2022 population: 754,024
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 278,231 | 36.90% | |
Black: | 371,244 | 49.24% | |
Indian: | 563 | 0.07% | |
Asian: | 15,280 | 2.03% | |
2+ races: | 19,335 | 2.56% | |
Hispanic: | 66,133 | 8.77% | |
Total non-White: | 475,793 | 63.10% |
Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 328,901 | |
Median Value | $245,600 | |
Occupied | 295,506 | 89.8% |
Vacant | 33,395 | 10.2% |
Owned | 182,631 | 61.8% |
Rented | 112,875 | 38.2% |
Median Rent | $1,109 | |
Single-Family Units | 198,473 | 60.3% |
Detached | 173,360 | 52.7% |
Attached | 25,113 | 7.6% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 75,452 | 22.9% |
Mobile Homes | 4,422 | 1.3% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 24,875 | 8.4% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 15,676 | 5.3% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 10,751 | 3.6% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 11,337 | 3.8% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 12,013 | 4.1% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 11,467 | 3.9% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 10,428 | 3.5% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 9,204 | 3.1% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 8,848 | 3.0% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 19,770 | 6.7% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 24,448 | 8.3% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 35,600 | 12.0% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 26,947 | 9.1% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 21,151 | 7.2% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 26,109 | 8.8% |
$200,000 or more | 26,882 | 9.1% |
Median Household Income | 68,067 | |
Per Capita Income | 36,980 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 20,583 | 7.0% |
Public Assistance | 10,192 | 3.4% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 65,246 | 22.1% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 294,464 | 67.1% |
Unemployed | 34,488 | 7.9% |
In Armed Forces | 181 | 0.0% |
Total Labor Force | 329,133 | 75.0% |
Not in Labor Force | 109,960 | 25.0% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 32.9% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 111,703 | 108,931 | 50.6% |
Non-Profit | 13,094 | 25,885 | 33.6% |
Self-Employed | 15,799 | 9,426 | 62.6% |
Local Government | 14,742 | 22,529 | 39.6% |
State Government | 4,478 | 7,915 | 36.1% |
Federal Government | 4,500 | 4,782 | 48.5% |
Total Private + Self | 127,502 | 118,357 | 51.9% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 36,814 | 61,111 | 37.6% |
Total | 164,316 | 179,468 | 47.8% |
Pct. Govt. | 17.1% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 52,932 | 15.4% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 74,695 | 21.7% |
Professional, Technical | 78,900 | 22.9% |
Service Occupations | 65,628 | 19.0% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 527 | 0.2% |
All others | 72,355 | 21.0% |
White Collar | 59.9% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Educational services and health care | 39,784 | 11.5% |
Retail trade | 35,740 | 10.4% |
Transportation, warehousing, utilities | 30,896 | 9.0% |
Manufacturing | 25,508 | 7.4% |
Professional, scientific, management | 21,453 | 6.2% |
Accommodation, food svcs, recreation | 19,383 | 5.6% |
