WEST CHICAGO
Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau
POPULATION BY AGE - 5 year increments
Year	1980	1990	2000
Total Population	12,550	14,796	23,469
Male	6,238	7,666	12,513
Female	6,312	7,130	10,956
Under 5 Years	1,309	1,461	2,408
Male	700	721	1,243
Female	609	740	1,165
5 to 9 Years	1,013	1,291	2,056
Male	499	676	1,048
Female	514	615	1,008
10 to 14 Years	973	1,028	1,811
Male	488	557	943
Female	485	471	868
15 to 19 Years	1,115	1,118	1,963
Male	553	594	1,135
Female	562	524	828
20 to 24 Years	1,327	1,489	2,306
Male	661	877	1,339
Female	666	612	967
25 to 29 Years	1,498	1,715	2,183
Male	802	924	1,193
Female	696	791	990
30 to 34 Years	1,091	1,566	2,098
Male	588	831	1,143
Female	503	735	955
35 to 44 Years	1,282	2,014	3,835
Male	642	1,082	2,067
Female	640	932	1,768
35 to 39 Years		1,120	2,076
Male		619	1,109
Female		501	967
40 to 44 Years		894	1,759
Male		463	958
Female		431	801
45 to 54 Years	1,033	1,220	2,427
Male	529	610	1,270
Female	504	610	1,157
45 to 49 Years		664	1,336
Male		339	705
Female		325	631
50 to 54 Years		556	1,091
Male		271	565
Female		285	526
55 to 59 Years	467	446	788
Male	215	223	420
Female	252	223	368
60 to 64 Years	398	389	495
Male	185	200	242
Female	213	189	253
65 to 74 Years	600	575	616
Male	228	241	298
Female	372	334	318
65 to 69 Years		305	352
Male		133	166
Female		172	186
70 to 74 Years		270	264
Male		108	132
Female		162	132
75 to 84 Years	330	351	362
Male	114	103	143
Female	216	248	219
75 to 79 Years		201	207
Male		69	87
Female		132	120
80 to 84 Years		150	155
Male		34	56
Female		116	99
85 Years and Over	114	133	121
Male	34	27	29
Female	176	213	170
Population by Race and Hispanic Origin
Year	2000
Total Population	23,469
Single-Race classification	22,762
White	18,271
Under 18 years of age	5,518
18 or older	12,753
Black or African-American	395
Under 18 years of age	129
18 or older	266
American Indian or Native Alaskan	85
Under 18 years of age	31
18 or older	54
Asian	457
Under 18 years of age	119
18 or older	338
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	7
Under 18 years of age	2
18 or older	5
Asian or Pacific Islander	464
Under 18 years of age	121
18 or older	343
Other	3,547
Under 18 years of age	1,317
18 or older	2,230
Two or more races classified	707
Under 18 years of age	292
18 or older	415
	11,405
Hispanic or Latino
Under 18 years of age	4,004
18 or older	7,401
Not Hispanic or Latino	12,064
Under 18 years of age	3,404
18 or older	8,660
Population by Household for West Chicago, Illinois
Year	1980	1990	2000
Total Population	12,550	14,796	23,469
Number of Households	4,099	4,652	6,379
With people under 18 present	1,917	2,138	3,416
With people 65 or older	615	620	722
Population in Households	12,190	14,486	23,232
In Family Households	10,866	12,853	21,480
In Nonfamily Households	1,324	1,633	1,752
Population in Group Quarters	360	310	237
Institutionalized	360	295	230
Other	0	15	7
	2.97	3.11	3.64
Average Household Size
Number of Households	4,099	4,652	6,379
Single-person households	824	851	819
Male	395	452	446
Female	429	399	373
Householder 65 or older	228	204	172
Multiple-person households	3,275	3,801	5,560
With people 65 or older present	387	416	550
Family households	3,061	3,487	5,230
With people under 18 present	1,893	2,100	3,372
With people 65 or older present	374	399	533
Married-couple family	2,563	2,708	4,227
With people under 18 present	1,570	1,646	2,752
Male householder family, no wife present	142	302	466
With people under 18 present	75	132	266
Female householder family, no husband present	356	477	537
With people under 18 present	248	322	354
Non-family households	214	314	330
With people 65 or older present	13	17	17
Male householder	140	223	242
Female householder	74	91	88
Housing Occupancy and Occupant Characteristics
Year	1980	1990	2000
Housing units	4,362	4,877	6,567
Occupied	4,099	4,652	6,379
Owner occupied	2,357	2,601	4,325
Renter occupied	1,742	2,051	2,054
Vacant	263	225	188
		36	55
Age of householder
Owner-occupied housing units:
15 to 24 years
25 to 34 years		628	875
35 to 44 years		700	1,369
45 to 54 years		479	991
55 to 64 years		357	563
65 to 74 years		245	294
75 years and over		156	178
75 to 84 years			142
85 years and over			36
		373	365
Renter-occupied housing units
15 to 24 years
25 to 34 years		858	717
35 to 44 years		401	523
45 to 54 years		179	253
55 to 64 years		109	118
65 to 74 years		75	40
75 years and over		56	38
75 to 84 years			31
85 years and over			7
	2,248	2,422	3,719
Race of householder
Owner-occupied housing units:
White
Black	8	14	49
American Indian, Eskimo, Aluet	3	3	13