Population: 2,862,244
Males: 1,405,107 (48.5%), Females: 1,490,909 (51.5%)

Elevation: 596 feet

County: Cook

Land area: 227.1 square miles

Zip codes: 60601, 60602, 60603, 60604, 60605, 60606, 60607, 60608, 60609, 60610, 60611, 60612, 60613, 60614, 60615, 60616, 60617, 60618, 60619, 60620, 60621, 60622, 60623, 60624, 60625, 60626, 60628, 60629, 60630, 60631, 60632, 60633, 60634, 60636, 60637, 60638, 60639, 60640, 60641, 60643, 60644, 60645, 60646, 60647, 60649, 60651, 60652, 60653, 60654, 60655, 60656, 60657, 60659, 60660, 60661.

Median resident age: 31.5 years
Median household income: $38,625
Median house value: $132,400

Races in Chicago:

• Black (36.8%)

• White Non-Hispanic (31.3%)

• Hispanic (26.0%)

• Other race (13.6%)

• Two or more races (2.9%)

• Chinese (1.1%)

• Filipino (1.0%)

• Asian Indian (0.9%)

• American Indian (0.7%)

• Other Asian (0.5%)

(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

Ancestries: Polish (7.3%), Irish (6.6%), German (6.5%), Italian (3.5%), English (2.0%), United States (1.3%).

For population 25 years and over in Chicago

• High school or higher: 71.8%

• Bachelor's degree or higher: 25.5%

• Graduate or professional degree: 10.0%

• Unemployed: 10.1%

• Mean travel time to work: 35.2 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Chicago city

• Never married: 40.9%

• Now married: 39.9%

• Separated: 3.4%

• Widowed: 7.0%

• Divorced: 8.8%

21.7% Foreign born (12.2% Latin America, 5.0% Europe, 3.9% Asia).

Population change in the 1990s: +110,188 (+4.0%).