People QuickFacts	Blue Island	Illinois
 	Population, 2011 estimate    	23,809	12,859,752
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	23,706	12,830,632
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011    	0.4%	0.2%
 	Population, 2010    	23,706	12,830,632
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	8.4%	6.5%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	29.8%	24.4%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	8.5%	12.5%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	51.0%	51.0% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	41.3%	71.5%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	30.8%	14.5%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.8%	0.3%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.4%	4.6%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.1%	0.0%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	3.0%	2.3%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	47.0%	15.8%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	21.0%	63.7% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	86.5%	86.7%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	20.0%	13.7%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	39.3%	22.0%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	75.0%	86.6%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	10.6%	30.7%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	1,136	770,388
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	28.9	28.1 			
 	Housing units, 2010    	8,854	5,296,715
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	56.1%	68.7%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	50.0%	32.9%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$156,800	$198,500
 	Households, 2007-2011    	7,761	4,773,002
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	3.02	2.62
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$18,011	$29,376
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$43,311	$56,576
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	19.0%	13.1%

   	Business QuickFacts	Blue Island	Illinois
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	1,240	1,123,817
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	26.5%	9.5%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.5%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	3.3%	5.3%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.1%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	16.7%	5.0%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	39.6%	30.5% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	319,011	257,760,713
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	211,754	231,082,768
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	135,822	165,450,520
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$6,131	$12,947
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	27,078	25,469,026

   	Geography QuickFacts	Blue Island	Illinois
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	4.07	55,518.93
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	5,823.1	231.1
 	FIPS Code    	06704	17
 	Counties    	Cook County
 	

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms

Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts