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DEMOGRAPHICS
 
 
DP-1. Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000
 
 
Data Set: Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data
 
 

Geographic Area:
 Oak Lawn, Illinois

 
 
NOTE: For information on confidentiality protection, nonsampling
error, definitions, and count correctcions see
 
 
 
 
Subject
Number
Percent
 
 
 
Total Population
55,245
100.0
 
 
 
 
 
 
SEX AND AGE
 
 
Male
25,902
46.9
Female
29,343
53.1
 
 
 
Under 5 years
2,976
5.4
5 to 9 years
3,329
6.0
10 to 14 years
3,571
6.5
15 to 19 years
3,454
6.3
20 to 24 years
2,792
5.1
25 to 29 years
2,885
5.2
30 to 34 years
3,304
6.0
35 to 39 years
3,999
7.2
40 to 44 years
4,275
7.7
45 to 49 years
3,806
6.9
50 to 54 years
3,361
6.1
55 to 59 years
2,779
5.0
60 to 64 years
2,699
4.9
65 to 69 years
2,816
5.1
70 to 74 years
2,962
5.4
75 to 79 years
2,899
5.2
80 to 84 years
1,925
3.5
85 to 89 years
1,015
1.8
90 years and over
398
0.7
 
 
 
Median age (years)
41.5
(X)
 
 
 
18 years and over
43,122
78.1
   Male
19,708
76.1
   Female
23,414
79.8
21 years and over
41,338
74.8
60 years and over
14,714
26.6
62 years and over
13,644
24.7
   Male
5,294
20.4
   Female
8,350
28.5
67 years and over
10,922
19.8
75 years and over
6,237
11.3
 
 
 
RACE
 
 
One race
54,198
98.1
   White
51,570
93.3
   Hispanic or Latino
2,942
5.3
   Asian
953
1.7
   Black or African American
673
1.2
   American Indian and Alaska Native
92
0.2
   Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander
5
0.0
   Some other race
905
1.6
Two or more races
1,047
1.9
 
 
 
RELATIONSHIP
 
 
Total population
55,245
100.0
In households
54,755
99.1
   Householder
22,220
40.6
   Spouse
11,559
21.1
   Child
16,756
30.6
     Under 18 years
11,188
20.4
   Other relatives
846
1.5
     Under 18 years
159
1.3
   Nonrelatives
1,370
2.5
   Unmarried partner
613
1.1
In group quarters
490
0.9
   Institutionalized population
471
0.9
   Noninstitutionalized population
19
0.0
 
 
 
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
 
 
Total households
18,422
100.0
Family households (families)
12,892
70.0
     With own children under 18 years
5,728
39.4
   Married-couple families
10,580
100.0
     With own children under 18 years
4,752
41.1
Female householder, no husband present
2,245
100.0
     With own children under 18 years
749
33.4
Nonfamily households
7,665
34.5
   Male householder
2,702
12.2
     Living alone
2,270
10.2
   Female householder
4,963
22.3
     Living alone
4,606
20.7
 
 
 
Average household size
2.46
(X)
Average family size
3.14
(X)
 
 
 
HOUSING TENURE
 
 
   Occupied housing units
22,220
97.3
     Owner-occupied housing units
18,422
82.9
     Renter-occupied housing units
3,798
17.1
   Vacant housing units
626
2.7
 
 
 
SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS
 
 
   High school graduate or higher
32,678
83.5
   Bachelor's degree or higher
8,196
20.9
   Civilian veterans
5,972
13.8
 
 
 
(X) Not applicable
 
 
1 Other Asian alone, or two or more Asian categories.
 
 
2 Other Pacific Islander alone, or two or more Native Hawaiian
and Other Pacific Islander categories
 
 
3 In combination with one or more other races listed. The six
numbers may add to more than the total population and the six
 
 
percentages may add to more than 100 percent because
individuals may report more than one race.
 
 
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Cenus 2000 Summary File 1,
Matrices P1, P3, P4, P8, P9, P12, P13, P17, P18, P19, P20
 
 
P23, P27, P28, P33, PCT5, PCT8, PCT11, PCT15, H1,
H3, H4, H5, H11, and H12