People QuickFacts North Chicago Illinois Population, 2011 estimate 32,682 12,859,752 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 32,574 12,830,632 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 0.3% 0.2% Population, 2010 32,574 12,830,632 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 6.7% 6.5% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 20.2% 24.4% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 4.3% 12.5% Female persons, percent, 2010 39.5% 51.0%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 47.9% 71.5% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 29.9% 14.5% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.7% 0.3% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 3.8% 4.6% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) 0.1% 0.0% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 4.3% 2.3% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 27.2% 15.8% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 36.3% 63.7%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 58.8% 86.7% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 19.1% 13.7% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 31.0% 22.0% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 76.2% 86.6% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 17.1% 30.7% Veterans, 2007-2011 2,013 770,388 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 17.5 28.1  Housing units, 2010 7,745 5,296,715 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 40.3% 68.7% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 42.0% 32.9% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $141,900 $198,500 Households, 2007-2011 7,205 4,773,002 Persons per household, 2007-2011 3.05 2.62 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $17,125 $29,376 Median household income, 2007-2011 $43,499 $56,576 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 21.4% 13.1%     Business QuickFacts North Chicago Illinois Total number of firms, 2007 748 1,123,817 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 46.0% 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 14.2% 5.0% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 60.7% 30.5%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 355,908 257,760,713 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 333,681 231,082,768 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 71,422 165,450,520 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $2,200 $12,947 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 27,484 25,469,026     Geography QuickFacts North Chicago Illinois Land area in square miles, 2010 7.90 55,518.93 Persons per square mile, 2010 4,123.8 231.1 FIPS Code 53559 17 Counties Lake 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