Construction | 19,090 | 5.5% |
Public administration | 18,231 | 5.3% |
Finance, insurance and real estate | 17,777 | 5.2% |
Other services | 15,423 | 4.5% |
Wholesale trade | 6,620 | 1.9% |
Information | 5,118 | 1.5% |
Farming, forestry, fishing, mining | 1,161 | 0.3% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 53,704 | 7.12% |
Puerto Rican | 5,103 | 0.68% |
Cuban | 1,052 | 0.14% |
Dominican | 173 | 0.02% |
Total Central American | 1,479 | 0.20% |
Costa Rican | 95 | 0.01% |
Guatemalan | 473 | 0.06% |
Honduran | 355 | 0.05% |
Nicaraguan | 118 | 0.02% |
Panamanian | 122 | 0.02% |
Salvadoran | 316 | 0.04% |
Total South American | 2,362 | 0.31% |
Argentinean | 88 | 0.01% |
Bolivian | 73 | 0.01% |
Chilean | 272 | 0.04% |
Colombian | 691 | 0.09% |
Ecuadorian | 448 | 0.06% |
Paraguayan | 8 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 182 | 0.02% |
Uruguayan | 21 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 579 | 0.08% |
Other Hispanic | 2,260 | 0.30% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Indian | 4,966 | 0.66% |
Chinese | 4,465 | 0.59% |
Filipino | 2,702 | 0.36% |
Korean | 812 | 0.11% |
Vietnamese | 460 | 0.06% |
Japanese | 301 | 0.04% |
Thai | 173 | 0.02% |
Bangladeshi | 102 | 0.01% |
Taiwanese | 100 | 0.01% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 631,268 | 88.5% |
Spanish | 43,429 | 6.1% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 8,634 | 1.2% |
Other Indo-European | 7,980 | 1.1% |
Other | 4,992 | 0.7% |
Chinese | 3,851 | 0.5% |
Arabic | 3,836 | 0.5% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 3,069 | 0.4% |
Other Asian | 2,700 | 0.4% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
German | 72,463 | 9.6% |
Irish | 66,563 | 8.8% |
Polish | 51,212 | 6.8% |
Italian | 37,456 | 5.0% |
English | 23,032 | 3.1% |
American | 16,927 | 2.2% |
African | 11,133 | 1.5% |
Dutch | 8,517 | 1.1% |
Swedish | 8,290 | 1.1% |
French | 7,450 | 1.0% |
Lithuanian | 6,962 | 0.9% |
Czech | 4,899 | 0.6% |
European | 3,870 | 0.5% |
Scottish | 3,798 | 0.5% |
Norwegian | 3,722 | 0.5% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 729,183 | 96.7% |
Not a citizen | 24,841 | 3.3% |
Native | 701,851 | 93.1% |
Foreign-born | 52,173 | 6.9% |
Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older | |||||||||||
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< 9 Years | 9-12 Years | H.S. Grad or GED | Some College | Bach. Degree | Grad Degree | ||||||
15,227 | 2.9% | 30,933 | 6.0% | 136,057 | 26.3% | 171,090 | 33.1% | 95,745 | 18.5% | 67,920 | 13.1% |
Average years of education: 13.6 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 15,227 | 2.9% |
9-12 Years | 30,933 | 6.0% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 136,057 | 26.3% |
Some College | 171,090 | 33.1% |
Bach. Degree | 95,745 | 18.5% |
Grad Degree | 67,920 | 13.1% |
Average years of education: 13.6 |
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NOTE: Results prior to 2022 are for districts which previously covered much of this area, regardless of district number.
Date | District | Winner | Runner-Up | Other | Total Votes | |||||
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2022-11-08 | IL01 | Jonathan Jackson (D) | 159,142 | 67.0% | Eric Carlson (R) | 78,258 | 33.0% | 25 | 0.0% | 237,425 |
