.4% 80.2%
Black persons, percent, 2005 (a) 15.1% 12.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2005 (a) 0.3% 1.0%
Asian persons, percent, 2005 (a) 4.1% 4.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2005 (a) 0.1% 0.2%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2005 1.1% 1.5%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2005 (b) 14.3% 14.4%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2005 65.8% 66.9%
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over 56.8% 54.1%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 12.3% 11.1%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 19.2% 17.9%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 81.4% 80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 26.1% 24.4%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 1,999,717 49,746,248
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 28.0 25.5
Housing units, 2005 5,144,623 124,521,886
Homeownership rate, 2000 67.3% 66.2%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 34.0% 26.4%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $130,800 $119,600
Households, 2000 4,591,779 105,480,101
Persons per household, 2000 2.63 2.59
Median household income, 2003 $47,367 $43,318
Per capita money income, 1999 $23,104 $21,587
Persons below poverty, percent, 2003 11.4% 12.5%
Business QuickFacts Illinois USA
Private nonfarm establishments, 2004 315,8541 7,387,724
Private nonfarm employment, 2004 5,217,1601 115,074,924
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2004 -5.2%1 0.9%
Nonemployer establishments, 2004 801,668 19,523,741
Total number of firms, 2002 958,120 22,974,655
Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 7.2% 5.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 0.4% 0.9%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 4.6% 4.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 0.1% 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 4.1% 6.8%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 29.7% 28.2%
Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) 188,365,216 3,916,136,712
Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) 317,467,059 4,634,755,112
Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) 131,469,518 3,056,421,997
Retail sales per capita, 2002 $10,446 $10,615
Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) 19,072,168 449,498,718
Building permits, 2005 66,942 2,155,316
Federal spending, 2004 ($1000) 76,828,3601 2,143,781,7272
Geography QuickFacts Illinois USA
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 55,583 3,537,438
Persons per square mile, 2000 223.4 79.6
FIPS Code 17
1: Includes data not distributed by county.
2: Includes data not distributed by state.

(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 U.S. Census Bureau: State and County QuickFacts. Data derived from Population Estimates, Census of Population and Housing, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, State and County Housing Unit Estimates, County Business Patterns, Nonemployer Statistics, Economic Census, Survey of Business Owners, Building Permits, Consolidated Federal Funds Report
Last Revised: Friday, 12-Jan-2007 16:04:53 EST
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