People QuickFacts	Des Plaines	Illinois
  	Population, 2006 estimate    	57,033	12,831,970
  	Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006    	0.1%	3.3%
  	Population, 2000    	58,720	12,419,293
  	Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000    	5.9%	7.1%
  	Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000    	22.3%	26.1%
  	Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000    	17.2%	12.1%
  	Female persons, percent, 2000    	51.6%	51.0% 			
  	White persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	84.4%	73.5%
  	Black persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	1.0%	15.1%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	0.3%	0.3%
  	Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	7.6%	3.4%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a)    	Z	Z
  	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000    	2.0%	1.9%
  	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)    	14.0%	12.3% 			
  	Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over    	62.6%	56.8%
  	Foreign born persons, percent, 2000    	23.9%	12.3%
  	Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000    	32.4%	19.2%
  	High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000    	81.9%	81.4%
  	Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000    	24.7%	26.1%
  	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000    	27.4	28.0 			
  	Housing units, 2000    	22,851	4,885,615
  	Homeownership rate, 2000    	79.3%	67.3%
  	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000    	$184,600	$130,800 			
  	Households, 2000    	22,362	4,591,779
  	Persons per household, 2000    	2.58	2.63
  	Median household income, 1999    	$53,638	$46,590
  	Per capita money income, 1999    	$24,146	$23,104
  	Persons below poverty, percent, 1999    	4.6%	10.7%

   	Business QuickFacts	Des Plaines	Illinois
  	Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000)    	3,309,839	317,467,059
  	Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)    	814,706	131,469,518
  	Retail sales per capita, 2002    	$14,405	$10,445
  	Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000)    	102,619	19,072,168
  	Total number of firms, 2002    	6,017	958,120
  	Black-owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	7.2%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	0.4%
  	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002    	11.6%	4.6%
  	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002    	4.8%	4.1%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	0.1%
  	Women-owned firms, percent, 2002    	18.1%	29.7% 			

   	Geography QuickFacts	Des Plaines	Illinois
  	Land area, 2000 (square miles)    	14	55,583
  	Persons per square mile, 2000    	4,072.1	223.4
  	FIPS Code    	19642	17
 	Counties    	Cook County
 	

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms

Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts