Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Attention Bicyclists: December Public Meeting

Streets for Cycling Plan 2020

The City of Chicago is embarking on this plan to identify a network of bicycling facilities that will ensure all Chicagoans, from children riding to school to senior citizens riding to the grocery store, feel safe and comfortable riding their bike on the city’s streets. We want your input! Come tell us how to improve your bicycling experience, where improvements are needed, and what would encourage you to bicycle in Chicago!

December 10
10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
23 E. Madison St. (storefront)
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Three additional public meetings will be held later this winter.

Like us at www.facebook.com/StreetsForCycling2020 for additional meeting information.
(To request a reasonable accommodation, contact streetsforcycling2020@gmail.com or call 630-534-6400. At least 72 hours advance notice is required.) In the event of inclement weather, please check chicagobikes.org or the Streets for Cycling Plan 2020 Facebook page for meeting rescheduling information.

A New Look for the Democratic Party?

From a Reader via the comments: 

Blogger here is some thing worth discussing from a Demo: "Catching up on my reading, I just now came across this piece, "The Future of the Obama Coalition," on the website of the New York Times. The author, Thomas Edsall, spent 25 years covering politics for the Washington Post before taking his current position as a journalism professor at Columbia. If I had to make a wager, I'd bet a lot that Edsall is as liberal as any other product of Washington, D.C. newsrooms. But I've met Edsall a few times, and in conversation, as in his large body of work, he strikes me as thoroughly fair-minded.

Which makes his piece today all the more arresting. An excerpt:

For decades, Democrats have suffered continuous and increasingly severe losses among white voters. But preparations by Democratic operatives for the 2012 election make it clear for the first time that the party will explicitly abandon the white working class.

All pretense of trying to win a majority of the white working class has been effectively jettisoned in favor of cementing a center-left coalition made up, on the one hand, of voters who have gotten ahead on the basis of educational attainment — professors, artists, designers, editors, human resources managers, lawyers, librarians, social workers, teachers and therapists — and a second, substantial constituency of lower-income voters who are disproportionately African-American and Hispanic.

The New Class plus poor people of color.

Everybody deserves representation, of course, and who knows? That coalition may indeed put Obama over the top.

But the Democratic Party of Franklin Roosevelt and John Kennedy and Hubert Humphrey--the party that prided itself on championing the ordinary working American--has utterly vanished.

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Tax Cuts for the Merc

A poem from a reader:

TAX CUTS FOR THE MERC
Tax cuts for the Merc! Tax cuts for the Merc!
We love to steal your billions
And blame it on the clerks
We want tax cuts – tax cuts – tax cuts for the Merc!

You’re jealous because we are billionaires
Give it up, or we’ll put you in our crosshairs
You better shut up, and get back to work
And cough up tax cuts – tax cuts – tax cuts for the Merc!

Cause of us, kids are starving? Oh boo-hoo
Just cut our tax, or we’ll f@#$%ng starve you
Your just suckers doing the real work
While we’re just laughing – laughing- laughing at the Merc!

We love to sit around and speculate
It’s the world we will obliterate
Since we’re rich, we get all the perks
More tax cuts –tax cuts –tax cuts - for the Merc!

Now our mayor is a well- known inside trader
He’s called ‘The missile’  meaner than Darth Vader
He’s never really done a hard days’ work
And guess what? He wants tax cuts – tax cuts for the Merc!

Now if you refuse, we’ll move out of state
You don’t love us, you lousy ingrates
And to our new hosts we’ll soon be jerks
We’ll scream  ‘More tax cuts – tax cuts –tax cuts for the Merc’!


Saturday, November 26, 2011

Will Tax Burden be Passed From Corporations to Working People?

State lawmakers poised to act on tax breaks for Sears, CME

Readers,

Going to State Finance Committee on Monday...  Let your state legislators know what you think!

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State lawmakers poised to act on tax breaks for Sears, CME

Illinois House lawmakers on Friday inched closer to a plan that would keep Sears Holding Corp. and CME Group Inc. in Illinois, while delivering a number of other business-friendly changes to the tax code, a source said.

The compromise legislation, struck between Rep. John Bradley (D-Marion) and Rep. David Harris (R-Mt. Prospect), is expected to be heard in committee Monday, before the House and Senate convene Tuesday.
  • CME fines Infinium $850K for trading glitches 
  • To counter claims that legislative leaders are caving to wealthy and powerful corporations, the proposal also contains relief for low- and middle-income families. The change to the so-called earned income tax credit had been included at Gov. Pat Quinn's insistence.

    The proposal, which has a hefty price tag of $250 million a year, would be funded through the expiration of the federal bonus depreciation tax credit, which allows businesses to depreciate the cost of equipment.

    CME Group, parent of the Chicago Board of Trade and Chicago Mercantile Exchange, has threatened to leave the state in protest of a temporary increase to the state's corporate income tax rate. The proposal would tax income from just 27.54 percent of electronic transactions on local exchanges, costing the state an estimated $100 million a year.

    Sears, for its part, would see a renewal of a special taxing district in Hoffman Estates. This would allow Sears to continue to get a break on local property taxes, although at a lower level. Under the deal, the retailer also would also receive a state incentive package to retain jobs here. That would to include tax credits worth $15 million a year for 10 years, another $150 million in potential tax breaks.

    The retailer would have the option to take its $150 million in potential credits against its corporate income tax liability, as has been typical of most incentive packages, or against employee income taxes due to the state.

    Tribune reporter Kathy Bergen contributed to this report.

    mcancino@tribune.com

Thursday, November 24, 2011

Post all the ways the city has reinvested in the 41st ward in the last ten years....

Open Post today with a topic sent in by a reader.

The reader specifically wants to see some City of Chicago reinvestment for our tax dollars.  Furthermore, what have we received for the over one billion dollars of property tax money we have generated for the City of Chicago in the last decade?

 "No need to factor in the alderman's menu money dollars that went into street, curb, sidewalk projects"... states the reader.  The alderman's menu budget money is about $1.3 million dollars/ward/year that comes directly from the general budget.

But what major projects/reinvestment's have we seen in the 41st Ward?  An example may be - a new park, a new community garden, a school renovation.....

