People QuickFacts	Highland Park	Illinois
  	Population, 2006 estimate    	31,614	12,831,970
  	Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006    	4.5%	3.3%
  	Population, 2000    	31,365	12,419,293
  	Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000    	7.4%	7.1%
  	Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000    	27.0%	26.1%
  	Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000    	15.1%	12.1%
  	Female persons, percent, 2000    	51.0%	51.0% 			
  	White persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	91.2%	73.5%
  	Black persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	1.8%	15.1%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	0.1%	0.3%
  	Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	2.3%	3.4%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a)    	Z	Z
  	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000    	1.2%	1.9%
  	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)    	8.9%	12.3% 			
  	Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over    	64.9%	56.8%
  	Foreign born persons, percent, 2000    	15.3%	12.3%
  	Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000    	19.5%	19.2%
  	High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000    	91.7%	81.4%
  	Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000    	61.6%	26.1%
  	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000    	30.5	28.0 			
  	Housing units, 2000    	11,934	4,885,615
  	Homeownership rate, 2000    	82.1%	67.3%
  	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000    	$380,000	$130,800 			
  	Households, 2000    	11,521	4,591,779
  	Persons per household, 2000    	2.71	2.63
  	Median household income, 1999    	$100,967	$46,590
  	Per capita money income, 1999    	$55,331	$23,104
  	Persons below poverty, percent, 1999    	3.8%	10.7%

   	Business QuickFacts	Highland Park	Illinois
  	Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000)    	689,870	317,467,059
  	Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)    	851,363	131,469,518
  	Retail sales per capita, 2002    	$27,632	$10,445
  	Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000)    	46,161	19,072,168
  	Total number of firms, 2002    	5,162	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    	4.9%	4.6%
  	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002    	S	4.1%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	0.1%
  	Women-owned firms, percent, 2002    	36.8%	29.7% 			

   	Geography QuickFacts	Highland Park	Illinois
  	Land area, 2000 (square miles)    	12	55,583
  	Persons per square mile, 2000    	2,537.6	223.4
  	FIPS Code    	34722	17
 	Counties    	Lake 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