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Total population: 2895964 (All urban)

Houses: 1152871 (1061921 occupied: 464912 owner occupied, 597009 renter occupied)

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Chicago, Illinois:

• 1 room: 3057
• 2 rooms: 12152
• 3 rooms: 31083
• 4 rooms: 53391
• 5 rooms: 122278
• 6 rooms: 110607
• 7 rooms: 57295
• 8 rooms: 34801
• 9 or more rooms: 40248

Rooms in renter-occupied housing units and apartments:

• 1 room: 51040
• 2 rooms: 67334
• 3 rooms: 109628
• 4 rooms: 146516
• 5 rooms: 122445
• 6 rooms: 69877
• 7 rooms: 18162
• 8 rooms: 6279
• 9 or more rooms: 5728

Year house built:

• 1999 to March 2000: 10036
• 1995 to 1998: 21460
• 1990 to 1994: 20546
• 1980 to 1989: 46668
• 1970 to 1979: 97590
• 1960 to 1969: 156608
• 1950 to 1959: 197029
• 1940 to 1949: 164839
• 1939 or earlier: 438095

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Chicago:

• no bedroom: 6633
• 1 bedrooms: 41481
• 2 bedrooms: 144321
• 3 bedrooms: 184529
• 4 bedrooms: 61074
• 5 or more bedrooms: 26874

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments and housing units:

• no bedroom: 71722
• 1 bedrooms: 198331
• 2 bedrooms: 205804
• 3 bedrooms: 102370
• 4 bedrooms: 14404
• 5 or more bedrooms: 4378

Vehicles available in Chicago in owner-occupied houses:

• no vehicle: 64336
• 1 vehicle: 198686
• 2 vehicles: 150414
• 3 vehicles: 38629
• 4 vehicles: 9286
• 5 or more vehicles: 3561

Vehicles available in renter-occupied housing units:

• no vehicle: 242000
• 1 vehicle: 262991
• 2 vehicles: 76631
• 3 vehicles: 10960
• 4 vehicles: 2006
• 5 or more vehicles: 2421

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2000 in Chicago, IL:

• Less than $10,000: 406
• $10,000 to $14,999: 390
• $15,000 to $19,999: 378
• $20,000 to $24,999: 509
• $25,000 to $29,999: 636
• $30,000 to $34,999: 1020
• $35,000 to $39,999: 1219
• $40,000 to $49,999: 3773
• $50,000 to $59,999: 6238
• $60,000 to $69,999: 9937
• $70,000 to $79,999: 14043
• $80,000 to $89,999: 21766
• $90,000 to $99,999: 22193
• $100,000 to $124,999: 38215
• $125,000 to $149,999: 37828
• $150,000 to $174,999: 31052
• $175,000 to $199,999: 20306
• $200,000 to $249,999: 20289
• $250,000 to $299,999: 10765
• $300,000 to $399,999: 9843
• $400,000 to $499,999: 4674
• $500,000 to $749,999: 4722
• $750,000 to $999,999: 1916
• $1,000,000 or more: 1807

Rent paid by renters in 2000 in Chicago:

• Less than $100: 18600
• $100 to $149: 19274
• $150 to $199: 11034
• $200 to $249: 12361
• $250 to $299: 14538
• $300 to $349: 25816
• $350 to $399: 34818
• $400 to $449: 50479
• $450 to $499: 53070
• $500 to $549: 60741
• $550 to $599: 47378
• $600 to $649: 48787
• $650 to $699: 35376
• $700 to $749: 27548
• $750 to $799: 21126
• $800 to $899: 29456
• $900 to $999: 19284
• $1,000 to $1,249: 25516
• $1,250 to $1,499: 13467
• $1,500 to $1,999: 10495
• $2,000 or more: 4674
• No cash rent: 12222

Household type by relationship
Households: 2836388

• In family households: 2312823 (381984 male householders, 256306 female householders)

  385877 spouses, 883481 children (833731 natural, 21930 adopted, 27820 stepchildren), 120600 grandchildren, 67941 brothers or sisters, 35417 parents, 103534 other relatives, 77683 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 523565 (198968 male householders (154195 living alone)), 224706 female householders (191415 living alone)), 99891 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 59576 (27462 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 210943 2-persons, 145690 3-persons, 120910 4-persons, 78200 5-persons, 41991 6-persons, 40556 7-or-more-persons

Size of nonfamily households: 345610 1-person, 64021 2-persons, 9853 3-persons, 2926 4-persons, 694 5-persons, 379 6-persons, 191 7-or-more-persons

Year of entry for the foreign-born population (628903 people)