Sunday, November 20, 2011

A Budget Amendment Needed to Save City Mental Health Clinics

Readers,

This issue is important.  The closing of six of the city's twelve mental health safety net clinics effects all taxpayers.  Mental health treatment for the poor and uninsured can save taxpayers millions of dollars in prison costs, police/public safety time & cost, and allow people to remain employed (and pay their taxes), as well as alleviating suffering and treating symptoms of depression, psychosis, etc..

NOW is the time to call Alderman O'Connor's office and demand a budget amendment allowing all of the city's 12 mental health clinic to remain open.  This is serious.  Call or email now.  Note the quote from the article "They (the aldermen) are paid to represent us (the voters), not the mayor.

I'm impressed with the various aldermen who have come out in support of a budget amendment for mental health clinics like our neighboring 36th Ward Alderman, Nicholas Sposato. 

From the New York Times article below:

"Health care workers and other advocacy groups to write a budget amendment and introduce it at the next City Council meeting in December. It calls for restoring the mental health clinics “because they are a lifeline to the city,” Ms. Carter, 57, said.

The group also plans to flood aldermen’s offices with calls and e-mail seeking their support.
“This could absolutely follow them into the voting booth,” Ms. Carter said. “They are paid to represent us, not the mayor.”


A Sit-In Fails to Save Clinics, but the Fight Continues
Paul Beaty for the Chicago News Cooperative
Members of STOP outside Mayor Rahm Emanuel's office on Tuesday.
Gail Davis, a protester.
For more than two years, she and other members of STOP, a grass-roots advocacy group formally known as Southside Together Organizing for Power, have been battling budget cutters who want to save $3 million by closing six of Chicago’s 12 public mental health clinics.

After a brief sit-in at Mayor Richard M. Daley’s office in 2009, the clinics were spared. A 10-hour sit-in outside Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s office on Tuesday failed to save them, as the budget with those cuts and others passed unanimously on Wednesday. But Ms. Carter said STOP was undeterred.

“The fight continues,” said Ms. Carter, who has relied on the city’s mental health clinic system in her lifelong battle with depression. “We don’t plan to go away.”
The organization is assembling a coalition of labor unions, health care workers and other advocacy groups to write a budget amendment and introduce it at the next City Council meeting in December. It calls for restoring the mental health clinics “because they are a lifeline to the city,” Ms. Carter, 57, said.
The group also plans to flood aldermen’s offices with calls and e-mail seeking their support.
“This could absolutely follow them into the voting booth,” Ms. Carter said. “They are paid to represent us, not the mayor.”

Tarrah Cooper, a spokeswoman for Mr. Emanuel, said that his administration remained “firmly committed” to providing “the highest level of patient care” and that the 2012 budget “allows the city to partner with community providers, delivering needed services at a lower cost while still maintaining a high level of care.”
But Ms. Carter said closing the clinics would disrupt, and could endanger, the already fragile lives of the people who rely on them. The South Side clinic she visits is not among those scheduled to be closed, but she said she was worried that clinic staff members might lose their jobs.
“If my therapist is not there, I will have to start all over,” she said, adding, “There are people much worse than me.”

Ms. Carter said she was worried that the city might somehow retaliate against her for taking part in the sit-ins and other protests. “But I have a lot of support,” she said. “I have STOP.”
STOP is as stubborn as it is diverse. The eight-year-old organization, which includes University of Chicago students and graduates, residents of a low-income housing development, clients of the mental health clinics and area teenagers, has been fighting gentrification and displacement of residents in the struggling Woodlawn neighborhood and other parts of the South Side.

“The most sustained organizing I’ve seen in recent years has been through STOP and its various offshoots” said Jamie Kalven, a writer and longtime advocate for the poor.
Everything about the Tuesday sit-in was carefully planned. The day before, Ms. Carter and a colleague, Matt Ginsberg-Jaeckle, “cased” the building to determine the best way to get the greatest number of protesters into the mayor’s office before the police moved in. News media were alerted.
That night, group members practiced their tactics and reviewed the dos and don’ts of nonviolent civil disobedience.
“We want to look like regular citizens going in,” Ms. Carter told the training session. “Don’t wear any political buttons. They might spot you.” Mr. Ginsberg-Jaeckle added, “We don’t want to be arrested until everybody is there.”
He also said it was important that “we come off as the reasonable ones. No resisting. Stay calm. We have right on our side.”
A retired nurse raised her hand.
“I’m an old lady,” she said. “What if I have to go to the bathroom? What if they let us sit there all day and night?”
“That won’t happen,” a man said. “Trust me. I’ve done this before. The police aren’t that patient.”
The sit-in started shortly after 12:30 p.m. when 12 protesters sat on the floor in front of the glass doors of the mayor’s office, declaring the area “Rahm’s psych ward.” A trio of burly police officers blocked the way inside. After the 10 o’clock news, the protesters decided to call it quits.
The police hadn’t arrested anyone, and they had locked the bathrooms.
dterry@chicagonewscoop.org

Saturday, November 19, 2011

Video of this month's Board of Education meeting

This month's Board of Education meeting:  Watch it and see why we need an elected school board!

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Oriole Park Community Club Meeting

Oriole Park Community Club Meeting
The Oriole Park Community Club’s next general meeting will be held on Monday, November 21, at 7:00 p.m. in the Oriole Park Field House (5430 North Olcott Avenue).  State Representative Michael P. McAuliffe will be the speaker.  He will report on legislation, passed and pending, in the Illinois General Assembly, as well as on projects slated for our district.  State Representative McAuliffe will also review services available through the State of Illinois.  An Open Forum will follow the presentation.  For a full schedule of the Oriole Park Community Club’s meetings and events, visit the website at:  http://www.orioleparkcommunityclub.org/.

Holiday Fun in the 41st Ward

Holiday fun for the children....

