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Chicago Household Makeup and Size

2010 Household Family Makeup Statistics Chicago, IL Illinois United States
Family HH 617,470 57.73% 3,303,380 67.58% 80,786,957 68.23%
Non-Family HH 452,099 42.27% 1,584,958 32.42% 37,615,186 31.77%
Family Households
Married Family HH 367,083 59.45% 2,536,181 76.78% 61,788,433 76.48%
Other Family HH 250,387 40.55% 767,199 23.22% 18,998,524 23.52%
Other Family Households
Male Householder, No Wife Present 62,383 24.91% 210,354 27.42% 5,269,052 27.73%
Female Householder, No Husband Present 188,004 75.09% 556,845 72.58% 13,729,472 72.27%
Married Family Households
with Children Under 18 174,714 47.60% 1,141,936 45.03% 26,914,156 43.56%
with No Children Under 18 192,369 52.40% 1,394,245 54.97% 34,874,277 56.44%
Other Family Households
Male Householder, No Wife Present with Children Under 18 25,436 10.16% 99,161 12.93% 2,679,014 14.10%
Male Householder, No Wife Present with No Children Under 18 36,947 14.76% 111,193 14.49% 2,590,038 13.63%
Female Householder, No Husband Present with Children Under 18 109,709 43.82% 319,686 41.67% 8,162,103 42.96%
Female Householder, No Husband Present with No Children Under 18 78,295 31.27% 237,159 30.91% 5,567,369 29.30%
Non-Family Households
Male Householder 223,270 49.39% 744,512 46.97% 17,889,615 47.56%
Female Householder 228,829 50.61% 840,446 53.03% 19,725,571 52.44%

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Family Household: A family household is a household maintained by a householder who is in a family, and includes any unrelated people (unrelated subfamily members and/or secondary individuals) who may be residing there.

Married Family Household: A married family household consists of a married householder and one or more other persons living in the same household who are related to the householder by birth, marriage or adoption.

Other Family Household: An other family household consists of a householder and one or more other persons living in the same household who are related to the householder by birth or adoption. These households may have a Male Householder with No Wife Present and/or Female Householder with No Husband Present.

Non-Family Household: A non-family household consists of a householder living alone (a one-person household) or where the householder shares the home exclusively with people to whom he/she is not related.

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Chicago Household Average Size Graph

2010 Household Size Statistics Chicago, IL Illinois United States
Households 1,069,569 4,888,338 118,402,143
Household Growth Since 2000 0.70% 6.46% 12.25%
Average Household Size 2.64 2.58 2.54
Median Household Size 2.60 2.74 2.73
1 Person 360,731 33.73% 1,299,694 26.59% 30,136,064 25.45%
2 Person 290,809 27.19% 1,547,402 31.65% 39,659,597 33.50%
3 Person 150,545 14.08% 760,028 15.55% 19,037,063 16.08%
4 Person 124,659 11.66% 733,943 15.01% 17,509,838 14.79%
5 Person 76,249 7.13% 351,050 7.18% 7,800,606 6.59%
6 Person 35,465 3.32% 122,342 2.50% 2,691,520 2.27%
7 or More Person 31,111 2.91% 73,879 1.51% 1,567,455 1.32%

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Chicago, Illinois Demographics Summary

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