WHEATON
Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau
POPULATION BY AGE - 5 year increments
Year	1980	1990	2000
Total Population	43,043	51,464	55,416
Male	20,755	24,868	26,988
Female	22,288	26,596	28,428
Under 5 Years	2,934	4,048	3,517
Male	1,537	2,094	1,812
Female	1,397	1,954	1,705
5 to 9 Years	2,987	3,958	4,013
Male	1,516	2,074	2,101
Female	1,471	1,884	1,912
10 to 14 Years	3,469	3,444	4,377
Male	1,785	1,806	2,288
Female	1,684	1,638	2,089
15 to 19 Years	4,193	3,814	4,456
Male	2,097	1,936	2,359
Female	2,096	1,878	2,097
20 to 24 Years	4,268	4,065	3,930
Male	2,097	1,998	2,020
Female	2,171	2,067	1,910
25 to 29 Years	4,000	3,783	3,160
Male	1,919	1,851	1,621
Female	2,081	1,932	1,539
30 to 34 Years	4,007	4,848	3,603
Male	1,950	2,371	1,820
Female	2,057	2,477	1,783
35 to 44 Years	5,624	9,140	9,170
Male	2,751	4,364	4,403
Female	2,873	4,776	4,767
35 to 39 Years		4,735	4,234
Male		2,256	2,022
Female		2,479	2,212
40 to 44 Years		4,405	4,936
Male		2,108	2,381
Female		2,297	2,555
45 to 54 Years	4,527	5,643	8,521
Male	2,221	2,806	4,077
Female	2,306	2,837	4,444
45 to 49 Years		3,296	4,666
Male		1,659	2,206
Female		1,637	2,460
50 to 54 Years		2,347	3,855
Male		1,147	1,871
Female		1,200	1,984
55 to 59 Years	2,099	2,007	2,691
Male	1,014	945	1,316
Female	1,085	1,062	1,375
60 to 64 Years	1,515	1,923	1,752
Male	693	927	853
Female	822	996	899
65 to 74 Years	1,911	2,725	3,000
Male	777	1,129	1,279
Female	1,134	1,596	1,721
65 to 69 Years		1,623	1,509
Male		721	651
Female		902	858
70 to 74 Years		1,102	1,491
Male		408	628
Female		694	863
75 to 84 Years	1,067	1,450	2,270
Male	312	461	812
Female	755	989	1,458
75 to 79 Years		875	1,334
Male		309	522
Female		566	812
80 to 84 Years		575	936
Male		152	290
Female		423	646
85 Years and Over	442	616	956
Male	86	106	227
Female	356	510	729
Population by Race and Hispanic Origin
Year	2000
Total Population	55,416
Single-Race classification	54,688
White	49,791
Under 18 years of age	12,857
18 or older	36,934
Black or African-American	1,565
Under 18 years of age	456
18 or older	1,109
American Indian or Native Alaskan	63
Under 18 years of age	18
18 or older	45
Asian	2,687
Under 18 years of age	677
18 or older	2,010
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	11
Under 18 years of age
18 or older	11
Asian or Pacific Islander	2,698
Under 18 years of age	677
18 or older	2,021
Other	571
Under 18 years of age	147
18 or older	424
Two or more races classified	728
Under 18 years of age	345
18 or older	383
	2,023
Hispanic or Latino
Under 18 years of age	654
18 or older	1,369
Not Hispanic or Latino	53,393
Under 18 years of age	13,846
18 or older	39,547
Population by Household for Wheaton, Illinois
Year	1980	1990	2000
Total Population	43,043	51,464	55,416
Number of Households	14,379	17,770	19,377
With people under 18 present	6,021	6,981	7,329
With people 65 or older	2,106	2,960	3,766
Population in Households	40,178	48,673	51,216
In Family Households	35,787	42,597	44,358
In Nonfamily Households	4,391	6,076	6,858
Population in Group Quarters	2,865	2,791	4,200
Institutionalized	837	1,166	1,710
Other	2,028	1,625	2,490
	2.79	2.74	2.64
Average Household Size
Number of Households	14,379	17,770	19,377
Single-person households	2,908	3,654	4,754
Male	1,114	1,349	1,754
Female	1,794	2,305	3,000
Householder 65 or older	726	1,018	1,446
Multiple-person households	11,471	14,116	14,623
With people 65 or older present	1,380	1,942	2,320
Family households	10,849	13,144	13,720
With people under 18 present	5,995	6,953	7,297
With people 65 or older present	1,333	1,886	2,257
Married-couple family	9,613	11,522	11,892
With people under 18 present	5,282	6,081	6,256
Male householder family, no wife present	268	344	418
With people under 18 present	116	145	194
Female householder family, no husband present	968	1,278	1,410
With people under 18 present	597	727	847
Non-family households	622	972	903
With people 65 or older present	47	56	63
Male householder	345	511	497
Female householder	277	461	406
Housing Occupancy and Occupant Characteristics
Year	1980	1990	2000
Housing units	15,232	18,630	19,881
Occupied	14,379	17,770	19,377
Owner occupied	10,381	13,246	14,355
Renter occupied	3,998	4,524	5,022
Vacant	853	860	504
		66	56
Age of householder
Owner-occupied housing units:
15 to 24 years
25 to 34 years		2,359	1,539
35 to 44 years		4,020	3,727
45 to 54 years		2,838	3,981
55 to 64 years		1,980	2,308
65 to 74 years		1,337	1,531
75 years and over		646	1,213
75 to 84 years			988
85 years and over			225
		653	537
Renter-occupied housing units
15 to 24 years
25 to 34 years		1,602	1,581
35 to 44 years		927	1,096
45 to 54 years		446	825
55 to 64 years		290	346
65 to 74 years		286	239
75 years and over		320	398
75 to 84 years			285
85 years and over			113
	10,059	12,687	13,639
Race of householder
Owner-occupied housing units:
White
Black