Edgebrook Lutheran Church to Host Candy Cane Lane: The Children's Christmas Shop on

Nov. 27, 2011

 
Children looking to get a jump start on their holiday shopping can visit Candy Cane Lane: The Children’s Christmas Shop on Nov. 27 at Edgebrook Lutheran Church, 5252 W. Devon, from 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m.
Candy Cane Lane: The Children’s Christmas Shop is open to the public and designed to empower children (ages 3 – 10) to “secretly” shop, purchase and wrap Christmas gifts for up to four family members and/or friends in a safe and welcoming environment, while also learning about financial literacy and budgeting.
Children and their parents/caregivers will enter Candy Cane Lane at the church’s east entrance on Nokomis Avenue, and be greeted by a personal shopper. The personal shopper will then assist children in their shopping in the “Children’s Christmas Shop”
There will be a variety of gifts available for sale at The Children’s Christmas Shop ranging from $1 to $5. Parents can give money in advance for their children or pay by cash or check upon “check out” from The Children’s Christmas Shop. Children are encouraged to have a shopping list and budget in mind, but their personal shoppers can also assist them with their list and budget.
Children can also receive assistance from church “elves” in wrapping their gifts on site, so parents/caregivers can’t peak at their gifts on the way home.
All proceeds from Candy Cane Lane: The Children’s Christmas Shop will go toward the Children & Youth Ministries of Edgebrook Lutheran Church.

Friday, November 18, 2011

Budget Settled, Emanuel Turns to Union Talks - Chicago News Cooperative

City workers:  Did you know the mayor will be trying to end your contracts early?!!

In 2007, Daley forged 10-year contracts with labor groups representing about 7,300 blue-collar city workers, but clauses in those deals could give Emanuel the ability to try to end those agreements as early as next year.

Friday, November 18th, 2011

Budget Settled, Emanuel Turns to Union Talks

Budget Settled, Emanuel Turns to Union Talks
Jose More
The City Council voted unanimously Wednesday to approve Mayor Rahm Emanuel's first budget.
After the highly public, five-week spectacle of winning City Council approval for his first annual budget, the next phase of Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s efforts to restore Chicago’s fiscal health will take place mostly behind closed doors in union contract talks that could last many months.

Wrangling unanimous support for his 2012 budget from all 50 aldermen in Wednesday’s vote could prove a lot simpler than Emanuel’s negotiations with labor representatives for police officers, firefighters and white-collar city workers whose contracts expire in seven-and-a-half months.
The next stage could be just as crucial as the budget vote to Emanuel’s stated goal of bringing City Hall spending in line with its means, because 85 percent of day-to-day operating expenses involve paying rising wages, benefits and other personnel costs for city workers.

Although the ranks of city workers have thinned significantly in recent years, paying those workers has become increasingly costly due in large part to contracts signed under former Mayor Richard M. Daley, who granted pay hikes and saw a dramatic spike in health benefit expenses.
Even as the corporate budget payroll shrank by 2,500 spots, personnel costs jumped 11.6 percent between 2003 and last year, city records show. Wage expenses increased to an average salary of $75,000 a year, from $64,000 in 2003, while benefit costs jumped 37 percent. After benefits were factored in, the city’s average cost per employee was $91,000 a year in 2010.

After Wednesday’s budget victory, Emanuel made clear that he intended to rein in those expenses, referring to “hidden costs in our contracts that are burdening our taxpayers.”
“This doesn’t solve everything,” he said. “We have issues of the pensions to deal with. We have issues of contracts to deal with since labor costs are such a big part of the budget.”
The contracts for police and firefighters, whose wages account for 77 percent of the city’s employee pay costs, are set to expire on June 30, 2012. The collective-bargaining agreement with the union of clerical employees, who will bear the brunt of Emanuel’s 2012 layoffs, also ends in the middle of next year.

In 2007, Daley forged 10-year contracts with labor groups representing about 7,300 blue-collar city workers, but clauses in those deals could give Emanuel the ability to try to end those agreements as early as next year.

“Even a significant economic recovery, where the economy rebounds briskly in six to nine months, would be unlikely to generate revenues equal to the built-in increases in the cost of city government,” said Laurence Msall, president of the Civic Federation, a business-funded tax watchdog group.
Emanuel’s combination of spending cuts and “revenue enhancements” – tax, fee and fine increases – are intended to bridge a budget deficit next year of almost $636 million. Without such changes, and with only modest growth in economically sensitive revenues, Emanuel aides projected that the deficit would have swelled to $741.4 million in 2013 and almost $800 million the following year.
If fully enforced, the budget measures in the mayor’s 2012 fiscal plan would greatly, but far from entirely, close those future deficits, Msall said. The shortfalls could still be in the hundreds of millions of dollars.

“We think he has probably reduced two-thirds of the structural deficit,” Msall said.
The projected deficit figures did not include the costs of making up for the city’s failure to adequately fund employee pensions. Emanuel’s 2012 budget devotes about $500 million to fund pensions, although catching up on pension obligations would require that the city contribute $1.2 billion a year.
Emanuel told reporters Wednesday that he supported state legislative efforts to overhaul the pension system. Such legislation has failed to garner support in Springfield.

“What we have now is not honest to the people relying on the retirement system and it’s not honest with the taxpayers who are ultimately on the hook to pay for it,” the mayor said. “I have to work with Springfield and the leaders in Springfield to get it done.”

Two other measures in Springfield could give Emanuel a lot more money to work with. He won legislative approval last week to install speed cameras in much of the city begining in July 2012, but Gov. Pat Quinn has not said whether he will sign the bill, and the concept also would require council backing. Quinn already has blocked Emanuel-endorsed legislation that would include permission for a lucrative new casino in Chicago.

While promising to be fair to his employees, Emanuel’s future financial initiatives certainly will be pursued in the name of the same principle that he said had guided his 2012 budget push: “The city taxpayer took priority over the city payroll.”
Hunter Clauss contributed reporting.

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

City budget passes...   Minor changes made.  Public Safety cuts made, as well as Mental Health Safety Net Clinics closings.

