SOCDS Census Data: Output for Chicago city, IL

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NOTE: Racial and Ethnic Characterizations in the 1970 Census do not match those in the 1980, 1990, and 2000 Censuses. Therefore, Race/Ethnicity data are only reported for 1980,1990, and 2000. For 2000 data, "White, Non-Hispanic" and "Black, Non-Hispanic" include only persons identifying themselves as "White alone" and "Black or African American alone" respectively. "Other Races, Non-Hispanic" includes those identifying themselves as "American Indian and Alaska Native alone", "Asian alone","Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone","some other race alone", or of more than one race. $ma_note$


Population by Race/Ethnicity

Principal city of:
Chicago city, IL		 Suburbs*
White, Non-Hispanic 1980 5,679,682 1,299,557 3,895,411
1990 5,507,085 1,063,281 3,929,691
2000 5,397,499 907,166 3,967,985
2005 ACS 5,273,702 819,215 4,164,326
2006 ACS 5,376,751 842,322 4,150,213
2007 ACS No Data No Data No Data
Black, Non-Hispanic 1980 1,546,561 1,187,905 213,962
1990 1,531,649 1,076,099 317,822
2000 1,671,899 1,053,739 478,272
2005 ACS 1,642,369 938,097 671,266
2006 ACS 1,688,944 962,876 676,371
2007 ACS No Data No Data No Data
Other Races, Non-Hispanic 1980 192,453 95,547 79,141
1990 270,622 109,031 126,793
2000 534,215 181,467 276,127
2005 ACS 595,020 166,380 381,861
2006 ACS 612,868 170,043 376,669
2007 ACS No Data No Data No Data
Total Hispanic (All Races) 1980 634,236 422,063 179,064
1990 872,720 535,315 291,706
2000 1,494,703 753,644 650,885
2005 ACS 1,761,026 778,234 905,640
2006 ACS 1,828,296 774,042 952,300
2007 ACS No Data No Data No Data


Race/Ethnicity Groups as Percent of Total Population

Principal city of:
Chicago city, IL		 Suburbs*
White, Non-Hispanic 1980 70.5 43.2 89.2
1990 67.3 38.2 84.2
2000 59.3 31.3 73.8
2005 ACS 56.9 30.3 68.0
2006 ACS 56.6 30.6 67.4
2007 ACS No Data No Data No Data
Black, Non-Hispanic 1980 19.2 39.5 4.9
1990 18.7 38.7 6.8
2000 18.4 36.4 8.9
2005 ACS 17.7 34.7 11.0
2006 ACS 17.8 35.0 11.0
2007 ACS No Data No Data No Data
Other Races, Non-Hispanic 1980 2.4 3.2 1.8
1990 3.3 3.9 2.7
2000 5.9 6.3 5.1
2005 ACS 6.4 6.2 6.2
2006 ACS 6.4 6.2 6.1
2007 ACS No Data No Data No Data
Total Hispanic (All Races) 1980 7.9 14.0 4.1
1990 10.7 19.2 6.3
2000 16.4 26.0 12.1
2005 ACS 19.0 28.8 14.8
2006 ACS 19.2 28.2 15.5
2007 ACS No Data No Data No Data


Foreign Born Population

Principal city of:
Chicago city, IL		 Suburbs*
Total Foreign Born 1970 604,073 372,906 191,933
1980 786,683 435,232 297,082
1990 913,508 469,187 370,160
2000 1,464,121 628,903 699,386
2005 ACS 1,625,649 590,416 935,334
2006 ACS 1,695,417 599,802 949,985
2007 ACS No Data No Data No Data
Foreign Born
as Percent
of Total
Population		 1970 7.7 11.1 5.0
1980 9.8 14.5 6.8
1990 11.2 16.9 7.9
2000 16.1 21.7 13.0
2005 ACS 17.5 21.9 15.7
2006 ACS 17.8 21.8 15.8
2007 ACS No Data No Data No Data

*Suburb data are defined as the total for the $msaname$ less the sum of data for these cities: Arlington Heights village, IL ; Chicago city, IL ; Des Plaines city, IL ; Elgin city, IL ; Evanston city, IL ; Hoffman Estates village, IL ; Joliet city, IL ; Naperville city, IL ; Schaumburg village, IL ; Skokie village, IL ; Gary city, IN ; click a highlighted city to see its Race/Ethnicity table.

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