Chicago, Illinois Demographics

Chicago is 3rd out of 4,664 other cities in Current population (2012)

Chicago is 3rd out of 5,169 other cities in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Chicago is 3rd out of 6,406 other cities in Households

Chicago is 3rd out of 6,406 other cities in Housing units

Chicago is 4th out of 4,905 other cities in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Chicago is 6th out of 5,266 other cities in Retail sales

Chicago is 32nd out of 6,406 other cities in Size in square miles

Chicago is 1st in Illinois out of 307 other cities in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Chicago is 1st in Illinois out of 318 other cities in Retail sales

Chicago is 1st in Illinois out of 324 other cities in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Chicago is 1st in Illinois out of 338 other cities in Current population (2012)

Chicago is 1st in Illinois out of 342 other cities in Households

Chicago is 1st in Illinois out of 342 other cities in Housing units

Chicago is 1st in Illinois out of 342 other cities in Size in square miles

Chicago is 2nd in Illinois out of 342 other cities in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Chicago is 4th in Illinois out of 342 other cities in Population density (people per sqmi)

Size Demographics
	Chicago	Rank	Illinois	US
Current population (2012)	2,714,856	1st	12,875,255	313,914,040
Size in square miles	227.6	1st	55,518.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	11,841.8	4th	231.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Chicago	Rank	Illinois	US
Residents younger than 5	6.9%	108th	6.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	23.1%	227th	23.8%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	10.3%	246th	13.2%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Chicago	Rank	Illinois	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	80.2%	299th	86.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	32.9%	128th	30.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Chicago	Rank	Illinois	US
Race - White	45.0%	315th	77.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	32.9%	30th	14.8%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.5%	38th	0.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	5.5%	72nd	5.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	315th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.7%	81st	1.7%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	28.9%	34th	16.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	31.7%	309th	63.0%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Chicago	Rank	Illinois	US
Female residents	51.5%	168th	50.9%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	21.0%	60th	13.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Chicago	Rank	Illinois	US
Housing units	1,194,337	1st	5,297,318	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	70.4%	2nd	32.9%	25.9%
Households	1,030,746	1st	4,773,002	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	47.0%	335th	68.7%	66.1%
Home median value	$260,800	97th	$198,500	$186,200
People per household	2.6	194th	2.6	2.6

Income Demographics
	Chicago	Rank	Illinois	US
Income per capita	$27,940	160th	$29,376	$27,915
Income per household	$47,371	248th	$56,576	$52,762
Income below poverty line	21.4%	35th	13.1%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Chicago	Rank	Illinois	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	255,502	1st	1,123,817	27,092,908
Retail sales	$19,842,717	1st	$165,450,520	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$7,059	248th	$12,947	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$7,663,319	1st	$25,469,026	$613,795,732