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Total population
Male
Female
Median age (years)

Under 18 years
Male
Female

18 years and over
Male
Female
1,745,989
46.1%
53.9%
31.4

536,665
50.7%
49.3%

1,209,324
44.1%
55.9%
HOUSEHOLDS
Households
Family households
With children

Married-couple families
  With children

Female, no husband
  With children

Nonfamily households
Male householder
  Living alone

Female householder
  Living alone

Average household size
Average family size
604,646
63.9%
33.3%

25.4%
11.3%

32.2%
19.0%

36.1%
15.6%
13.4%

20.5%
19.0%

2.75
3.53
MARITAL STATUS.
Population 15 years and over
Now married, except separated
Widowed
Divorced
Separated
Never married

Male 15 years and over
Now married, except separated
Widowed
Divorced
Separated
Never married

Female 15 years and over
Now married, except separated
Widowed
Divorced
Separated
Never married
1,306,552
26.8%
7.0%
11.7%
4.7%
49.8%

582,768
31.0%
2.9%
10.6%
4.3%
51.2%

723,784
23.4%
10.3%
12.6%
5.0%
48.7%

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
Less than high school diploma
High school graduate (includes equivalency)
Some college or associate's degree
Bachelor's degree
Graduate or professional degree

High school graduate or higher
Male, high school graduate or higher
Female, high school graduate or higher

Bachelor's degree or higher
Male, bachelor's degree or higher
Female, bachelor's degree or higher
1,023,528
17.7%
31.7%
31.6%
12.2%
6.7%

82.3%
80.8%
83.4%

18.9%
17.2%
20.2%
6,142,962
14.7%
27.1%
25.9%
20.1%
12.2%

85.3%
84.8%
85.8%

32.3%
33.1%
31.5%
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Population 16 years and over
In labor force
Civilian labor force
Employed
Unemployed
Percent of civilian labor force
Armed Forces
Not in labor force
1,273,812
61.7%
61.5%
51.9%
9.6%
15.6%
0.2%
38.3%
7,349,334
67.6%
67.5%
62.7%
4.8%
7.2%
0.1%
32.4%
COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over
Car, truck, or van - drove alone
Car, truck, or van - carpooled
Public transportation (excluding taxicab)
Walked
Other means
Worked at home
Mean travel time to work (minutes)
636,950
62.1%
8.1%
22.6%
3.2%
1.2%
2.7%
35.8
4,465,251
71.2%
9.1%
11.5%
3.0%
1.5%
3.7%
31
Civilian employed population 16 years and over
Management, professional, and related occupations..................
Service occupations................................................................
Sales and office occupations...................................................
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.................................
Construction, extraction, maintenance, and repair occupations...
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations......

Male civilian employed population 16 years and over.........
Management, professional, and related occupations...................
Service occupations................................................................
Sales and office occupations...................................................
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.................................
Construction, extraction, maintenance, and repair occupations..
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations......

Female civilian employed population 16 years and over....
Management, professional, and related occupations..................
Service occupations................................................................
Sales and office occupations...................................................
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations................................
Construction, extraction, maintenance, and repair occupations...
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations......

661,205
28.7%
21.1%
30.2%
0.0%
4.4%
15.6%

285,693
23.2%
19.0%
21.2%
0.1%
9.5%
26.9%

375,512
32.9%
22.7%
37.0%
0.0%
0.5%
6.9%
4,605,554
35.5%
15.6%
26.9%
0.1%
8.1%
13.9%

2,466,684
33.1%
13.1%
19.3%
0.2%
14.6%
19.6%

2,138,870
38.2%
18.4%
35.6%
0.1%
0.6%
7.2%
CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers
Government workers
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business
Unpaid family workers
77.4%
19.1%
3.3%
0.1%
83.9%
11.4%
4.5%
0.2%
BLACK MEDIAN INCOME IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS (IN 2006 INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS)


Median household income (dollars)
Median family income (dollars)
Married-couple family
Female householder, no husband

