People QuickFacts Dixon Illinois Population, 2011 estimate 15,511 12,859,752 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 15,735 12,830,632 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 -1.4% 0.2% Population, 2010 15,733 12,830,632 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 6.3% 6.5% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 19.8% 24.4% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 14.3% 12.5% Female persons, percent, 2010 44.9% 51.0%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 83.9% 71.5% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 10.2% 14.5% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.2% 0.3% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 1.0% 4.6% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) Z 0.0% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 1.8% 2.3% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 6.7% 15.8% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 80.7% 63.7%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 82.6% 86.7% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 2.8% 13.7% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 5.0% 22.0% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 81.3% 86.6% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 14.8% 30.7% Veterans, 2007-2011 1,437 770,388 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 19.2 28.1  Housing units, 2010 6,310 5,296,715 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 65.0% 68.7% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 25.0% 32.9% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $92,600 $198,500 Households, 2007-2011 5,984 4,773,002 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.30 2.62 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $22,311 $29,376 Median household income, 2007-2011 $40,550 $56,576 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 10.5% 13.1%     Business QuickFacts Dixon Illinois Total number of firms, 2007 840 1,123,817 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 9.5% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.5% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 5.3% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 5.0% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 24.0% 30.5%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 683,082 257,760,713 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) D 231,082,768 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 180,832 165,450,520 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $12,089 $12,947 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 24,681 25,469,026     Geography QuickFacts Dixon Illinois Land area in square miles, 2010 7.43 55,518.93 Persons per square mile, 2010 2,117.2 231.1 FIPS Code 20162 17 Counties Lee 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