Emanuel’s budget passes City Council on unanimous vote



Highlights of Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s budget
$6.3 billion total budget
32,400 city employees, down 22.8 percent from the 42,001 employees just a decade ago
$410 million in spending cuts and other efficiencies.
385 employee layoffs on Jan. 1 and 150 more on June 30 when seven primary-care clinics partner with federally qualified health centers.
3 police station closings — Wood, Belmont and Prairie — freeing roughly 60 officers for street duty and scores more now assigned to police areas who support district operations.
3 police and detective areas — down from current five.
Merge police and fire headquarters and specialized units overseeing anti-terrorism, marine activities, helicopter and bomb and arson.
$147 million a year in added revenue by raising water and sewer rates by $120 a year for the average homeowner, doubling those rates over the next four years and locking in annual cost-of-living increases after that.
$28 million in added revenue by raising the weekday parking tax by $2 — billed as a congestion fee — at garages and outdoor lots that charge more than $12.
$14.8 million in added revenue by raising city stickers fees by $10 for small- and medium-sized vehicles and $15 for SUVs and trucks. Weight limits would remain the same. Annual cost-of-living increases would follow.
$14 million in added revenue by raising the city tax on hotel rooms by one percentage point — from 3.5 to 4.5 percent.
$ 6.2 million in fees with a fivefold increase for downtown loading zones and by doubling the annual license for valet parking.
$14.6 million in added revenue by increasing an array of fines for criminal and nuisance offenses punishable by vehicle impoundment, including fly dumping, drag racing, narcotics and noise violations.
$25 million in revenue by selling sponsorships for or advertising on blue recycling carts, garbage trucks, snow plows, light boxes, bridge houses and lifeguard towers or by selling ads on city websites.
$50-per-year refuse-collection rebate for condominium owners in 2012, down from $75, followed by three years at $26 and a phase-out in 2016. Phase-out paid for by raising a handful of parking fines by $10 and $15 apiece.
8 fewer library hours each week by closing on Monday and Friday mornings, but only when school is in session. When school is out, there will be no cuts.
183 fewer library employees.
$20 million restored to the rainy day raided by former Mayor Richard M. Daley.
3 city departments eliminated — Environment, Revenue and Office of Compliance.
12 mental health clinics consolidated into six.
7 primary-care clinics to partner with federally qualified health centers in mid-year.
5 to 7 days for Taste of Chicago, down from 10 days.
Phase out free water perk for hospitals, universities and non-profits.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s $6.3 billion budget and the $220 million in taxes, fines and fees needed to pay for it received unanimous approval from the City Council Wednesday.
Duplicating the unanimous budget votes that dominated the Daley years was a triumph for the rookie mayor — even one who honed his lobbying skills on Capital Hill.
Aldermen approved the mayor’s spending plan after weeks of negotiations that tinkered at the margins but let the big stuff slide.
Emanuel credited his experience “on both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue” for the budget compromises that set the stage for unanimous vote.
“I too was a legislator. That’s where I got elected on my own. And I will respect the role you [aldermen] have to play as a former legislator myself,” he said.
“I also believe having worked in President Clinton and President Obama’s White House that, if you provide leadership and level with people and are willing to show that type of leadership, that you will give people who have their own ideas the confidence to also stand with you,” he said.
“The easy thing is to vote no. The hard thing is to vote yes and make the choices that are responsible to that yes vote.”
In the end, all 50 aldermen voted “yes.”
They agreed to swallow the mayor’s plan to more than double water and sewer rates over the next four years and to lock in annual cost-of-living increases after that.
They went along with his plan to raise city stickers fees across the board by $10 to $15, also followed by annual inflationary increases. They raised the city’s hotel tax, imposed a $2-a-weekday hike in parking taxes whenever the daily fee rises above $12 and raised a laundry list of criminal, nuisance and parking fines.
Despite neighborhood concerns about the perception of public safety, aldermen also signed off on the mayor’s plan to close the Wood, Prairie and Belmont district police stations, the first station closings in more than 50 years.
The budget also calls for laying off 385 employees on Jan. 1 and 150 more in the middle of the year.
The main objections were against Emanuel’s plan to reduce library hours and services, consolidate 12 mental health clinics into six and reduce the ranks of police and fire dispatchers in a way that could send 911 response times and employee burnout rates through the roof.
Finance Committee Chairman Edward M. Burke (14th) said he bet Emanuel that the mayor’s first budget would be approved unanimously. Burke urged his colleagues to deliver that 50- 0 vote “so he’ll pay off.” After more than two hours of debate, they did just that.
One by one Wednesday, aldermen rose to praise Emanuel for his willingness to compromise and for rejecting quick-fix solutions favored by his predecessor that only postponed the day of reckoning.
“Obviously, as a child, you never learned the game kick the can because you are not doing it in this budget,” Rules Committee Chairman Richard Mell (33rd) told Emanuel. “To make an omelette, you’ve got to break some eggs. ... But it wasn’t just one agency that got all the pain. It was shared. We are on the right track for the first time in many, many years.”
Ald. George Cardenas (12th) added, “This is a bitter pill. But the medicine is needed to get us healthy again.”
Ald. Joe Moore (49th) noted that he led the charge against the last few Daley budgets because they raided reserves to put off tough choices for another day. Those short-sighted decisions only made Wednesday’s difficult decisions even worse.
“This is an honest budget,” Moore said.
Ald. Ariel Reboyras (30th) called the budget vote “tough and hard.” But he argued that “sacrifices had to be made” — even when it comes to raising what has been a bargain price for Lake Michigan water to rebuild century-old water and sewer lines.
“If we don’t do this, our streets will sink,” Reboyras said.
Ald. Will Burns (4th) said some of his constituents urged him to cast a protest vote against the closing of one of his neighborhood police stations. But Burns noted that four community meetings with police brass convinced him that the consolidation plan would work.
“I believe Supt. [Garry] McCarthy and your administration that our community will receive additional police officers and that 21st District officers familiar with our community will remain,” Burns said.
“On the South Side, there is a tradition to distrust what folks downtown will do with us. Promises made are not always promises kept. But, I believe you will keep those promises.”
Two-thirds of the shortfall will be erased through personnel reductions, departmental consolidations and other efficiencies. That’s a sharp contrast from the trick bag of one-time revenues that Daley used to avoid tax increases for the past two years.
In an interview this week with WBBM-AM Radio, Emanuel said he asked for “major, major changes” in his first budget and that he’s pleasantly surprised he’s getting just about all of it in, what he called a clean “break with the past.”
A big change will be providing garbage service through a more efficient grid system, instead of doing it ward by ward, he said.
“Seven functions now will now be competitively bid between a private entity and city employees — like we’re doing with recycling,” he said. “A comprehensive wellness program, changing the way we deliver health care and how you pay for it. Public safety.
“At every level, there is fundamental change. Not one, not two, but close to 10 or 11 items. And I’m very appreciative of the fact that fundamental change is in tact and their understanding of the necessity of that.”
If there was a City Council fight, the mayor had legitimate reason to believe it would have been about the three police stations he plans to close, the 1,252 police vacancies he wants to eliminate or about his plan to raise water and sewer fees sky high.
He rightly anticipated pushback over $2-a-weekday parking tax increase cleverly billed as a “congestion fee,” even though it’s confined neither to rush periods or the congested downtown and River North areas.
Instead, aldermen swallowed the big stuff — and 28 of them signed a protest letter seeking to tweak Emanuel’s spending plan at the margins.
Two weeks ago, Emanuel agreed to accommodate rebel aldermen by: softening the blow of his library cuts; restoring funding for graffiti removal, vacant lot cleaning and overnight homeless services; gradually weaning non-profits off free water and raising city sticker fees across the board instead of confining the increase to large vehicles.
On Monday, he bent a little more in a way that softened the blow for condominium owners who receive a $75-a-year refuse collection rebate to compensate them for the cost of private scavenger services.
That was enough to appease aldermen and bolster the mayor’s claim that he wants a partnership with the City Council, not a rubber stamp.
Ald. Pat O’Connor (40th), the mayor’s City Council floor leader, attributed the broad support to three factors: a mayoral campaign focused on city finances that laid the groundwork for tough decisions; a well-crafted budget and Emanuel’s willingness to solicit ideas and compromise.
“If you put all that together, there’s not a lot of people out there feeling they didn’t have an opportunity to impact this budget — either on large issues or smaller ones related to their individual communities,” he said.
For every police station closed, McCarthy has estimated that 20 officers could be made available for street duty, plus scores of additional officers now assigned to police areas who support district operations.
McCarthy has also argued that the newly consolidated stations — Wentworth, Monroe and Town Hall — would emerge as they top three in the city when it comes to the number of officers assigned.
Daley loved to pitch a shutout on the budget, the most important vote of the year in the City Council. He snarled at dissenters, dissed them from the podium and, sometimes, made them pay for their “no” votes. His first budget passed by a vote of 38-8.
Emanuel is known for his hardball politics, but aides insist he expected budget dissent and has no desire or intention to get even.
“Whether it’s two, five or 20 [no votes], that’s how democracy works. He’s been a legislator. He knows that,” said a top mayoral aide who asked to remain anonymous.

