People QuickFacts	Joliet	Illinois
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	148,268	12,875,255
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	147,463	12,830,632
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	0.5%	0.3%
 	Population, 2010    	147,433	12,830,632
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	8.9%	6.5%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	30.8%	24.4%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	8.4%	12.5%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	50.6%	51.0% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	67.5%	71.5%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	16.0%	14.5%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.3%	0.3%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	1.9%	4.6%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	Z	0.0%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	2.9%	2.3%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	27.8%	15.8%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	53.0%	63.7% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	87.2%	86.7%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	14.5%	13.7%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	27.5%	22.0%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	83.4%	86.6%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	22.3%	30.7%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	6,599	770,388
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	31.5	28.1 			
 	Housing units, 2010    	51,285	5,296,715
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	74.0%	68.7%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	21.0%	32.9%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$188,700	$198,500
 	Households, 2007-2011    	46,831	4,773,002
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	3.07	2.62
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$22,826	$29,376
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$60,528	$56,576
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	12.0%	13.1%

   	Business QuickFacts	Joliet	Illinois
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	8,926	1,123,817
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	11.0%	9.5%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	0.5%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	3.9%	5.3%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.1%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	5.0%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	31.3%	30.5% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	1,596,733	257,760,713
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	511,789	231,082,768
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	1,985,326	165,450,520
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$13,868	$12,947
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	564,300	25,469,026

   	Geography QuickFacts	Joliet	Illinois
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	62.11	55,518.93
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	2,373.6	231.1
 	FIPS Code    	38570	17
 	Counties    	Kendall County
 Will 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