Redistricting effect (2022); the partisan balance of the district was moved to the RIGHT by approximately 3% compared to 2020. | ||||||||||
2020-11-03 | IL01 | Bobby Rush* (D) | 239,943 | 73.8% | Philanise White (R) | 85,027 | 26.2% | 153 | 0.0% | 325,123 |
2018-11-06 | IL01 | Bobby Rush* (D) | 189,560 | 73.5% | Jimmy Tillman (R) | 50,960 | 19.8% | 17,365 | 6.7% | 257,885 |
2016-11-08 | IL01 | Bobby Rush* (D) | 234,037 | 74.1% | August Deuser (R) | 81,817 | 25.9% | 8 | 0.0% | 315,862 |
2014-11-04 | IL01 | Bobby Rush* (D) | 162,268 | 73.1% | Jimmy Tillman (R) | 59,749 | 26.9% | 0 | 0.0% | 222,017 |
2012-11-06 | IL01 | Bobby Rush* (D) | 236,854 | 73.8% | Donald Peloquin (R) | 83,989 | 26.2% | 1 | 0.0% | 320,844 |
Redistricting effect (2012); the partisan balance of the district was moved to the RIGHT by approximately 6% compared to 2010. | ||||||||||
2010-11-02 | IL01 | Bobby Rush* (D) | 148,170 | 80.4% | Ray Wardingley (R) | 29,253 | 15.9% | 6,963 | 3.8% | 184,386 |
2008-11-04 | IL01 | Bobby Rush* (D) | 233,036 | 85.9% | Antoine Members (R) | 38,361 | 14.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 271,397 |
2006-11-07 | IL01 | Bobby Rush* (D) | 146,623 | 84.1% | Jason Tabour (R) | 27,804 | 15.9% | 0 | 0.0% | 174,427 |
2004-11-02 | IL01 | Bobby Rush* (D) | 212,109 | 84.9% | Ray Wardingley (R) | 37,840 | 15.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 249,949 |
2002-11-05 | IL01 | Bobby Rush* (D) | 149,068 | 81.2% | Ray Wardingley (R) | 29,776 | 16.2% | 4,812 | 2.6% | 183,656 |
Redistricting effect (2002); the partisan balance of the district was moved to the RIGHT by approximately 4% compared to 2000. | ||||||||||
2000-11-07 | IL01 | Bobby Rush* (D) | 172,271 | 87.8% | Ray Wardingley (R) | 23,915 | 12.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 196,186 |
1998-11-03 | IL01 | Bobby Rush* (D) | 151,890 | 87.1% | Marlene Ahimaz (R) | 18,429 | 10.6% | 4,046 | 2.3% | 174,365 |
1996-11-05 | IL01 | Bobby Rush* (D) | 174,005 | 85.3% | Noel Naughton (R) | 26,569 | 13.0% | 3,449 | 1.7% | 204,023 |
1994-11-08 | IL01 | Bobby Rush* (D) | 112,474 | 75.7% | William Kelly (R) | 36,038 | 24.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 148,512 |
1992-11-03 | IL01 | Bobby Rush (D) | 209,258 | 82.8% | Jay Walker (R) | 43,453 | 17.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 252,711 |
Redistricting effect (1992); the partisan balance of the district was moved to the RIGHT by approximately 16% compared to 1990. | ||||||||||
1990-11-06 | IL01 | Charles Hayes* (D) | 100,890 | 93.8% | Babette Peyton (R) | 6,708 | 6.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 107,598 |
1988-11-08 | IL01 | Charles Hayes* (D) | 164,125 | 96.0% | Stephen Evans (R) | 6,753 | 4.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 170,878 |
1986-11-04 | IL01 | Charles Hayes* (D) | 122,376 | 96.4% | Joseph Faulkner (R) | 4,572 | 3.6% | 0 | 0.0% | 126,948 |
1984-11-06 | IL01 | Charles Hayes* (D) | 177,438 | 95.6% | Eddie Warren (Socialist Workers) | 8,086 | 4.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 185,524 |
1983-08-23 sp | IL01 | Charles Hayes (D) | 39,623 | 93.7% | Diane Preacely (R) | 2,272 | 5.4% | 392 | 0.9% | 42,287 |
1982-11-02 | IL01 | Harold Washington* (D) | 172,641 | 97.3% | Charles Taliaferro (R) | 4,820 | 2.7% | 1 | 0.0% | 177,462 |
Redistricting effect (1982); the partisan balance of the district was moved to the RIGHT by approximately 2% compared to 1980. | ||||||||||