Sunday, November 13, 2011

41st Ward Demographics

Just some information about 41st Ward communities as listed on CLRsearch.com, a Real Estate Database.  I filtered for the two main 41st Ward zip codes (60656 and 60631) and then compared to national data.  But you can filter for zip -vs- city, state, nation too...

Chicago, IL 60656 Demographics Summary

Crime Rate Indexes

2010 Crime Rate IndexesChicago, IL 60656Chicago, IL 60631United States
Total Crime Risk Index188248100
Murder Risk Index321338100
Rape Risk Index157254100
Robbery Risk Index306337100
Assault Risk Index309322100
Burglary Risk Index101159100
Larceny Risk Index150202100
Motor Vehicle Theft Risk Index111213100

Crime Risk Index (100 = National Average): Index score for an area is compared to the national average of 100. A score of 200 indicates twice the national average total crime risk, while 50 indicates half the national risk. We encourage you to consult with a knowledgeable local real estate agent or contact the local police department for any additional information.

Information is deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Demographic Information FAQ

Education Level Profile and Enrollment Statistics

2010 Highest Education Level Attained (Population Age 25+)Chicago, IL 60656Chicago, IL 60631United States
Did Not Complete High School 14.56% 11.87% 15.35%
Completed High School 30.43% 27.53% 29.24%
Some College 20.70% 23.28% 20.56%
Completed Associate Degree 7.35% 6.45% 7.50%
Completed Bachelors Degree 18.14% 21.06% 17.52%
Completed Graduate Degree 8.83% 9.81% 9.84%
2010 Education Enrollment (Population Age 3+)Chicago, IL 60656Chicago, IL 60631United States
Education Index 126 183 100
Public Preprimary 0.57% 0.73% 0.79%
Private Preprimary 0.72% 1.11% 1.05%
Public School 6.15% 5.23% 17.44%
Private School 4.90% 8.08% 2.05%
Public College 4.80% 4.44% 5.28%
Private College 3.12% 2.45% 1.76%
Not Enrolled in School 79.73% 77.95% 71.64%

Highest Education Level Attained (Populations Age 25+): The data represents the percentage of people in the area over age 25 who have attained a particular education level.

Education Index: The Education Index for Zip Codes and places are comprised of a combination of socio-demographic characteristics. These index scores are not based statistically upon the performance of specific schools, programs or colleges located in these areas.

Education Enrollment (Population Age 3+): The data represents the percentage of people in the area over age 3 who are currently enrolled at each type of learning institution.

Index score: (100 = National Average) for an area is compared to the national average of 100. A score of 200 indicates twice the national average, while 50 indicates half the national average.
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Quality of Life Indexes

2010 Quality of Life IndexesChicago, IL 60656Chicago, IL 60631United States
Quality of Life Index 63 77 100
Amusement Index 108 104 100
Culture Index 89 140 100
Earthquake Index 45 51 100
Education Index 126 183 100
Medical Index 115 165 100
Mortality Index (All Causes) 171 186 100
Religion Index 152 199 100
Restaurant Index 152 162 100
Weather Index 22 22 100
Quality of Life Index: Based on the results of a study group, this index is calculated based on what variables affect individuals as they search for a new home, how much they would enjoy living in a place and the impact of each selected variable. For example, the crime index affects the total quality of life index negatively and the amusement index affects it positively.

