BLUE ISLAND
Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau
POPULATION BY AGE - 5 year increments
Year	1980	1990	2000
Total Population	21,855	21,203	23,463
Male	10,487	10,439	11,485
Female	11,368	10,764	11,978
Under 5 Years	1,749	1,741	2,048
Male	886	893	1,034
Female	863	848	1,014
5 to 9 Years	1,358	1,662	2,083
Male	697	834	1,074
Female	661	828	1,009
10 to 14 Years	1,383	1,452	1,836
Male	716	771	935
Female	667	681	901
15 to 19 Years	1,713	1,296	1,793
Male	895	714	885
Female	818	582	908
20 to 24 Years	2,408	1,714	1,812
Male	1,185	879	922
Female	1,223	835	890
25 to 29 Years	2,181	2,136	1,960
Male	1,167	1,079	995
Female	1,014	1,057	965
30 to 34 Years	1,444	2,157	1,877
Male	734	1,089	920
Female	710	1,068	957
35 to 44 Years	1,926	2,806	3,693
Male	971	1,461	1,805
Female	955	1,345	1,888
35 to 39 Years		1,644	1,883
Male		889	921
Female		755	962
40 to 44 Years		1,162	1,810
Male		572	884
Female		590	926
45 to 54 Years	2,044	1,719	2,586
Male	939	865	1,273
Female	1,105	854	1,313
45 to 49 Years		952	1,488
Male		464	768
Female		488	720
50 to 54 Years		767	1,098
Male		401	505
Female		366	593
55 to 59 Years	1,384	804	872
Male	626	371	426
Female	758	433	446
60 to 64 Years	1,204	835	615
Male	540	380	290
Female	664	455	325
65 to 74 Years	1,857	1,666	1,139
Male	739	697	485
Female	1,118	969	654
65 to 69 Years		929	584
Male		395	257
Female		534	327
70 to 74 Years		737	555
Male		302	228
Female		435	327
75 to 84 Years	945	922	892
Male	309	326	354
Female	636	596	538
75 to 79 Years		571	541
Male		206	221
Female		365	320
80 to 84 Years		351	351
Male		120	133
Female		231	218
85 Years and Over	259	293	257
Male	83	80	87
Female	176	213	170
Population by Race and Hispanic Origin
Year	2000
Total Population	23,463
Single-Race classification	22,630
White	12,596
Under 18 years of age	3,195
18 or older	9,401
Black or African-American	5,655
Under 18 years of age	1,873
18 or older	3,782
American Indian or Native Alaskan	135
Under 18 years of age	50
18 or older	85
Asian	87
Under 18 years of age	17
18 or older	70
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	8
Under 18 years of age	2
18 or older	6
Asian or Pacific Islander	95
Under 18 years of age	19
18 or older	76
Other	4,149
Under 18 years of age	1,599
18 or older	2,550
Two or more races classified	833
Under 18 years of age	335
18 or older	498
	8,899
Hispanic or Latino
Under 18 years of age	3,385
18 or older	5,514
Not Hispanic or Latino	14,564
Under 18 years of age	3,686
18 or older	10,878
Population by Household for Blue Island, Illinois
Year	1980	1990	2000
Total Population	21,855	21,203	23,463
Number of Households	8,506	7,934	8,247
With people under 18 present	2,793	2,880	3,482
With people 65 or older	2,364	2,172	1,749
Population in Households	21,798	21,133	23,416
In Family Households	18,544	17,891	20,028
In Nonfamily Households	3,254	3,242	3,388
Population in Group Quarters	57	70	47
Institutionalized	27	27	22
Other	30	43	25
Average Size Households	2.56	2.66	2.84
Number of Households	8,506	7,934	8,247
Single-person households	2,566	2,365	2,323
Male	950	1,020	1,100
Female	1,616	1,345	1,223
Householder 65 or older	1,060	965	726
Multiple-person households	5,940	5,569	5,924
With people 65 or older present	1,304	1,207	1,023
Family households	5,632	5,190	5,468
With people under 18 present	2,771	2,835	3,447
With people 65 or older present	1,263	1,158	982
Married-couple family	4,386	3,662	3,324
With people under 18 present	2,141	1,972	2,027
Male householder family, no wife present	291	382	552
With people under 18 present	94	161	291
Female householder family, no husband present	955	1,146	1,592
With people under 18 present	536	702	1,129
Non-family households	308	379	456
With people 65 or older present	41	49	41
Male householder	205	222	251
Female householder	103	157	205
Housing Occupancy and Occupant Characteristics
Year	1980	1990	2000
Housing units	8,855	8,600	8,750
Occupied	8,506	7,934	8,247
Owner occupied	4,163	4,204	4,477
Renter occupied	4,343	3,730	3,770
Vacant	349	666	503
		58	70
Age of householder
Owner-occupied housing units:
15 to 24 years
25 to 34 years		669	608
35 to 44 years		812	1,084
45 to 54 years		641	919
55 to 64 years		687	627
65 to 74 years		757	540
75 years and over		580	629
75 to 84 years			487
85 years and over			142
		358	383
Renter-occupied housing units
15 to 24 years
25 to 34 years		1,333	1,156
35 to 44 years		748	980
45 to 54 years		352	616
55 to 64 years		292	272
65 to 74 years		333	187
75 years and over		314	176
75 to 84 years			129
85 years and over			47
	3,799	3,613	3,103
Race of householder
Owner-occupied housing units:
White
Black	194	310	633
American Indian, Eskimo, Aluet	1	1	15
Asian and Pacific Islander	9