Friday, December 7, 2012
The U.S. Census Bureau has released information highlighting demographics for cities and town across the nation, including Glen Ellyn.
Census information is out and it shows what many residents here know. Glen Ellyn is mostly white, educated and financially well-off. In addition, women here are in the majority. In Glen Ellyn, among residents living in town, 75 percent own their own homes and those homes are worth well above the median Illinois home price, according to newly released census information. In addition, Glen Ellyn’s population continues to see incremental growth. In 2011, it was estimated 27,648 people called Glen Ellyn home, up 0.7 percent or 200 people from April 2010, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The U.S. Census Bureau released information Thursday gathered between 2007-11 for its American Communities Survey, providing statistics down to the …
Thursday, December 15, 2011
What do you say? The data reveals that married couples make up barely half of all American households.
The segment of the married U.S. population is about 51 percent, a decline of about 6 percent since the last census in 2000. In Illinois, the U.S. Census Bureau estimates about 52 percent of men, 18 and older, and 47 percent of women, 18 and older, are married. A societal snapshot As the Washington Post points out, the data reflects current conditions; meaning people who are unmarried today may not remain single over time. "(The data) are a byproduct of a steady increase in the median age when people first marry, now at an all-time high of older than 26 for women and almost 29 for men," says the Washington Post. According to an expert cited in The Huffington Post, the reason is twofold: "The fast-growing older population is more likely to …
Friday, June 3, 2011
Jump in Hispanic population saves Illinois from population loss.
The tallies are in and Illinois, like the U.S., is growing, getting older and considerably more diverse, according to the decennial census. From 2000 to 2010, Illinois’ Hispanic population grew at a rate five times faster than the state’s total population. Without this growth Illinois’ overall population would have decreased by a little more than 100,000 residents. Ballooning by 15.8 percent or nearly half a million people over the last decade, Illinois’ Hispanic population climbed just over 2 million residents, expanding their presence in communities across the state. In fact, Kendall County is one of five counties in the U.S. that saw the largest increase, more than tripling their Hispanic population since 2000. National statistics show …
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