PLAINFIELD
Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau
POPULATION BY AGE - 5 year increments
Year	1980	1990	2000
Total Population	3,767	4,557	13,038
Male	1,799	2,246	6,537
Female	1,968	2,311	6,501
Under 5 Years	281	326	1,248
Male	144	169	678
Female	137	157	570
5 to 9 Years	298	330	1,276
Male	157	176	671
Female	141	154	605
10 to 14 Years	310	370	1,101
Male	134	202	562
Female	176	168	539
15 to 19 Years	321	367	800
Male	157	185	401
Female	164	182	399
20 to 24 Years	341	290	551
Male	176	144	289
Female	165	146	262
25 to 29 Years	308	314	750
Male	156	167	322
Female	152	147	428
30 to 34 Years	334	385	1,273
Male	173	172	619
Female	161	213	654
35 to 44 Years	463	829	2,696
Male	224	416	1,365
Female	239	413	1,331
35 to 39 Years		394	1,511
Male		196	749
Female		198	762
40 to 44 Years		435	1,185
Male		220	616
Female		215	569
45 to 54 Years	355	537	1,725
Male	167	273	895
Female	188	264	830
45 to 49 Years		319	909
Male		158	472
Female		161	437
50 to 54 Years		218	816
Male		115	423
Female		103	393
55 to 59 Years	188	183	506
Male	96	86	259
Female	92	97	247
60 to 64 Years	146	162	294
Male	66	79	149
Female	80	83	145
65 to 74 Years	235	260	427
Male	94	110	187
Female	141	150	240
65 to 69 Years		148	223
Male		68	97
Female		80	126
70 to 74 Years		112	204
Male		42	90
Female		70	114
75 to 84 Years	129	141	295
Male	40	47	115
Female	89	94	180
75 to 79 Years		82	184
Male		31	72
Female		51	112
80 to 84 Years		59	111
Male		16	43
Female		43	68
85 Years and Over	58	63	96
Male	15	20	25
Female	43	43	71
Population by Race and Hispanic Origin
Year	2000
Total Population	13,038
Single-Race classification	12,913
White	12,497
Under 18 years of age	3,938
18 or older	8,559
Black or African-American	110
Under 18 years of age	44
18 or older	66
American Indian or Native Alaskan	10
Under 18 years of age	6
18 or older	4
Asian	163
Under 18 years of age	49
18 or older	114
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	1
Under 18 years of age
18 or older	1
Asian or Pacific Islander	164
Under 18 years of age	49
18 or older	115
Other	132
Under 18 years of age	52
18 or older	80
Two or more races classified	125
Under 18 years of age	68
18 or older	57
	504
Hispanic or Latino
Under 18 years of age	221
18 or older	283
Not Hispanic or Latino	12,534
Under 18 years of age	3,936
18 or older	8,598
Population by Household for Plainfield, Illinois
Year	1980	1990	2000
Total Population	3,767	4,557	13,038
Number of Households	1,347	1,647	4,315
With people under 18 present	548	654	2,103
With people 65 or older	290	317	545
Population in Households	3,733	4,514	12,967
In Family Households	3,373	4,063	11,975
In Nonfamily Households	360	451	992
Population in Group Quarters	34	43	71
Institutionalized	34	43	69
Other	0	0	2
	2.77	2.74	3.01
Average Household Size
Number of Households	1,347	1,647	4,315
Single-person households	273	345	637
Male	95	136	322
Female	178	209	315
Householder 65 or older	116	138	182
Multiple-person households	1,074	1,302	3,678
With people 65 or older present	174	179	363
Family households	1,033	1,255	3,522
With people under 18 present	547	649	2,091
With people 65 or older present	167	172	346
Married-couple family	922	1,086	3,177
With people under 18 present	476	557	1,884
Male householder family, no wife present	21	37	99
With people under 18 present	11	13	54
Female householder family, no husband present	90	132	246
With people under 18 present	60	79	153
Non-family households	41	47	156
With people 65 or older present	7	7	17
Male householder	23	34	97
Female householder	18	13	59
Housing Occupancy and Occupant Characteristics
Year	1980	1990	2000
Housing units	1,406	1,691	4,609
Occupied	1,347	1,647	4,315
Owner occupied	887	1,168	3,783
Renter occupied	460	479	532
Vacant	59	44	294
		6	27
Age of householder
Owner-occupied housing units:
15 to 24 years
25 to 34 years		172	775
35 to 44 years		360	1,300
45 to 54 years		258	880
55 to 64 years		166	418
65 to 74 years		123	224
75 years and over		83	159
75 to 84 years			133
85 years and over			26
		53	59
Renter-occupied housing units
15 to 24 years
25 to 34 years		145	137
35 to 44 years		99	133
45 to 54 years		59	88
55 to 64 years		38	46
65 to 74 years		39	24
75 years and over		46	45
75 to 84 years			32
85 years and over			13
	884	1,160	3,662
Race of householder
Owner-occupied housing units:
White
Black	0	0	31
American Indian, Eskimo, Aluet	1	0	1
Asian and Pacific Islander	1	5	42
Asian			42
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