• 1995 to March 2000: 164475
• 1990 to 1994: 127310
• 1985 to 1989: 89099
• 1980 to 1984: 66022
• 1975 to 1979: 61279
• 1970 to 1974: 45705
• 1965 to 1969: 25046
• Before 1965: 49967

Time leaving for work for workers 16 years and over in Chicago, IL (1192139 people)

• 12:00 a.m. to 4:59 a.m.: 47261
• 5:00 a.m. to 5:29 a.m.: 48685
• 5:30 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.: 49060
• 6:00 a.m. to 6:29 a.m.: 110061
• 6:30 a.m. to 6:59 a.m.: 98625
• 7:00 a.m. to 7:29 a.m.: 163066
• 7:30 a.m. to 7:59 a.m.: 158304
• 8:00 a.m. to 8:29 a.m.: 142114
• 8:30 a.m. to 8:59 a.m.: 61449
• 9:00 a.m. to 9:59 a.m.: 65888
• 10:00 a.m. to 10:59 a.m.: 30129
• 11:00 a.m. to 11:59 a.m.: 15413
• 12:00 p.m. to 3:59 p.m.: 96862
• 4:00 p.m. to 11:59 p.m.: 77057
• Worked at home: 28165

Household income:

• Less than $10,000: 146192
• $10,000 to $14,999: 71103
• $15,000 to $19,999: 65654
• $20,000 to $24,999: 66685
• $25,000 to $29,999: 66446
• $30,000 to $34,999: 67224
• $35,000 to $39,999: 62459
• $40,000 to $44,999: 58506
• $45,000 to $49,999: 50175
• $50,000 to $59,999: 89305
• $60,000 to $74,999: 99395
• $75,000 to $99,999: 95162
• $100,000 to $124,999: 51340
• $125,000 to $149,999: 24403
• $150,000 to $199,999: 21884
• $200,000 or more: 26031

First ancestries reported:

• Other groups: 1601321
• Polish: 176988
• Irish: 134413
• German: 116602
• Italian: 82535
• United States or American: 38779
• Subsaharan African:: 36033
• English: 32717
• African: 26145
• Russian: 21977
• Greek: 16255
• Swedish: 14303
• Arab:: 13325
• Ukrainian: 11757
• French (except Basque): 11590
• Lithuanian: 10657
• West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 10433
• Norwegian: 9610
• Yugoslavian: 9384
• Scottish: 8695
• Czech: 8118
• Scotch-Irish: 7967
• European: 7174
• Romanian: 7084
• Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac: 6939
• Dutch: 6701
• Hungarian: 5838
• Croatian: 5688
• Nigerian: 5395
• Arab/Arabic: 5127
• Austrian: 4788
• Serbian: 4435
• Slovak: 4091
• Jamaican: 4088
• British: 3448
• Eastern European: 3365
• French Canadian: 3141
• Danish: 3052
• Haitian: 2817
• Czechoslovakian: 2443
• Welsh: 2327
• Belizean: 2170
• Palestinian: 1961
• Bulgarian: 1946
• Iranian: 1755
• Lebanese: 1632
• Swiss: 1601
• Ghanian: 1513
• Belgian: 1380
• Armenian: 1329
• Scandinavian: 1270
• Finnish: 1265
• Canadian: 1262
• Albanian: 1226
• Ethiopian: 1174
• Latvian: 1152
• Turkish: 1070
• Slovene: 1011
• Israeli: 963
• Jordanian: 955
• Syrian: 935
• Other Arab: 904
• Northern European: 755
• Other Subsaharan African: 734
• Brazilian: 734
• Iraqi: 723
• Moroccan: 601
• Portuguese: 580
• Egyptian: 487
• Slavic: 486
• Australian: 463
• West Indian: 437
• Luxemburger: 418
• Macedonian: 373
• Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 358
• Guyanese: 356
• Afghan: 351
• South African: 223
• Somalian: 222
• Estonian: 176
• Liberian: 165
• Celtic: 165
• U.S. Virgin Islander: 147
• British West Indian: 143
• Kenyan: 130
• Icelander: 127
• Barbadian: 125
• Sudanese: 117
• Bahamian: 102
• Basque: 95
• Maltese: 84
• Pennsylvania German: 74
• Cape Verdean: 66
• New Zealander: 62
• German Russian: 57
• Acadian/Cajun: 54
• Sierra Leonean: 53
• Soviet Union: 53
• Zimbabwean: 50
• Alsatian: 48
• Cypriot: 46
• Carpatho Rusyn: 26
• Dutch West Indian: 25
• Ugandan: 24
• Senegalese: 22
• Bermudan: 12
• Other West Indian: 9