1980-11-04 | IL01 | Harold Washington (D) | 119,562 | 95.5% | George Williams (R) | 5,660 | 4.5% | 1 | 0.0% | 125,223 |
1978-11-07 | IL01 | Bennett Stewart (D) | 47,581 | 58.5% | A.A. Rayner (R) | 33,540 | 41.3% | 158 | 0.2% | 81,279 |
1976-11-02 | IL01 | Ralph Metcalfe* (D) | 126,632 | 92.3% | A.A. Rayner (R) | 10,147 | 7.4% | 414 | 0.3% | 137,193 |
1974-11-04 | IL01 | Ralph Metcalfe* (D) | 75,206 | 93.7% | Oscar Haynes (R) | 4,399 | 5.5% | 620 | 0.8% | 80,225 |
1972-11-07 | IL01 | Ralph Metcalfe* (D) | 136,755 | 91.4% | Louis Coggs (R) | 12,877 | 8.6% | 2 | 0.0% | 149,634 |
Redistricting effect (1972); the partisan balance of the district was moved to the RIGHT by approximately 2% compared to 1970. | ||||||||||
1970-11-03 | IL01 | Ralph Metcalfe (D) | 93,272 | 91.0% | Janet Jennings (R) | 9,267 | 9.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 102,539 |
1968-11-05 | IL01 | William Dawson* (D) | 119,207 | 84.6% | Janet Jennings (R) | 21,758 | 15.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 140,965 |
1966-11-08 | IL01 | William Dawson* (D) | 91,119 | 72.6% | David Reed (R) | 34,421 | 27.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 125,540 |
1964-11-03 | IL01 | William Dawson* (D) | 150,953 | 84.9% | Wilbur Daniel (R) | 26,823 | 15.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 177,776 |
1962-11-06 | IL01 | William Dawson* (D) | 98,305 | 74.1% | Benjamin Duster (R) | 34,379 | 25.9% | 0 | 0.0% | 132,684 |
1960-11-08 | IL01 | William Dawson* (D) | 75,938 | 77.8% | Genoa Washington (R) | 21,660 | 22.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 97,598 |
1958-11-04 | IL01 | William Dawson* (D) | 60,778 | 72.2% | Theodore Howard (R) | 23,384 | 27.8% | 0 | 0.0% | 84,162 |
1956-11-06 | IL01 | William Dawson* (D) | 66,704 | 64.4% | George Lawrence (R) | 36,847 | 35.6% | 0 | 0.0% | 103,551 |
1954-11-02 | IL01 | William Dawson* (D) | 71,472 | 75.3% | Genoa Washington (R) | 23,470 | 24.7% | 0 | 0.0% | 94,942 |
1952-11-04 | IL01 | William Dawson* (D) | 95,899 | 73.5% | Edgar Brown (R) | 34,571 | 26.5% | 0 | 0.0% | 130,470 |
1950-11-07 | IL01 | William Dawson* (D) | 69,056 | 61.6% | Archibald Carey (R) | 41,944 | 37.4% | 1,135 | 1.0% | 112,135 |
1948-11-02 | IL01 | William Dawson* (D) | 98,690 | 67.0% | William King (R) | 43,034 | 29.2% | 5,669 | 3.8% | 147,393 |
1946-11-05 | IL01 | William Dawson* (D) | 38,040 | 56.8% | William King (R) | 28,945 | 43.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 66,985 |
1944-11-07 | IL01 | William Dawson* (D) | 42,713 | 62.0% | William King (R) | 26,204 | 38.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 68,917 |
1942-11-03 | IL01 | William Dawson (D) | 26,280 | 52.8% | William King (R) | 23,537 | 47.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 49,817 |
1940-11-05 | IL01 | Arthur Mitchell* (D) | 34,641 | 52.7% | William King (R) | 30,698 | 46.7% | 442 | 0.7% | 65,781 |
1938-11-08 | IL01 | Arthur Mitchell* (D) | 30,207 | 53.4% | William Dawson (R) | 26,396 | 46.6% | 0 | 0.0% | 56,603 |
1936-11-03 | IL01 | Arthur Mitchell* (D) | 35,376 | 55.1% | Oscar DePriest (R) | 28,640 | 44.6% | 192 | 0.3% | 64,208 |
Year | Turnout ![]() | Winner | Runner-Up | Other | Total Votes | Diff (St) ![]() | Diff (US) ![]() | PSV | |||||