Positive Variables Weighted for Quality of Life Index: Amusement, Culture, Education, Medical, Religion, Restaurants and Weather

Negative Variables Weighted for Quality of Life Index: Crime, Earthquake and Mortality

Index score: (100 = National Average) for an area is compared to the national average of 100. A score of 200 indicates twice the national average, while 50 indicates half the national average.
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Population Growth and Population Statistics

2010 Population Growth and Population StatisticsChicago, IL 60656Chicago, IL 60631United States
Total Population 24,954 27,681 308,455,134
Square Miles 3.30 3.46 N/A
Population Density 7,566.60 7,998.10 87.20
Population Change Since 1990 -3.26% -5.30% 24.02%
Population Change Since 2000 -3.53% -5.13% 9.61%
Forecasted Population Change by 2014 0.78% -0.10% 4.52%
Population Male 48.49% 46.69% 49.48%
Population Female 51.51% 53.31% 50.52%
Median Age 42.10 44.40 35.60
2010 Population Statistics by Marital Status (Age 15+)Chicago, IL 60656Chicago, IL 60631United States
Males Never Married 16.23% 14.43% 15.85%
Males Married 25.68% 26.33% 27.37%
Males Widowed 2.10% 1.53% 1.16%
Males Divorced 3.83% 3.73% 4.50%
Females Never Married 15.05% 14.17% 13.47%
Females Married 25.87% 26.68% 27.06%
Females Widowed 6.51% 8.74% 4.64%
Females Divorced 4.72% 4.40% 5.94%
Population Change Since 1990 and 2000: Change in population since 1990 and 2000 expressed as a percentage increase or decrease.

Population by Marital Status (Population Age 15+): The data represents the number and percentage of people in the area, according to marital status.
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Population by Age

2010 Population by AgeChicago, IL 60656Chicago, IL 60631United States
Median Age 42.10 44.40 35.60
Age 0-5 6.74% 7.37% 8.84%
Age 6-11 5.18% 6.19% 8.41%
Age 12-17 4.89% 5.95% 8.65%
Age 18-24 7.60% 5.86% 9.94%
Age 25-34 16.43% 12.19% 13.40%
Age 35-44 12.89% 13.24% 13.74%
Age 45-54 14.43% 15.33% 14.32%
Age 55-64 12.68% 12.29% 10.80%
Age 65-74 9.16% 8.90% 6.11%
Age 75-84 7.46% 8.45% 4.04%
Age 85+ 2.54% 4.23% 1.75%
2010 Male Population by AgeChicago, IL 60656Chicago, IL 60631United States
Male Median Age 39.90 41.90 34.20
Aged 0 to 5 Years 7.14% 8.02% 9.21%
Aged 6 to 11 Years 5.68% 6.62% 8.79%
Aged 12 to 17 Years 5.35% 6.24% 9.03%
Aged 18 to 24 Years 7.32% 6.18% 10.37%
Aged 25 to 34 Years 17.71% 13.10% 13.75%
Aged 35 to 44 Years 13.76% 14.28% 13.92%
Aged 45 to 54 Years 14.82% 16.33% 14.20%
Aged 55 to 64 Years 12.02% 11.94% 10.49%
Aged 65 to 74 Years 8.01% 8.15% 5.69%
Aged 75 to 84 Years 6.30% 6.64% 3.39%
Aged 85 Years and Older 1.89% 2.50% 1.16%
2010 Female Population by AgeChicago, IL 60656Chicago, IL 60631United States
Female Median Age 44.40 46.60 36.90
Aged 0 to 5 Years 6.36% 6.80% 8.48%
Aged 6 to 11 Years 4.71% 5.81% 8.05%
Aged 12 to 17 Years 4.46% 5.70% 8.27%
Aged 18 to 24 Years 7.86% 5.58% 9.51%
Aged 25 to 34 Years 15.22% 11.40% 13.06%
Aged 35 to 44 Years 12.07% 12.33% 13.56%
Aged 45 to 54 Years 14.07% 14.45% 14.44%
Aged 55 to 64 Years 13.31% 12.60% 11.11%
Aged 65 to 74 Years 10.24% 9.55% 6.52%
Aged 75 to 84 Years 8.56% 10.03% 4.69%
Aged 85 Years and Older 3.15% 5.75% 2.32%
Population by Age: The data represents the percentage of people in the area within each age group.

Male Population: The data represents the percentage of males in the population according to age range.

Female Population: The data represents the percentage of females in the population according to age range.
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Population by Race and Ethnicity

2010 Population by Race and EthnicityChicago, IL 60656Chicago, IL 60631United States
Population by Race
White 84.04% 91.07% 71.91%
Black or African American 1.25% 1.11% 12.01%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.04% 0.04% 0.98%
Asian 7.47% 3.19% 4.51%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 0.09% 0.06% 0.21%
Other 7.12% 4.53% 10.38%
Population by Ethnicity
Population Hispanic 8.33% 6.82% 16.05%
Population Non Hispanic 91.67% 93.18% 83.95%
Race versus Ethnicity: According to the Census, race and ethnicity are considered two separate and distinct identities. Hispanic or Latino origin is asked as a separate question and categorized under ethnicity. In addition to their race and/or races, all respondents are categorized by one of two ethnicities, which are "Hispanic" and "Non Hispanic."

Hispanic Ethnicity: According to the Census, people of Hispanic origin, were those who indicated that their origin was Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American or some other Hispanic origin. It should be noted that people of Hispanic origin may be of any race.
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Household Makeup and Size

2010 Household Family Makeup StatisticsChicago, IL 60656Chicago, IL 60631United States
Family HH 60.19% 61.83% 68.23%
Non-Family HH 39.81% 38.17% 31.77%
Family Households
Married Family HH 77.45% 80.70% 76.48%
Other Family HH 22.55% 19.30% 23.52%
Other Family Households
Male Householder, No Wife Present 30.48% 28.54% 27.73%
Female Householder, No Husband Present 69.52% 71.46% 72.27%
Married Family Households
with Children Under 18 33.22% 36.77% 43.56%
with No Children Under 18 66.78% 63.23% 56.44%
Other Family Households
Male Householder, No Wife Present with Children Under 18 5.92% 6.50% 14.10%
Male Householder, No Wife Present with No Children 24.56% 22.04% 13.63%
Female Householder, No Husband Present with Children Under 18 18.03% 17.01% 42.96%
Female Householder, No Husband Present with No Children 51.48% 54.45% 29.30%
Non-Family Households
Male Householder 46.12% 38.62% 47.56%
Female Householder 53.88% 61.38% 52.44%
2010 Household Size StatisticsChicago, IL 60656Chicago, IL 60631United States
Households 10,951 11,479 118,402,143
Household Growth Since 2000 -3.66% -5.84% 12.25%
Average Household Size 2.28 2.35 2.54
Median Household Size 2.48 2.50 2.73
1 Person 33.11% 33.71% 25.45%
2 Person 34.94% 32.88% 33.50%
3 Person 14.99% 13.27% 16.08%
4 Person 11.10% 12.34% 14.79%
5 Person 4.04% 5.48% 6.59%
6 Person 1.32% 1.69% 2.27%
7 or More Person 0.49% 0.64% 1.32%
Family Household: A family household is a household maintained by a householder who is in a family, and includes any unrelated people (unrelated subfamily members and/or secondary individuals) who may be residing there.

