Selected Indicators from the U.S. Census and Chicago Public Schools Records Related to the Lives and Schooling of Children

Table 1: Population and Racial Composition

	Count			Percentage of Chicago Population
	1990	2000	Increase/ (Decrease)	1990	2000	Percentage Point Increase/ (Decrease)
Total Population	36,779	37,340	561	1.3%	1.3%	0.0%
	Count			Percentage of Chatham Population
	1990	2000	Increase/ (Decrease)	1990	2000	Percentage Point Increase/ (Decrease)
Racial Composition
White Non-Hispanic	355	230	N/A	1.0%	0.6%	N/A
Black Non-Hispanic	36,051	36,278	N/A	98.0%	97.2%	N/A
Hispanic	312	326	N/A	0.8%	0.9%	N/A
Asian	29	160	N/A	0.1%	0.4%	N/A
Native American	23	56	N/A	0.1%	0.1%	N/A
Other	9	18	N/A	0.0%	0.0%	N/A
Multiracial	N/A	272	N/A	N/A	0.7%	N/A
School-Age Children (ages 5 to 17)	5,478	6,596	1,118	14.9%	17.7%	2.8%
Preschool-Age Children (ages 0 to 4)	2,169	2,515	346	5.9%	6.7%	0.8%

Note: The U.S. Census added a "multiracial" category to the 2000 Census that did not exist in the 1990 Census. The 1990 Census instructed respondents to fill in only one race for each person surveyed. All persons who responded with two or more races in 2000 were classified as "multiracial." The addition of a "multiracial" category in 2000 makes a direct comparison between 1990 and 2000 impossible because the persons in the 2000 "multiracial" category were distributed among the various racial categories in 1990.