PARK FOREST
Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau
POPULATION BY AGE - 5 year increments
Year	1980	1990	2000
Total Population	26,222	24,656	23,462
Male	12,683	11,719	10,902
Female	13,539	12,937	12,560
Under 5 Years	2,174	1,860	1,676
Male	1,099	975	874
Female	1,075	885	802
5 to 9 Years	2,138	1,890	1,845
Male	1,136	987	971
Female	1,002	903	874
10 to 14 Years	2,269	1,893	1,764
Male	1,167	977	904
Female	1,102	916	860
15 to 19 Years	2,526	1,700	1,596
Male	1,292	861	823
Female	1,234	839	773
20 to 24 Years	2,244	1,546	1,284
Male	1,064	746	610
Female	1,180	800	674
25 to 29 Years	2,758	2,201	1,582
Male	1,329	1,090	739
Female	1,429	1,111	843
30 to 34 Years	2,409	2,485	1,789
Male	1,137	1,200	855
Female	1,272	1,285	934
35 to 44 Years	3,021	4,066	3,878
Male	1,412	1,868	1,797
Female	1,609	2,198	2,081
35 to 39 Years		2,215	1,884
Male		1,042	910
Female		1,173	974
40 to 44 Years		1,851	1,994
Male		826	887
Female		1,025	1,107
45 to 54 Years	2,634	2,403	3,343
Male	1,177	1,097	1,442
Female	1,457	1,306	1,901
45 to 49 Years		1,366	1,775
Male		616	788
Female		750	987
50 to 54 Years		1,037	1,568
Male		481	654
Female		556	914
55 to 59 Years	1,537	920	1,118
Male	771	412	472
Female	766	508	646
60 to 64 Years	994	1,081	882
Male	476	447	391
Female	518	634	491
65 to 74 Years	984	1,787	1,460
Male	445	779	575
Female	539	1,008	885
65 to 69 Years		1,085	687
Male		492	279
Female		593	408
70 to 74 Years		702	773
Male		287	296
Female		415	477
75 to 84 Years	424	672	1,025
Male	141	247	375
Female	283	425	650
75 to 79 Years		434	664
Male		160	247
Female		274	417
80 to 84 Years		238	361
Male		87	128
Female		151	233
85 Years and Over	110	152	220
Male	37	33	74
Female	73	119	146
Population by Race and Hispanic Origin
Year	2000
Total Population	23,462
Single-Race classification	22,875
White	13,003
Under 18 years of age	2,634
18 or older	10,369
Black or African-American	9,247
Under 18 years of age	3,164
18 or older	6,083
American Indian or Native Alaskan	53
Under 18 years of age	20
18 or older	33
Asian	193
Under 18 years of age	41
18 or older	152
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	17
Under 18 years of age	8
18 or older	9
Asian or Pacific Islander	210
Under 18 years of age	49
18 or older	161
Other	362
Under 18 years of age	136
18 or older	226
Two or more races classified	587
Under 18 years of age	319
18 or older	268
	1,169
Hispanic or Latino
Under 18 years of age	471
18 or older	698
Not Hispanic or Latino	22,293
Under 18 years of age	5,851
18 or older	16,442
Population by Household for Park Forest, Illinois
Year	1980	1990	2000
Total Population	26,222	24,656	23,462
Number of Households	8,985	9,119	9,138
With people under 18 present	4,240	3,643	3,373
With people 65 or older	1,201	1,976	2,109
Population in Households	25,755	24,137	23,047
In Family Households	23,643	21,319	19,649
In Nonfamily Households	2,112	2,818	3,398
Population in Group Quarters	467	519	415
Institutionalized	467	509	405
Other	0	10	10
	2.87	2.65	2.52
Average Household Size
Number of Households	8,985	9,119	9,138
Single-person households	1,492	2,130	2,591
Male	577	748	879
Female	915	1,382	1,712
Householder 65 or older	428	766	952
Multiple-person households	7,493	6,989	6,547
With people 65 or older present	773	1,210	1,157
Family households	7,225	6,683	6,186
With people under 18 present	4,212	3,614	3,337
With people 65 or older present	758	1,192	1,132
Married-couple family	5,930	5,013	4,101
With people under 18 present	3,323	2,567	1,999
Male householder family, no wife present	226	306	365
With people under 18 present	116	172	207
Female householder family, no husband present	1,069	1,364	1,720
With people under 18 present	773	875	1,131
Non-family households	268	306	361
With people 65 or older present	15	18	25
Male householder	183	180	185
Female householder	85	126	176
Housing Occupancy and Occupant Characteristics
Year	1980	1990	2000
Housing units	9,247	9,442	9,470
Occupied	8,985	9,119	9,138
Owner occupied	5,687	6,352	6,795
Renter occupied	3,298	2,767	2,343
Vacant	262	323	332
		109	96
Age of householder
Owner-occupied housing units:
15 to 24 years
25 to 34 years		1,307	1,032
35 to 44 years		1,613	1,587
45 to 54 years		1,094	1,592
55 to 64 years		972	1,010
65 to 74 years		917	792
75 years and over		340	686
75 to 84 years			595
85 years and over			91
		109	132
Renter-occupied housing units
15 to 24 years
25 to 34 years		783	521
35 to 44 years		736	515
45 to 54 years		372	452
55 to 64 years		256	274
65 to 74 years		264	228
75 years and over		247	221
75 to 84 years			161
85 years and over			60
	5,174	5,322	4,727
Race of householder
Owner-occupied housing units:
White
Black	406	913	1,849
American Indian, Eskimo, Aluet	4	8	14