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	26,957	39,193	12,236	1.0%	1.4%	0.4%
	Count			Percentage of Gage Park Population
	1990	2000	Increase/ (Decrease)	1990	2000	Percentage Point Increase/ (Decrease)
Racial Composition
White Non-Hispanic	15,057	4,836	N/A	55.9%	12.3%	N/A
Black Non-Hispanic	1,318	2,656	N/A	4.9%	6.8%	N/A
Hispanic	10,467	31,144	N/A	38.8%	79.5%	N/A
Asian	79	136	N/A	0.3%	0.3%	N/A
Native American	23	53	N/A	0.1%	0.1%	N/A
Other	13	7	N/A	0.0%	0.0%	N/A
Multiracial	N/A	361	N/A	N/A	0.9%	N/A
School-Age Children (ages 5 to 17)	5,357	9,914	4,557	19.9%	25.3%	5.4%
Preschool-Age Children (ages 0 to 4)	2,149	4,137	1,988	8.0%	10.6%	2.6%

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.