People QuickFacts	Springfield	Illinois
 	Population, 2011 estimate    	117,076	12,869,257
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	116,272	12,830,632
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011    	0.7%	0.3%
 	Population, 2010    	116,250	12,830,632
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	6.5%	6.5%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	22.9%	24.4%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	14.3%	12.5%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	52.8%	51.0% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	75.8%	71.5%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	18.5%	14.5%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.2%	0.3%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	2.2%	4.6%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	Z	0.0%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	2.6%	2.3%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	2.0%	15.8%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	74.7%	63.7% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, 2006-2010    	81.3%	86.1%
 	Foreign born persons, percent,  2006-2010    	3.5%	13.6%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2006-2010    	5.5%	21.7%
 	High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2006-2010    	90.8%	86.2%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2006-2010    	32.5%	30.3%
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2006-2010    	16.9	28.1 			
 	Homeownership rate, 2006-2010    	64.1%	69.2%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2006-2010    	28.4%	33.0%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2006-2010    	$112,900	$202,500
 	Households, 2006-2010    	50,405	4,769,951
 	Persons per household, 2006-2010    	2.24	2.61
 	Per capita money income in past 12 months (2010 dollars) 2006-2010    	$28,542	$28,782
 	Median household income 2006-2010    	$47,209	$55,735
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2006-2010    	16.2%	12.6%

   	Business QuickFacts	Springfield	Illinois
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	9,886	1,123,817
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	9.5%	9.5%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.5%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	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    	29.5%	30.5% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	545,528	257,760,713
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	1,396,765	231,082,768
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	2,366,891	165,450,520
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$20,214	$12,947
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	311,787	25,469,026

   	Geography QuickFacts	Springfield	Illinois
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	59.48	55,518.93
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	1,954.4	231.1
 	FIPS Code    	72000	17
 	Counties    	Sangamon 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