Married Family Household: A married family household consists of a married householder and one or more other persons living in the same household who are related to the householder by birth, marriage or adoption.

Other Family Household: An other family household consists of a householder and one or more other persons living in the same household who are related to the householder by birth or adoption. These households may have a Male Householder with No Wife Present and/or Female Householder with No Husband Present.

Non-Family Household: A non-family household consists of a householder living alone (a one-person household) or where the householder shares the home exclusively with people to whom he/she is not related.
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Number of Vehicles Per Household

2010 Number of Vehicles per HouseholdChicago, IL 60656Chicago, IL 60631United States
Households, Median Vehicles 1.90 2.00 2.20
No Vehicles 11.00% 9.20% 8.49%
1 Vehicle 44.19% 41.57% 32.66%
2 Vehicles 33.36% 36.15% 38.43%
3 Vehicles 9.74% 9.66% 15.03%
4+ Vehicles 1.71% 3.41% 5.39%
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Housing Statistics, Occupancy and Year Built

2010 Move In Date by YearChicago, IL 60656Chicago, IL 60631United States
Households 10,951 11,479 118,402,143
Household, Median Year Moved In 2003 2003 2003
Moved In 1999 or Later 86.10% 84.45% 90.21%
Moved In 1995 to 1998 2.32% 2.47% 2.33%
Moved In 1990 to 1994 1.28% 1.52% 1.30%
Moved In 1980 to 1989 1.58% 1.70% 1.26%
Moved In 1970 to 1979 2.28% 2.25% 1.63%
Moved In 1969 or Earlier 6.44% 7.61% 3.27%
2010 Housing Occupancy StatisticsChicago, IL 60656Chicago, IL 60631United States
Total Units 11,292 11,694 126,739,245
Occupied Units 96.98% 98.16% 93.42%
Vacant Units 3.02% 1.84% 6.58%
Total Housing Units
Owner Occupied Units 62.62% 75.53% 63.21%
Renter Occupied Units 34.36% 22.63% 30.21%
Vacant Units 3.02% 1.84% 6.58%
Vacant Housing Units
Vacant Units For Rent 35.78% 29.30% 25.10%
Vacant Units For Sale 17.01% 26.51% 14.92%
Vacant Units Seasonal 34.60% 19.07% 39.17%
Vacant Units Vacant Other 12.61% 25.12% 20.81%
2010 Housing Statistic Year BuiltChicago, IL 60656Chicago, IL 60631United States
Housing, Units 11,292 11,694 126,739,245
Housing, Median Year Built 1964 1954 1977
Built 1999 or Later 12.57% 8.96% 28.20%
Built 1995 to 1998 0.74% 0.51% 5.22%
Built 1990 to 1994 0.58% 0.74% 5.19%
Built 1980 to 1989 5.27% 4.04% 11.37%
Built 1970 to 1979 20.30% 8.72% 14.68%
Built 1960 to 1969 22.66% 12.72% 11.93%
Built 1950 to 1959 25.88% 28.94% 11.33%
Built 1940 to 1949 9.27% 14.40% 6.39%
Built 1939 or Earlier 5.84% 22.84% 12.74%
Occupied Units: Housing units that are Owner Occupied or Renter Occupied.

Vacant Units: Housing units that are For Sale and Vacant, For Rent and Vacant, Seasonal and Vacant and Other.
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Home Values and Rental Rates

2010 Homeowner Statistics and Home ValuesChicago, IL 60656Chicago, IL 60631United States
Owner Occupied Units 7,071 8,833 80,110,230
Owner Households, With Mortgage Any 50.97% 61.84% 70.65%
Owner Households, With No Mortgage 49.03% 38.16% 29.35%
Median Value Owner Households $265,860 $292,272 $177,046
Valued Less than $20,000 0.03% 0.05% 1.98%
Valued $20,000-$39,999 0.10% 0.02% 3.31%
Valued $40,000-$59,999 0.18% 0.06% 5.64%
Valued $60,000-$79,999 0.23% 0.10% 4.79%
Valued $80,000-$99,999 1.17% 0.57% 8.96%
Valued $100,000-$124,999 2.62% 1.25% 8.79%
Valued $125,000-$149,999 3.44% 2.55% 7.92%
Valued $150,000-$174,999 3.30% 3.12% 7.94%
Valued $175,000-$199,999 10.63% 6.25% 8.11%
Valued $200,000-$249,999 20.66% 12.97% 7.66%
Valued $250,000-$299,999 24.10% 27.28% 8.72%
Valued $300,000-$399,999 18.46% 24.23% 8.63%
Valued $400,000-$499,999 9.53% 12.07% 6.36%
Valued $500,000-$749,999 4.91% 7.66% 6.34%
Valued $750,000-$999,999 0.65% 1.49% 3.01%
Valued More than $1,000,000 0.00% 0.33% 1.84%
2010 Housing Rental RatesChicago, IL 60656Chicago, IL 60631United States
Renter Occupied Units 3,880 2,646 38,291,913
Median Rent $1,193 $1,147 $950
Rent Less than $250 0.08% 0.08% 3.11%
Rent $250-$499 0.28% 0.57% 6.19%
Rent $500-$749 0.67% 0.87% 18.33%
Rent $750-$999 5.80% 14.85% 24.67%
Rent $1,000-$1,249 54.51% 53.63% 24.03%
Rent $1,250-$1,499 12.19% 11.11% 7.13%
Rent $1,500-$1,999 20.26% 12.47% 7.07%
Rent $2,000+ 4.05% 2.27% 4.19%
No Cash Rent 2.16% 4.16% 5.28%
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Employment, Occupation and Industry

