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Land area: 47.0 sq. mi. Water area: 0.5 sq. mi. Population: 180,802 (all urban)
Races in Thornton township:
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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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)
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:
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $86,500
Housing units in structures:
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
Means of transportation to work
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
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
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).
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