People QuickFacts	Skokie	Illinois
 	Population, 2011 estimate    	65,066	12,869,257
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	64,784	12,830,632
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011    	0.4%	0.3%
 	Population, 2010    	64,784	12,830,632
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	5.3%	6.5%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	21.8%	24.4%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	17.4%	12.5%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	52.6%	51.0% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	60.3%	71.5%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	7.3%	14.5%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.2%	0.3%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	25.5%	4.6%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	Z	0.0%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	3.6%	2.3%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	8.8%	15.8%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	55.5%	63.7% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, 2006-2010    	88.0%	86.1%
 	Foreign born persons, percent,  2006-2010    	39.9%	13.6%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2006-2010    	52.0%	21.7%
 	High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2006-2010    	90.2%	86.2%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2006-2010    	46.4%	30.3%
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2006-2010    	28.1	28.1 			
 	Homeownership rate, 2006-2010    	74.8%	69.2%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2006-2010    	40.5%	33.0%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2006-2010    	$358,500	$202,500
 	Households, 2006-2010    	22,508	4,769,951
 	Persons per household, 2006-2010    	2.80	2.61
 	Per capita money income in past 12 months (2010 dollars) 2006-2010    	$31,063	$28,782
 	Median household income 2006-2010    	$66,655	$55,735
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2006-2010    	8.9%	12.6%

   	Business QuickFacts	Skokie	Illinois
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	9,275	1,123,817
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	5.0%	9.5%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	0.5%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	15.5%	5.3%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.1%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	3.2%	5.0%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	28.6%	30.5% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	1,355,051	257,760,713
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	D	231,082,768
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	1,224,493	165,450,520
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$18,381	$12,947
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	172,345	25,469,026

   	Geography QuickFacts	Skokie	Illinois
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	10.06	55,518.93
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	6,437.8	231.1
 	FIPS Code    	70122	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