Consortium on Chicago School Research
Selected Indicators from the U.S. Census and Chicago Public Schools Records Related to the Lives and Schooling of ChildrenSouth Chicago (46)
Table 1: Population and Racial Composition
Count |
Percentage of Chicago Population | |||||
1990 |
2000 |
Increase/ (Decrease) |
1990 |
2000 |
Percentage Point Increase/ (Decrease) | |
| Total Population |
40,645 |
38,596 |
(2,049) |
1.5% |
1.3% |
( 0.2%) |
Count |
Percentage of South Chicago
Population | |||||
1990 |
2000 |
Increase/ (Decrease) |
1990 |
2000 |
Percentage Point Increase/ (Decrease) | |
| Racial Composition | ||||||
| White Non-Hispanic |
2,554 |
1,019 |
N/A |
6.3% |
2.6% |
N/A |
| Black Non-Hispanic |
24,759 |
26,101 |
N/A |
60.9% |
67.6% |
N/A |
| Hispanic |
13,167 |
10,500 |
N/A |
32.4% |
27.2% |
N/A |
| Asian |
46 |
247 |
N/A |
0.1% |
0.6% |
N/A |
| Native American |
17 |
46 |
N/A |
0.0% |
0.1% |
N/A |
| Other |
102 |
23 |
N/A |
0.3% |
0.1% |
N/A |
| Multiracial |
N/A |
660 |
N/A |
N/A |
1.7% |
N/A |
| School-Age Children (ages 5 to 17) |
9,448 |
9,277 |
(171) |
23.2% |
24.0% |
0.8% |
| Preschool-Age Children (ages 0 to 4) |
3,452 |
3,577 |
125 |
8.5% |
9.3% |
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.
