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    Source: US Census unless otherwise noted.
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    POPULATION:
    
     2000:           26,999
     1994:           25,673 (1994 Special Census)
     1990:           24,944 
     1980:           23,698
    
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    POPULATION BY GENDER: (1994 Special Census)
    
     Male            12,576 
     Female          13,097
    
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    MEDIAN AGE: (1994 Special Census)
                         33.7 years
    
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    POPULATION BY AGE: (1994 Special Census)
    
     9 and younger       17.3 %
     10-19               13.6 %
     20-29               12.4 %
     30-39               17.8 %
     40-49               15.2 %
     50-59                9.5 %
     60-69                7.5 %
     70-79                4.8 %
     80 and older         1.9 %
    
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    TOTAL HOUSEHOLDS:   9,557 (1990 US Census)
    
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    NUMBER IN HOUSEHOLD (1990 US Census):
    
          1 person        23.1 %
          2 persons       31.8 %
          3 persons       17.2 %
          4 persons       17.3 %
          5 persons        7.1 %
          6 persons        2.6 %
          7 or more        0.9 %
    
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    INCOME: (1992 Economic Census)
    
     Median Family Income     $79,457
     Median Household Income  $61,750
     Per Capita Income        $24,151
    
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    MARITAL STATUS
                                Male   Female   Total
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     Never married            13.2 %    9.7 %   22.9 %
     Married, spouse present  31.9 %   31.7 %   63.6 %
     Married, spouse absent    0.6 %    0.6 %    1.2 %
     Widowed                   0.7 %    4.9 %    5.6 %
     Divorced                  2.2 %    4.4 %    6.6 %
    
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    POPULATION BY RACE: (2000 US Census):
    
     White                     90.9 %
     Asian & Pacific Islander   5.5 %
     Hispanic                   4.7 %
     African American           2.4 %
     Native American            0.3 %
     Other                      2.7 %
    
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    REPORTED ANCESTRY (1990 US Census):
    
     Arab                       0.4 %
     Austrian                   0.4 %
     Belgian                    0.1 %
     Canadian                   0.2 %
     Czech                      1.4 %
     Danish                     0.9 %
     Dutch                      1.2 %
     English                    9.9 %
     Finnish                    0.2 %
     French                     0.9 %
     French Canadian            0.4 %
     German                    25.3 %
     Greek                      1.1 %
     Hungarian                  0.5 %
     Irish                     15.6 %
     Italian                    8.7 %
     Lithuanian                 0.8 %
     Norwegian                  1.6 %
     Polish                     5.9 %
     Rumanian                   0.1 %
     Russian                    0.6 %
     Scotch Irish               1.3 %
     Scottish                   2.1 %
     Slovak                     0.6 %
     Swedish                    3.7 %
     Swiss                      0.5 %
     Ukrainian                  0.3 %
     US                         1.0 %
     Welsh                      0.2 %
     Yugoslavian                0.3 %
     Racial or Hispanic origin  4.8 %
     Other and Unknown          8.9 %
    
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    EMPLOYMENT, 16 AND OVER (1990 US Census):
    
     Status                 Male   Female    Total
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     Employed             39.2 %   30.9 %   70.1 %
     Unemployed            1.6 %    1.0 %    2.6 %
     Not in labor force    7.7 %   19.6 %   27.3 %
    
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    POPULATION 16 AND OLDER BY OCCUPATION (1990 US Census):
    
     Occupation                           Employed Percent
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     Executive, Managerial & Administrative  2,843  21.2 %
     Professional specialty                  3,099  23.1 %
     Sales                                   2,462  18.4 %
     Administrative support & Clerical       2,110  15.8 %
     Service                                   926   6.9 %
     Precision production, Craft & Repair      903   6.7 %
     Operators, Fabricators & Laborers         653   4.9 %
     Technical support                         360   2.7 %
     Farming, Forestry & Fishing                38   0.3 %
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     Total                                  13,394 100.0 %
    
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    POPULATION 25 AND OLDER BY EDUCATION (1990 US Census):
    
     High school graduate (12)            15.6 %
     Some College                         21.7 %
     Bachelor degree only                 33.2 %
     Graduate or professional degree      18.2 %
     Percent high school grad or higher   94.1 %
     Percent bachelor's degree or higher  51.4 %
    
     Median years of school completed:   16.1 years
    
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    SCHOOL ENROLLMENT:
    
     Preprimary, public                    1.6 %
     Preprimary, private                   1.5 %
     Elementary or high school, public    14.8 %
     Elementary or high school, private    2.2 %
     College, public                       5.7 %
     College, private                      2.9 %
    
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    TEST SCORES
    
     1994 Average Test Scores for District 89.
     Statewide Illinois Scores in (parentheses).
    
               Reading         Writing         Math
     Grade     Max 500          Max 32      Max 500
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     3rd     283 (255)     20.9 (18.7)    326 (271)
     6th     326 (263)     25.2 (22.5)    339 (263)
     8th     314 (260)     27.2 (24.0)    337 (273)
    
               Science  Social Studies
               Max 500         Max 500
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     4th     318 (246)       306 (245)
     7th     316 (242)       318 (248)
    
     1994 Average Test Scores for District 41.
     Statewide Illinois Scores in (parentheses).
    
               Reading        Writing         Math
     Grade     Max 500         Max 32      Max 500
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     3rd     314 (255)    20.6 (18.7)    325 (271)
     6th     299 (263)    21.8 (22.5)    309 (263)
     8th     334 (260)    27.3 (24.0)    337 (273)
    
               Scienc  Social Studies
               Max 500        Max 500
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     4th     316 (246)      316 (245)
     7th     307 (242)      329 (248)
    
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    MEDIAN HOME VALUE:   $162,500
                         $198,729 (Interealty Corp.)
    
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    OCCUPIED UNITS (1990 US Census):
    
     Owner Occupied        7,267  76 %
     Renter Occupied       2,290  24 %
    
     Single-Family Units:  72.7 % (Interealty Corp.)
     Multifamily Units:    27.3 % (Interealty Corp.)
    
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    HOUSING COSTS:
    
     Condominiums         $55,000  -  $135,000
     Townhouses           $80,000  -  $250,000
     Single-family homes  $75,000  - $1,250,000
    
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    YEAR BUILT (1990 US Census):
    
     1989-March 1990     1.2 %
     1985-1988           4.1 %
     1980-1984           5.2 %
     1970-1979          22.8 %
     1960-1969          21.6 %
     1960-1969          21.6 %
     1950-1959          18.0 %
     1940-1949           6.5 %
     1939 and earlier   20.6 %
    
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    ROOMS IN HOME: (1990 US Census):
    
     One room           0.8 %
     Two rooms          2.4 %
     Three rooms        9.3 %
     Four rooms        13.4 %
     Five rooms        14.3 %
     Six rooms         15.0 %
     Seven rooms       16.2 %
     Eight rooms       13.9 %
     Nine rooms        14.6 %
    
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