BELLWOOD
Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau
POPULATION BY AGE - 5 year increments
Year	1980	1990	2000
Total Population	19,811	20,241	20,535
Male	9,586	9,787	9,612
Female	10,225	10,454	10,923
Median Age			32.3
Male			30.2
Female			33.9
Under 5 Years	1,576	1,581	1,557
Male	808	793	767
Female	768	788	790
5 to 9 Years	1,633	1,629	1,818
Male	835	833	922
Female	798	796	896
10 to 14 Years	1,627	1,831	1,828
Male	795	970	886
Female	832	861	942
15 to 19 Years	1,696	1,800	1,646
Male	871	932	840
Female	825	868	806
20 to 24 Years	1,663	1,436	1,410
Male	808	725	712
Female	855	711	698
25 to 29 Years	1,925	1,452	1,380
Male	887	689	651
Female	1,038	763	729
30 to 34 Years	1,773	1,860	1,350
Male	847	840	598
Female	926	1,020	752
35 to 44 Years	2,188	3,581	3,167
Male	1,099	1,646	1,426
Female	1,089	1,935	1,741
35 to 39 Years		1,866	1,470
Male		830	678
Female		1,036	792
40 to 44 Years		1,715	1,697
Male		816	748
Female		899	949
45 to 54 Years	1,926	2,056	3,090
Male	907	1,001	1,373
Female	1,019	1,055	1,717
45 to 49 Years		1,270	1,637
Male		616	704
Female		654	933
50 to 54 Years		786	1,453
Male		385	669
Female		401	784
55 to 59 Years	1,161	705	1,022
Male	553	358	458
Female	608	347	564
60 to 64 Years	937	687	649
Male	447	305	320
Female	490	382	329
65 to 74 Years	1,185	1,038	931
Male	528	471	383
Female	657	567	548
65 to 69 Years		600	513
Male		276	230
Female		324	283
70 to 74 Years		438	418
Male		195	153
Female		243	265
75 to 84 Years	439	484	538
Male	177	190	221
Female	262	294	317
75 to 79 Years		339	318
Male		137	136
Female		202	182
80 to 84 Years		145	220
Male		53	85
Female		92	135
85 Years and Over	82	101	149
Male	24	34	55
Female	58	67	94
Population by Race and Hispanic Origin
Year	2000
Total Population	20,535
Single-Race classification	20,224
White	2,412
Under 18 years of age	362
18 or older	2,050
Black or African-American	16,783
Under 18 years of age	5,409
18 or older	11,374
American Indian or Native Alaskan	49
Under 18 years of age	15
18 or older	34
Asian	197
Under 18 years of age	50
18 or older	147
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	4
Under 18 years of age
18 or older	4
Asian or Pacific Islander	201
Under 18 years of age	50
18 or older	151
Other	779
Under 18 years of age	275
18 or older	504
Two or more races classified	311
Under 18 years of age	150
18 or older	161
	1,631
Hispanic or Latino
Under 18 years of age	600
18 or older	1,031
Not Hispanic or Latino	18,904
Under 18 years of age	5,661
18 or older	13,243
Population by Household for Bellwood, Illinois
Year	1980	1990	2000
Total Population	19,811	20,241	20,535
Number of Households	6,463	6,270	6,440
With people under 18 present	2,998	3,239	3,146
With people 65 or older	1,314	1,204	1,268
Population in Households	19,701	20,137	20,453
In Family Households	18,377	18,812	18,828
In Nonfamily Households	1,324	1,325	1,625
Population in Group Quarters	110	104	82
Institutionalized	95	104	0
Other	15	0	82
	3.05	3.21	3.18
Average Household Size
Number of Households	6,463	6,270	6,440
Single-person households	987	912	1,128
Male	398	396	463
Female	589	516	665
Householder 65 or older	346	328	386
Multiple-person households	5,476	5,358	5,312
With people 65 or older present	968	876	882
Family households	5,334	5,186	5,100
With people under 18 present	2,979	3,214	3,122
With people 65 or older present	953	855	844
Married-couple family	4,270	3,561	3,028
With people under 18 present	2,350	2,151	1,737
Male householder family, no wife present	249	331	407
With people under 18 present	109	188	246
Female householder family, no husband present	815	1,294	1,665
With people under 18 present	520	875	1,139
Non-family households	142	172	212
With people 65 or older present	15	21	38
Male householder	95	116	102
Female householder	47	56	110
Housing Occupancy and Occupant Characteristics
Year	1980	1990	2000
Housing units	6,609	6,566	6,683
Occupied	6,463	6,270	6,440
Owner occupied	5,076	4,903	4,914
Renter occupied	1,387	1,367	1,526
Vacant	146	296	243
		43	31
Age of householder
Owner-occupied housing units:
15 to 24 years
25 to 34 years		760	470
35 to 44 years		1,491	1,213
45 to 54 years		993	1,492
55 to 64 years		705	854
65 to 74 years		578	482
75 years and over		333	372
75 to 84 years			299
85 years and over			73
		75	100
Renter-occupied housing units
15 to 24 years
25 to 34 years		461	407
35 to 44 years		426	398
45 to 54 years		190	298
55 to 64 years		117	147
65 to 74 years		50	104
75 years and over		48	72
75 to 84 years			54
85 years and over			18
	3,533	1,667	895
Race of householder
Owner-occupied housing units:
White
Black	1,393	3,061	3,785
American Indian, Eskimo, Aluet	2	4	8
Asian and Pacific Islander	66	64	45
Asian			42
Native Hawiian/Pacific Islander			3
Other or Multiple	129	107	181
	815	251	123
Renter-occupied housing units
White
Black	518	1,055	1,363
American Indian, Eskimo, Aluet	0	5	3
Asian and Pacific Islander	7	14	4