Individual Median earnings (dollars)
Male
Female      
7,484,873
48.8%
5.9%
9.0%
1.9%
34.4%

3,646,652
51.2%
2.3%
7.7%
1.6%
37.2%

3,838,221
46.5%
9.3%
10.3%
2.2%
31.7%

3,412,058
67.3%
33.1%

48.8%
23.5%

13.5%
7.5%

32.7%
15.4%
12.4%

17.3%
15.2%

2.74
3.4
9,522,879
49.2%
50.8%
35.5

2,459,883
51.1%
48.9%

7,062,996
48.6%
51.4%

OCCUPATION
Chicago, Illinois
Chicago METRO
Black(local)   Chicago      Black USA
All statistics above are from the Census Bureau - 2007 American Community Survey
Chicago, with the second largest urban Black population in the nation, had a huge influx of African Americans during both of the original "Great Black Migrations" north. The largest percent came from Mississippi, but many also came from other South Central states such as Louisiana, Arkansas, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, and East Texas. Most were attracted by the city's railway companies,
39,663,004
47.8%
52.2%
30.3

12,237,882
51.0%
49.0%

27,425,122
46.4%
53.6%
13,672,045
63.9%
34.6%

28.7%
13.4%

29.1%
18.2%

36.1%
16.4%
13.8%

19.7%
17.8%

2.66
3.4
29,594,243
30.5%
6.2%
11.5%
4.6%
47.2%

13,833,820
34.7%
2.7%
9.8%
3.8%
49.1%

15,760,423
26.8%
9.3%
13.1%
5.2%
45.6%
22,841,743
19.7%
34.1%
28.7%
11.6%
5.9%

80.3%
79.3%
81.2%

17.5%
16.0%
18.7%
28,864,386
62.9%
62.4%
54.9%
7.5%
12.0%
0.5%
37.1%
15,411,803
71.1%
10.5%
11.5%
2.9%
1.7%
2.3%
27.7
15,835,609
27.0%
24.1%
26.6%
0.3%
6.1%
15.9%

7,350,655
22.0%
20.6%
19.2%
0.5%
12.5%
25.3%

8,484,954
31.3%
27.1%
33.1%
0.1%
0.6%
7.8%
76.2%
20.0%
3.7%
0.1%
$34,169
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steel mills, and meatpacking houses, the black population in Chicago grew from 44,000 in 1910 to 235,000 in 1930.

The Black newspaper “The Chicago Defender” Spread the news to African Americans in the south that there was a better life and plenty of jobs in Chicago. They used the trains to let Black Southerners know where to go when they got there, to live and work. It was estimated that about 3,000 Black  Americans a day were getting
off of trains in the city during the 1940’s.

The majority of Blacks moved to the city’s south side where these major industries were located at the time. Chicago’s black belt consisted of a 30 block long stretch of neighborhoods on the south side of old and dilapidated housing. Much like Harlem, NY, Blacks were over-crowded in apartment buildings that lacked pluming and healthy sanitary conditions.
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$35,730
$41,620
$68,536
$28,360


$40,967
$34,274
$59,255
$70,881
$84,762
$35,453


$51,061
$38,214
All families
With children

Married-couple family
With children

Female, no husband
With children
8.5%
12.6%

4.0%
5.5%

24.0%
31.9%
21.6%
28.4%

7.4%
8.8%

33.0%
39.4%
POVERTY RATES FOR FAMILIES AND PEOPLE
VEHICLES OWNED     Black(local) ChicagoBlack USA
None
1 or more
MONTHLY OWNER COSTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Black(local)ChicagoBlack USA
Less than 30 percent
30 percent or more
GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS

Less than 30 percent
30 percent or more  

GROSS RENT
Median gross rent (dollars)
Black(local)     Chicago         Black USA
24.7%
75.3%
24.7%
75.3%
62.8%
37.2%
54.7%
45.3%
44.5%
55.5%


$800
52.3%
47.7%


$849
Black(local)      Chicago         Black USA