NOTE: The following is a complete copy of a one page announcement form the City of Chicago Department of Planning. For more information please contact them (address and phone at bottom), not this WWW site. Thanks.

Original posting 8-Aug-95. Telephone number updated and web-site for Harold Washing Library added 25-May-99

CITY OF CHICAGO REPORTS ON THE 1990 CENSUS

The City of Chicago, Department of Planning and Development is publishing a series of informational reports on Chicago's population and housing from the 1990 Census. The objective is to provide businesses, health, education, and social service providers, community organizations, and the general public with basic information to use in market analysis, service delivery, needs assessment, community planning, program development and evaluation.

The City's series of reports on the 1990 Census of Population and Housing consists of the five reports listed below.

Report #1: Population by Race and Latino Origin for Census Tracts, Community Areas and Wards: 1980, 1990. May, 1993. Price: $6.00
Report #1 is the only report in the series presenting data for census tracts and showing data for both 1980 and 1990. It has counts for the four major racial groups and for Latinos. The report also includes shaded maps showing the spatial distribution of the racial and Latino groups.

Report #2: Social and Economic Characteristics of Chicago's Population: Community Area Profiles. December 1992. Price: $10.00
At the title indicates, Report #2 describes the social and economic characteristics of the population of the community areas. It presents sample counts based on the responses to the long census questionnaire sent to a sample of all households. Major subjects include income, education, ancestry, citizenship, disability status, labor force, and 1985 residence. This report also includes selected housing characteristics like condominium status, vintage, and presence and dollar amount of mortgages.

Report #3: Demographic Characteristics of Chicago's Population: Community Area Profiles. March, 1994. Price: $10.00
Report #3 describes the population of Chicago's community areas. It present 100% counts based on the person-related questions of the short census questionnaire sent to all households. Included are racial composition, age distributions, and household and famiily relationships.

Report #4: Housing Characteristics of Chicago's Households: Community Area Profiles. April, 1994 Price: $10.00
Report #4 describes the housing characteristics of Chicago's community areas. It presents 100% counts based on the housing-related questions of the short census questionnaire sent to all households. This report includes tables with home values, rents, and the number of owners and renters among racial and Latino groups and senior citizens. Housing units are classied according to building size, unit size, and number of occupants. Vacant units are also described with some detail.

Report #5: Demographic and Housing Characteristics of Chicago and Rogers Park. This report is available for each of the 77 community areas. (Forthcoming) Price: $3.50
Report #5 differs from all other reports, It is actually a series of 77 reports, each one presenting data for one community area. The data are a compilation of those presented in the three preceding reports. Copies of the above reports and other publications are available from: 

                City of Chicago Department of Planning and Development 
                121 North LaSalle Street - Room 1000 
                Chicago, Illinois 60602 
                Telephone:  (312) 744-7222 or 744-4455
For more detailed information, the Department of Planning and Development has prepared similar profiles for the city's census tracts. These profiles are available, for reference, at the Government Publications Department of the Harold Washington Library.