People in Chicago, Illinois

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People	Chicago, IL	United States
Population	2,695,598	308,035,306
Pop. Density	11,842	87
Pop. Change	-7.16%	8.07%
Median Age	33.1	37.3
Households	1,045,560	116,716,292
Household Size	2.52	2.58
Male Population	48.53%	49.27%
Female Population	51.47%	50.96%
Married Population	31.20%	47.02%
Single Population	68.80%	52.98%

Marital Status

The 2012 Chicago, IL, population is 2,695,598. There are 11,842 people per square mile (population density).

Family in Chicago, IL

The median age is 33.1. The US median is 37.3. 31.20% of people in Chicago, IL, are married. 9.22% are divorced.

The average household size is 2.52 people. 26.11% of people are married, with children. 19.49% have children, but are single.

Race in Chicago, IL

44.99% of people are white, 32.93% are black, 5.46% are asian, 0.49% are native american, and 16.12% claim 'Other'.

4.19% of the people in Chicago, IL, claim hispanic ethnicity (meaning 95.81% are non-hispanic).

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