Chicago Population Counts

data.cityofchicago.org | Last Updated 28 Feb 2023

Population totals for groupings commonly used in other datasets. Not all values are available for all years. Note that because the "Citywide" rows roll up the values from the individual ZIP Codes and the "Age 0-4," "Age 5-11," "Age 12-17," "Age 5+," "Age 18+," and "Age 65+" columns overlap other age categories, as well as each other in some cases, care should be taken in summing values to avoid accidental double-counting. The "Age 5-11" and "Age 12-17" columns only include children who live in households. Data Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates (ZIP Code) and 1-year estimates (Citywide). The U.S. Census Bureau did not release standard 1-year estimates from the 2020 ACS. In 2020 only, 5-year estimates were used for the Citywide estimates.

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This dataset has the following 26 columns:

Column NameAPI Column NameData TypeDescriptionSample Values
Geography Typegeography_typetextThe type of geographic unit for the population count.
YearyearnumberThe year to which the population count applies.
GeographygeographytextThe specific geographic unit.
Population - Totalpopulation_totalnumber
Population - Age 0-17population_age_0_17number
Population - Age 18-29population_age_18_29number
Population - Age 30-39population_age_30_39number
Population - Age 40-49population_age_40_49number
Population - Age 50-59population_age_50_59number
Population - Age 60-69population_age_60_69number
Population - Age 70-79population_age_70_79number
Population - Age 80+population_age_80number
Population - Age 0-4population_age_0_4numberNote that this column is provided as a convenience and overlaps previous columns.
Population - Age 5-11population_age_5_11numberNote that this column is provided as a convenience and overlaps previous columns and that it only includes children who live in households.
Population - Age 12-17population_age_12_17numberNote that this column is provided as a convenience and overlaps previous columns and that it only includes children who live in households.
Population - Age 5+population_age_5_numberNote that this column is provided as a convenience and overlaps previous columns.
Population - Age 18+population_age_18_numberNote that this column is provided as a convenience and overlaps previous columns.
Population - Age 65+population_age_65_numberNote that this column is provided as a convenience and overlaps previous columns.
Population - Femalepopulation_femalenumber
Population - Malepopulation_malenumber
Population - Latinxpopulation_latinxnumber
Population - Asian Non-Latinxpopulation_asian_non_latinxnumber
Population - Black Non-Latinxpopulation_black_non_latinxnumber
Population - White Non-Latinxpopulation_white_non_latinxnumber
Population - Other Race Non-Latinxpopulation_other_race_nonnumber
Record IDrecord_idtextA unique ID for the record.