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2020 redist | Joe Biden (D) | 260,631 | 70.5% | Donald Trump* (R) | 103,984 | 28.1% | 5,138 | 1.4% | 369,753 | -12 | -19 | 6.11% | |
2020 | 60% | Joe Biden (D) | 247,071 | 73.9% | Donald Trump* (R) | 82,475 | 24.7% | 4,620 | 1.4% | 334,166 | -16 | -22 | 5.52% |
2016 | 60% | Hillary Clinton (D) | 245,908 | 75.4% | Donald Trump (R) | 69,956 | 21.4% | 10,311 | 3.2% | 326,175 | -17 | -24 | 5.83% |
2012 | 62% | Barack Obama* (D) | 262,936 | 78.9% | Mitt Romney (R) | 67,557 | 20.3% | 2,692 | 0.8% | 333,185 | -20 | -27 | 6.34% |
2008 | 69% | Barack Obama (D) | 251,102 | 86.5% | John McCain (R) | 37,472 | 12.9% | 1,587 | 0.5% | 290,161 | -24 | -33 | 5.25% |
2004 | 63% | John Kerry (D) | 234,086 | 83.0% | George W. Bush* (R) | 47,533 | 16.8% | 565 | 0.2% | 282,184 | -28 | -34 | 5.35% |
2000 | 54% | Albert Gore, Jr. (D) | 194,432 | 87.4% | George W. Bush (R) | 24,276 | 10.9% | 3,700 | 1.7% | 222,408 | -32 | -37 | 4.69% |
1996 | 51% | Bill Clinton* (D) | 179,767 | 86.0% | Robert Dole (R) | 22,914 | 11.0% | 6,378 | 3.1% | 209,059 | -26 | -30 | 4.85% |
1992 | 63% | Bill Clinton (D) | 214,104 | 81.0% | George Bush* (R) | 32,803 | 12.4% | 17,355 | 6.6% | 264,262 | -22 | -25 | 5.23% |
1988 | 54% | Michael Dukakis (D) | 174,793 | 96.1% | George Bush (R) | 7,168 | 3.9% | 0 | 0.0% | 181,961 | -47 | -49 | 3.99% |
1984 | 59% | Walter Mondale (D) | 196,351 | 95.1% | Ronald Reagan* (R) | 10,153 | 4.9% | 0 | 0.0% | 206,504 | -51 | -54 | 4.29% |
1980 | 57% | Jimmy Carter* (D) | 128,426 | 93.0% | Ronald Reagan (R) | 6,633 | 4.8% | 3,092 | 2.2% | 138,151 | -45 | -46 | 2.91% |
1976 | 57% | Jimmy Carter (D) | 130,882 | 90.5% | Gerald Ford* (R) | 13,817 | 9.5% | 0 | 0.0% | 144,699 | -41 | -38 | 3.07% |
1972 | 54% | George McGovern (D) | 145,003 | 89.5% | Richard Nixon* (R) | 16,998 | 10.5% | 0 | 0.0% | 162,001 | -49 | -50 | 3.43% |
1968 | n/a | Hubert Humphrey (D) | 138,835 | 92.6% | Richard Nixon (R) | 10,081 | 6.7% | 1,010 | 0.7% | 149,926 | -40 | -37 | 3.25% |
1964 | n/a | Lyndon Johnson* (D) | 95.3% | Barry Goldwater (R) | 4.7% | 0.0% | -36 | -34 | n/a | ||||
1960 | n/a | John Kennedy (D) | 77.9% | Richard Nixon (R) | 22.1% | 0.0% | -28 | -27 | n/a | ||||
1956 | 62% | Adlai Stevenson (D) | 68,266 | 63.7% | Dwight Eisenhower* (R) | 38,827 | 36.3% | 4 | 0.0% | 107,097 | -23 | -21 | 2.43% |
1952 | 68% | Adlai Stevenson (D) | 99,224 | 74.6% | Dwight Eisenhower (R) | 33,805 | 25.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 133,029 | -29 | -30 | 2.97% |
Year | Pop | White | Black | Indian | Asian | 2+ Races | Hispanic |
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2021 | 731,895 | 36.9% | 49.3% | 1.9% | 3.0% | 8.3% | |
2020 | 711,039 | 33.7% | 50.5% | 2.6% | 2.1% | 11.1% | |
2012 | 711,982 | 35.2% | 51.3% | 0.3% | 2.0% | 1.4% | 9.8% |
2010 | 587,596 | 25.9% | 62.2% | 0.1% | 1.8% | 1.2% | 8.8% |
2002 | 653,647 | 27.3% | 65.2% | 0.1% | 1.4% | 1.0% | 4.8% |
2000 | 560,239 | 19.1% | 70.3% | 0.2% | 1.4% | 1.5% | 7.5% |
1992 | 571,530 | 25.6% | 69.7% | 0.1% | 1.0% | 3.6% | |
1990 | 519,045 | 6.0% | 92.5% | 1.0% | |||
1982 | 519,045 | 5.9% | 92.1% | 0.1% | 0.8% | 1.1% | |
1980 | 369,901 | 91.0% | 1.0% | 1.0% | |||
1972 | 462,434 | 89.0% | 1.0% | ||||
1970 | 381,139 | 96.0% | |||||
1960 | 235,202 | ||||||
1950 | 323,334 |
Year | Total | Republican | Democrat | Other | R/D Edge | R/D Edge % | VAPOP % |
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