WHEELING
Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau
POPULATION BY AGE - 5 year increments
Year	1980	1990	2000
Total Population	23,266	29,911	34,496
Male	11,537	14,610	16,967
Female	11,729	15,301	17,529
Median Age			34.5
Male			32.6
Female			36.5
Under 5 Years	1,948	2,424	2,265
Male	1,033	1,249	1,165
Female	915	1,175	1,100
5 to 9 Years	1,542	1,990	2,313
Male	813	1,009	1,173
Female	729	981	1,140
10 to 14 Years	1,489	1,572	2,155
Male	775	842	1,091
Female	714	730	1,064
15 to 19 Years	1,643	1,370	2,161
Male	810	680	1,149
Female	833	690	1,012
20 to 24 Years	2,850	2,140	2,430
Male	1,339	1,060	1,303
Female	1,511	1,080	1,127
25 to 29 Years	3,641	4,098	3,164
Male	1,823	2,045	1,711
Female	1,818	2,053	1,453
30 to 34 Years	2,619	3,767	3,061
Male	1,366	1,938	1,612
Female	1,253	1,829	1,449
35 to 44 Years	2,714	5,051	5,912
Male	1,398	2,510	2,973
Female	1,316	2,541	2,939
35 to 39 Years		2,859	2,925
Male		1,410	1,480
Female		1,449	1,445
40 to 44 Years		2,192	2,987
Male		1,100	1,493
Female		1,092	1,494
45 to 54 Years	2,123	2,768	4,812
Male	1,024	1,289	2,322
Female	1,099	1,479	2,490
45 to 49 Years		1,520	2,619
Male		720	1,270
Female		800	1,349
50 to 54 Years		1,248	2,193
Male		569	1,052
Female		679	1,141
55 to 59 Years	886	1,092	1,477
Male	440	499	662
Female	446	593	815
60 to 64 Years	613	1,133	1,220
Male	284	534	547
Female	329	599	673
65 to 74 Years	750	1,523	1,831
Male	306	633	772
Female	444	890	1,059
65 to 69 Years		858	937
Male		388	399
Female		470	538
70 to 74 Years		665	894
Male		245	373
Female		420	521
75 to 84 Years	346	761	1,159
Male	107	274	387
Female	239	487	772
75 to 79 Years		497	684
Male		191	255
Female		306	429
80 to 84 Years		264	475
Male		83	132
Female		181	343
85 Years and Over	102	222	536
Male	19	48	100
Female	83	174	436
Population by Race and Hispanic Origin
Year	2000
Total Population	34,496
Single-Race classification	33,761
White	26,452
Under 18 years of age	5,604
18 or older	20,848
Black or African-American	843
Under 18 years of age	285
18 or older	558
American Indian or Native Alaskan	80
Under 18 years of age	26
18 or older	54
Asian	3,193
Under 18 years of age	763
18 or older	2,430
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	25
Under 18 years of age	4
18 or older	21
Asian or Pacific Islander	3,218
Under 18 years of age	767
18 or older	2,451
Other	3,168
Under 18 years of age	1,094
18 or older	2,074
Two or more races classified	735
Under 18 years of age	300
18 or older	435
	7,135
Hispanic or Latino
Under 18 years of age	2,521
18 or older	4,614
Not Hispanic or Latino	27,361
Under 18 years of age	5,555
18 or older	21,806
Population by Household for Wheeling, Illinois
Year	1980	1990	2000
Total Population	23,266	29,911	34,496
Number of Households	9,038	12,468	13,280
With people under 18 present	3,411	3,882	4,466
With people 65 or older	848	1,872	2,487
Population in Households	23,142	29,806	34,126
In Family Households	19,741	24,222	28,271
In Nonfamily Households	3,401	5,584	5,855
Population in Group Quarters	124	105	370
Institutionalized	96	105	366
Other	28	0	4
	2.56	2.39	2.57
Average Household Size
Number of Households	9,038	12,468	13,280
Single-person households	2,127	3,732	4,000
Male	1,056	1,654	1,720
Female	1,071	2,078	2,280
Householder 65 or older	273	768	1,088
Multiple-person households	6,911	8,736	9,280
With people 65 or older present	575	1,104	1,399
Family households	6,322	7,880	8,454
With people under 18 present	3,391	3,850	4,424
With people 65 or older present	565	1,074	1,340
Married-couple family	5,458	6,467	6,780
With people under 18 present	2,856	3,146	3,496
Male householder family, no wife present	182	360	482
With people under 18 present	79	136	237
Female householder family, no husband present	682	1,053	1,192
With people under 18 present	456	568	691
Non-family households	589	856	826
With people 65 or older present	10	30	59
Male householder	370	483	477
Female householder	219	373	349
Housing Occupancy and Occupant Characteristics
Year	1980	1990	2000
Housing units	9,617	12,998	13,697
Occupied	9,038	12,468	13,280
Owner occupied	5,860	8,055	8,849
Renter occupied	3,178	4,413	4,431
Vacant	579	530	417
		111	110
Age of householder
Owner-occupied housing units:
15 to 24 years
25 to 34 years		2,110	1,312
35 to 44 years		2,220	2,333
45 to 54 years		1,358	2,269
55 to 64 years		1,136	1,295
65 to 74 years		756	910
75 years and over		364	620
75 to 84 years			532
85 years and over			88
		473	439
Renter-occupied housing units
15 to 24 years
25 to 34 years		1,952	1,534
35 to 44 years		834	967
45 to 54 years		412	571
55 to 64 years		261	346
65 to 74 years		220	255
75 years and over		261	319
75 to 84 years			205
85 years and over			114
	5,682	7,599	7,617
Race of householder
Owner-occupied housing units: