CRETE
Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau
POPULATION BY AGE - 5 year increments
Year	1980	1990	2000
Total Population	5,417	6,773	7,346
Male	2,676	3,324	3,597
Female	2,741	3,449	3,749
Under 5 Years	364	472	428
Male	186	251	221
Female	178	221	207
5 to 9 Years	418	540	527
Male	215	253	278
Female	203	287	249
10 to 14 Years	498	495	514
Male	257	252	271
Female	241	243	243
15 to 19 Years	526	421	510
Male	266	213	265
Female	260	208	245
20 to 24 Years	349	362	291
Male	175	181	152
Female	174	181	139
25 to 29 Years	345	423	307
Male	162	203	149
Female	183	220	158
30 to 34 Years	459	590	433
Male	215	295	216
Female	244	295	217
35 to 44 Years	843	1,222	1,227
Male	409	602	593
Female	434	620	634
35 to 39 Years		615	566
Male		296	276
Female		319	290
40 to 44 Years		607	661
Male		306	317
Female		301	344
45 to 54 Years	609	940	1,259
Male	324	465	617
Female	285	475	642
45 to 49 Years		509	648
Male		245	311
Female		264	337
50 to 54 Years		431	611
Male		220	306
Female		211	305
55 to 59 Years	313	312	470
Male	162	169	232
Female	151	143	238
60 to 64 Years	219	270	356
Male	103	133	171
Female	116	137	185
65 to 74 Years	312	484	478
Male	142	215	234
Female	170	269	244
65 to 69 Years		276	268
Male		128	129
Female		148	139
70 to 74 Years		208	210
Male		87	105
Female		121	105
75 to 84 Years	120	199	381
Male	47	77	146
Female	73	122	235
75 to 79 Years		145	230
Male		60	97
Female		85	133
80 to 84 Years		54	151
Male		17	49
Female		37	102
85 Years and Over	42	43	165
Male	13	15	52
Female	29	28	113
Population by Race and Hispanic Origin
Year	2000
Total Population	7,346
Single-Race classification	7,249
White	6,351
Under 18 years of age	1,492
18 or older	4,859
Black or African-American	769
Under 18 years of age	231
18 or older	538
American Indian or Native Alaskan	5
Under 18 years of age	1
18 or older	4
Asian	55
Under 18 years of age	16
18 or older	39
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	1
Under 18 years of age
18 or older	1
Asian or Pacific Islander	56
Under 18 years of age	16
18 or older	40
Other	68
Under 18 years of age	25
18 or older	43
Two or more races classified	97
Under 18 years of age	50
18 or older	47
	267
Hispanic or Latino
Under 18 years of age	112
18 or older	155
Not Hispanic or Latino	7,079
Under 18 years of age	1,703
18 or older	5,376
Population by Household for Crete, Illinois
Year	1980	1990	2000
Total Population	5,417	6,773	7,346
Number of Households	1,815	2,435	2,704
With people under 18 present	827	937	985
With people 65 or older	349	524	658
Population in Households	5,417	6,773	7,218
In Family Households	5,077	6,207	6,486
In Nonfamily Households	340	566	732
Population in Group Quarters	0	0	128
Institutionalized	0	0	128
Other	0	0	0
Average Household Size	2.98	2.78	2.67
Number of Households	1,815	2,435	2,704
Single-person households	264	420	518
Male	104	163	211
Female	160	257	307
Householder 65 or older	115	169	225
Multiple-person households	1,551	2,015	2,186
With people 65 or older present	234	355	433
Family households	1,516	1,946	2,091
With people under 18 present	826	932	978
With people 65 or older present	229	349	425
Married-couple family	1,377	1,727	1,796
With people under 18 present	756	820	814
Male householder family, no wife present	45	72	97
With people under 18 present	14	36	49
Female householder family, no husband present	94	147	198
With people under 18 present	56	76	115
Non-family households	35	69	95
With people 65 or older present	5	6	8
Male householder	18	48	54
Female householder	17	21	41
Housing Occupancy and Occupant Characteristics
Year	1980	1990	2000
Housing units	1,893	2,505	2,807
Occupied	1,815	2,435	2,704
Owner occupied	1,541	2,160	2,405
Renter occupied	274	275	299
Vacant	78	70	103
		24	10
Age of householder
Owner-occupied housing units:
15 to 24 years
25 to 34 years		318	230
35 to 44 years		574	562
45 to 54 years		482	619
55 to 64 years		321	456
65 to 74 years		284	267
75 years and over		157	261
75 to 84 years			202
85 years and over			59
		29	26
Renter-occupied housing units
15 to 24 years
25 to 34 years		105	65
35 to 44 years		63	68
45 to 54 years		30	57
55 to 64 years		22	29
65 to 74 years		13	25
75 years and over		13	29
75 to 84 years			23
85 years and over			6
	1,523	2,060	2,133
Race of householder
Owner-occupied housing units:
White
Black	12	78	225
American Indian, Eskimo, Aluet	0	1	2
Asian and Pacific Islander	1	12	14
Asian			14
Native Hawiian/Pacific Islander			0