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The 7th Congressional District of Illinois:
The 7th Congressional District in Illinois
is one of the most exciting, interesting, diverse and dynamic places to live and work in the
nation. It is a community with unlimited potential. It is also a
district with great disparities and challenges.
Zip codes (all or
part) in the district are: 60104, 60130, 60141, 60153-55, 60160, 60162-63,
60301-05, 60402, 60546, 60601-12, 60614-16, 60621-24, 60636-37, 60639, 60644,
60651, 60653-54, 60661, 60663-64, 60668, 60670, 60673-60675, 60677-82, 60684-87,
60689, 60690-91,
60693-97, 60699, 60707, 60804.
82% of persons 25 years of age and older
were high school graduates -- 34% had a Bachelor's degree or higher. The
median household income was $38,585; 22% were receiving Social Security with
an average Social Security payment of $11,956. 24% of families and 44%
of children under 18 lived below the poverty level.
23% of workers in the District are employed
in Education, health and social services; 16% in professional and business
services; 12% in finance, real estate and rental/leasing; 10% in retail
trade; 9% in manufacturing; 8% in leisure and hospitality; 5% in
construction; 4% in wholesale trade and 2% in information.
There are
238,000 housing units in the 7th District. Average household size is
2.5 persons; married couples 29%; other families 26%; people living alone
39% and other non-family 7%. 49% are
owner occupied and 51% are renter occupied. 50% of owners with
mortgages, 31% of owners without mortgages and 54% of renters spend more
than 30% of their income on housing.
For those who would like to explore further, a list of links to sites of
Cultural Institutions in the 7th District:
Adler
Planetarium and Astronomy Museum
Arie Crown
Theater at McCormick Place
Chicago, Illinois
312-791-6000
Art Institute of Chicago
Auditorium Theatre
50 East Congress Parkway
Chicago, Illinois
312-922-2110
Chicago Center
for Black Music Research Library
Chicago
Center for the Performing Arts
777 North Green
Chicago, Illinois
773-829-4700
70 East Lake Street
Suite 1300
Chicago, Illinois
312-236-3681
Navy Pier
Chicago, Illinois
312-595-5600
220 South Michigan
Chicago, Illinois
312-294-3333
200 North Oak Park Avenue
Oak Park, Illinois
708-848-2222
Field
Museum of Natural History
Ford
Center for the Performance Arts Oriental Theatre
24 West Randolph
Chicago, Illinois
312-977-1700
Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio
951 Chicago Avenue
Oak Park, Illinois 60302
708-848-1976
Garfield Park Conservatory
168 North Michigan
Chicago, Illinois
312-726-1234
1147 West Jackson
Chicago, Illinois
312-850-9744
Hull House (Jane
Addams) Museum
800 South Halsted
Chicago, Illinois
312-413-5353
Illinois Labor History Society
28 East Jackson
Chicago, Illinois
312-663-4107
70 East Lake
Chicago, Illinois
312-739-0120
821 North Michigan Avenue
Chicago, Illinois
312-337-0665
20 North Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois
312-332-2244
Museum of Broadcast Communications
Museum of
Contemporary Photography
600 South Michigan
Chicago, Illinois
312-663-5554
National
Vietnam Veterans Art Museum
1801 South Indiana Avenue
Chicago, Illinois
312-326-0270
600 East Grand Avenue
Chicago, Illinois
312-595-5170
Polish Museum of America
984 North Milwaukee Avenue
Chicago, Illinois
773-384-3352
2401 South Wabash
Chicago, Illinois
312-791-1846
22 West Monroe
Chicago, Illinois
312-977-1701
1650 North Halsted
Chicago, Illinois
312-335-1650
Ukrainian National Museum of Chicago
721 North Oakley
Chicago, Illinois
312-421-8020
Harold Washington Library Center
565 West Adams
Chicago, Illinois
312-906-5000
600 South Michigan
Chicago, Illinois
312-663-1600
7400 Augusta
River Forest, Illinois
800-285-2668
Cooking and
Hospitality Institute of Chicago
361 West Chestnut
Chicago, Illinois
312-944-2725
1 East Jackson Boulevard
Chicago, Illinois
312-362-8000
7900 Division
River Forest, Illinois
708-366-2490
816 South Michigan
Chicago, Illinois
877-398-9376
30 East Lake Street
Chicago, Illinois
312-553-5600
315 South Plymouth
Chicago, Illinois
312-427-2737
Keller
Graduate School of Management
225 West Washington
Chicago, Illinois
312-372-4900
820 North Michigan
Chicago, Illinois
312-915-6000
1900 West Van Buren
Chicago, Illinois
312-850-7000
122 South Michigan
Chicago, Illinois
800-443-5522
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
303 East Chicago Avenue
Chicago, Illinois
312-563-8649
247 South State Street
Chicago, Illinois
312-913-1616
401 South State Street
Chicago, Illinois
800-225-1520
430 South Michigan
Chicago, Illinois
312-341-3500
600 South Paulina
Chicago, Illinois
312-942-6913
37 South Wabash
Chicago, Illinois
312-899-5100
Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies
618 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago, Illinois
312-922-9012
Stritch
School of Medicine (Loyola University)
2160 South First Avenue
Maywood, Illinois
708-216-3229
University of
Illinois at Chicago
601 South Morgan
Chicago, Illinois
312-996-4350
University of
Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine
1853 West Polk
Chicago, Illinois
312-996-3500
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06/28/2007
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