Thornton township, Cook County, Illinois (IL)

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Thornton township, IL map Land area: 47.0 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.5 sq. mi.
Population: 180,802 (all urban)

Males: 84,649	(46.8%)
Females: 96,153	(53.2%)

Occupied houses/apartments: 179,174 (133,117 owner occupied, 46,057 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	26%
State:	33%

Races in Thornton township:

White Non-Hispanic: 33.6%
Black: 57.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.1%
Asian: 0.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.0%
Hispanic or Latino: 7.1%
Two or more races: 1.1%
Some other race: 0.1%

Median age of males: 34.2
Median age of females: 35.9

Average houshold size: 2.77
Average family size: 3.33

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Population density: 3848 people per square mile

(very high).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This township:	11.7%
Whole state:	10.7%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:

This township:	6.0%
Whole state:	5.1%

Cities in this township include: Calumet City, Harvey, Lansing, Dolton, South Holland, Homewood, Riverdale.

Notable locations in this township outside city limits:

Number of foreign born residents: 9,926 (50% naturalized citizens)

Thornton township:	5.5%
State:	12.3%

61% of Thornton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 88% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 30% lived in Illinois.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 128725
Northeast: 1984
Midwest: 16877
South: 20858
West: 1663

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $86,500

Thornton township, Illinois satellite photo by USGS

Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.4%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
Gay men: 0.2% of all households

People in group quarters in Thornton township, Illinois

1166 people in nursing homes
142 people in other nonhousehold living situations
66 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
62 people in hospitals or wards for drug/alcohol abuse
45 people in state prisons
38 people in homes for the mentally retarded
31 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
31 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
21 people in homes for the mentally ill
21 people in other group homes
5 people in religious group quarters

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 46,348
One, attached: 1,305
Two: 3,546
3 or 4: 4,159
5 to 9: 4,462
10 to 19: 3,184
20 to 49: 1,898
50 or more: 2,097
Mobile homes: 1,543
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 4

Median worth of mobile homes: $11,600

Housing units in Thornton township with a mortgage: 28,605 (3,261 second mortgage, 2,391 home equity loan, 109 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 11,262

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 379
1995 to 1998: 1,138
1990 to 1994: 1,022
1980 to 1989: 4,316
1970 to 1979: 14,331
1960 to 1969: 17,435
1950 to 1959: 15,493
1940 to 1949: 6,427
1939 or earlier: 8,005

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Thornton township, Illinois:

1 room: 39
2 rooms: 319
3 rooms: 1,333
4 rooms: 4,030
5 rooms: 13,301
6 rooms: 12,132
7 rooms: 7,994
8 rooms: 4,471
9 or more rooms: 2,712

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Thornton township, Illinois:

1 room: 319
2 rooms: 1,215
3 rooms: 3,768
4 rooms: 5,596
5 rooms: 4,556
6 rooms: 1,804
7 rooms: 669
8 rooms: 233
9 or more rooms: 199

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Thornton township:

no bedroom: 175
1 bedroom: 1,359
2 bedrooms: 9,716
3 bedrooms: 26,943
4 bedrooms: 6,929
5 or more bedrooms: 1,209

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Thornton township:

no bedroom: 446
1 bedroom: 5,402
2 bedrooms: 8,170
3 bedrooms: 3,618
4 bedrooms: 598
5 or more bedrooms: 125

Cars and other vehicles available in Thornton township in owner-occupied houses/condos:

no vehicle: 2,954
1 vehicle: 17,483
2 vehicles: 18,540
3 vehicles: 5,838
4 vehicles: 1,172
5 or more vehicles: 344

Cars and other vehicles available in Thornton township in n renter-occupied apartments

no vehicle: 4,060
1 vehicle: 10,086
2 vehicles: 3,555
3 vehicles: 493
4 vehicles: 83
5 or more vehicles: 82

Most common industries for males:

Construction (10%)
Metal and metal products (5%)
Public administration (5%)
Accommodation and food services (5%)
Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (4%)
Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
Health care (4%)

Most common industries for females:

Health care (18%)
Educational services (11%)
Finance and insurance (10%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
Public administration (5%)
Accommodation and food services (5%)
Social assistance (4%)

Most common occupations for males

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)

Most common occupations for females

Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Registered nurses (4%)
Cashiers (4%)
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Thornton township:

Polish (6.8%)
German (5.4%)
Irish (4.3%)
Dutch (3.8%)
Italian (3.4%)
African (1.6%)
United States or American (1.5%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

Mexico (47%)
Nigeria (5%)
Poland (4%)
Jamaica (4%)
Italy (3%)
Haiti (2%)
Philippines (2%)

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 53,896 (72%)
Carpooled: 9,058 (12%)
Bus or trolley bus: 2,686 (4%)
Streetcar or trolley car: 45 (0%)
Subway or elevated: 1,300 (2%)
Railroad: 4,218 (6%)
Ferryboat: 28 (0%)
Taxi: 146 (0%)
Motorcycle: 12 (0%)
Bicycle: 117 (0%)
Walked: 1,461 (2%)
Other means: 552 (1%)
Worked at home: 1,461 (2%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

Utility gas (89%)
Electricity (9%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

People in group quarters in Thornton township, Illinois

1166 people in nursing homes
142 people in other nonhousehold living situations
66 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
62 people in hospitals or wards for drug/alcohol abuse
45 people in state prisons
38 people in homes for the mentally retarded
31 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
31 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
21 people in homes for the mentally ill
21 people in other group homes
5 people in religious group quarters

89.1% of residents of Thornton township speak English at home.
6.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (57% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
2.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (71% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (54% speak English very well, 31% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak other language at home (69% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 5% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).

Household type by relationship

Households: 179,168

In family households: 158,109 (29,061 male householders, 17,156 female householders)
29,855 spouses, 62,510 children (57,586 natural, 2,143 adopted, 2,781 stepchildren), 7,014 grandchildren, 2,312 brothers or sisters, 1,732 parents, 4,062 other relatives, 4,407 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 21,059 (7,440 male householders (6,318 living alone)), 11,048 female householders (10,160 living alone)), 2,571 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 1,634 (1,337 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 16,174 2-persons, 11,341 3-persons, 9,238 4-persons, 5,118 5-persons, 2,616 6-persons, 1,730 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 16,478 1-person, 1,692 2-persons, 206 3-persons, 49 4-persons, 26 5-persons, 21 6-persons, 16 7-or-more-persons.

26,689 married couples with children.
17,169 single-parent households (2,741 men, 14,428 women).

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 4,046

Here:	16.1%
Illinois:	13.4%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 1,180

Here:	10.1%
Illinois:	11.1%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 1,658

Here:	19.2%
Illinois:	25.8%

Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

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