2010 Employment Statistics for Potential Employees (Age 16+)Chicago, IL 60656Chicago, IL 60631United States
Employment Potential 21,167 22,829 237,450,726
Civilian Total 12,905 13,733 143,186,664
Employed Civilian Males 31.96% 31.56% 32.21%
Employed Civilian Females 29.01% 28.60% 28.09%
Armed Forces Male 0.00% 0.00% 0.44%
Armed Forces Female 0.00% 0.00% 0.08%
Unemployed Males 2.70% 2.48% 3.63%
Unemployed Females 1.01% 1.05% 2.51%
Not in the Labor Force Male 14.25% 12.65% 13.51%
Not in the Labor Force Female 21.08% 23.66% 19.53%
2010 Employment by Job Type for Civilian Population (Age 16+)Chicago, IL 60656Chicago, IL 60631United States
White Collar 76.27% 79.24% 74.72%
Blue Collar 23.73% 20.76% 25.28%
 
Management, Business, and Financial Operations 14.99% 17.67% 16.09%
Professional and Related 22.15% 21.37% 21.78%
Sales and Office 26.54% 25.31% 26.38%
Service 16.47% 18.79% 13.50%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry 0.05% 0.00% 0.51%
Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance 7.69% 7.22% 8.85%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving 12.12% 9.63% 12.88%
2010 Employment by Type of Employer Total Civilian Population (Age 16+)Chicago, IL 60656Chicago, IL 60631United States
Private for-Profit Wage and Salary Workers 73.34% 65.04% 73.77%
Private Not-for-Profit Wage and Salary Workers 7.47% 8.61% 7.05%
Local Government Workers 12.94% 18.64% 6.26%
State Government Workers 1.89% 1.80% 4.67%
Federal Government Workers 0.86% 1.60% 2.47%
Self-Employed Workers in Own Not Incorporated Business 3.41% 4.18% 5.64%
Unpaid Family Workers 0.09% 0.12% 0.14%
2010 Employment by Industry for Civilian Population (Age 16+)Chicago, IL 60656Chicago, IL 60631United States
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting, and Mining 0.10% 0.12% 1.49%
Construction 6.66% 6.30% 6.97%
Manufacturing 11.34% 8.83% 11.93%
Wholesale Trade 3.13% 3.34% 3.05%
Retail Trade 8.27% 6.15% 10.02%
Transportation and Warehousing, and Utilities 9.87% 6.04% 5.58%
Information 2.49% 3.12% 2.94%
Finance, Insurance, Real Estate and Rental and Leasing 9.59% 8.24% 6.91%
Professional, Scientific, Management, Administrative, etc. 11.88% 13.49% 10.43%
Educational, Health and Social Services 16.74% 19.24% 22.14%
Arts, Entertainment, Accommodation and Food Services, etc. 5.72% 5.57% 8.46%
Other Services 4.96% 4.17% 5.15%
Public Administration 9.25% 15.40% 4.92%
Workforce Statistics: The Workforce breakdown is derived from data, published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).

White Collar Employment: perform tasks that are considered less physically laborious

Blue Collar Employment: perform tasks that are manual, technical labor or are in technical maintenance "trades"

Civilian Employers (Population Age 16+): This data represents 2010 employment by type of employers for the total civilian population, over age 16.

Employment by Industry: This data represents 2010 employment by industry for the total civilian population.
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Travel Time and Mode of Transportation to Work

2010 Travel Time to WorkChicago, IL 60656Chicago, IL 60631United States
Travel Time Less than 15 Min14.33%13.42%25.26%
Travel Time 15-29 Min30.91%30.62%36.15%
Travel Time 30-59 Min41.67%45.91%29.43%
Travel Time 60+ Min13.09%10.04%9.16%
2010 Mode of Transportation to WorkChicago, IL 60656Chicago, IL 60631United States
Car, Truck, Van to Work 82.52% 82.02% 87.32%
Public Transportation to Work 13.01% 11.45% 4.44%
Other Transportation to Work 2.53% 3.36% 4.00%
Work at Home 1.94% 3.17% 4.24%
Travel Time to Work: Half the workers in the area have a longer travel time than this, half have less travel time.

Mode of Transportation to Work: Provides a percentage breakdown by mode of transportation to work in a particular area.
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Employee Statistics by NAICS Code

2010 Employee Statistics by NAICS CodeChicago, IL 60656Chicago, IL 60631United States
Employees, Total (by Place of Work) 7,973 23,728 119,050,433
Forestry, Fishing, Hunting, and Agriculture Support 0.00% 0.00% 0.15%
Mining 0.00% 0.00% 0.48%
Utilities 1.88% 0.63% 0.53%
Construction 2.68% 3.59% 6.25%
Manufacturing 5.00% 1.42% 11.24%
Wholesale Trade 1.84% 5.37% 5.02%
Retail Trade 20.14% 1.57% 13.19%
Transportation and Warehousing 11.35% 0.22% 3.65%
Information 9.31% 15.16% 2.87%
Finance and Insurance 8.99% 5.54% 5.61%
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing 1.24% 1.88% 1.97%
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services 7.40% 11.52% 6.84%
Management of Companies and Enterprises 3.78% 5.69% 2.61%
Admin, Support, Waste Mgt, Remediation Services 11.85% 14.17% 6.84%
Educational Services 1.47% 2.43% 2.33%
Health Care and Social Assistance 3.69% 17.14% 14.14%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation 0.51% 0.13% 1.75%
Accommodation and Food Services 5.82% 6.32% 9.86%
Other Services (Except Public Administration) 3.04% 7.22% 4.66%
North American Industry Classification System (NAICS): NAICS is the standard used by Federal statistical agencies in classifying business establishments for the purpose of collecting, analyzing and publishing statistical data related to the U.S. business economy.
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Establishment Statistics by NAICS Code

2010 Establishments by NAICS CodeChicago, IL 60656Chicago, IL 60631United States
Establishments, Total (by Place of Work) 538 1,054 7,700,385
Forestry, Fishing, Hunting, and Agriculture Support 0.00% 0.00% 0.31%
Mining 0.00% 0.00% 0.33%
Utilities 0.19% 0.09% 0.22%
Construction 16.73% 12.14% 10.56%
Manufacturing 3.16% 3.23% 4.31%
Wholesale Trade 2.97% 4.93% 5.60%
Retail Trade 12.08% 4.55% 14.62%
Transportation and Warehousing 8.18% 1.99% 2.86%
Information 1.49% 2.85% 1.86%
Finance and Insurance 7.25% 11.57% 6.58%
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing 5.58% 6.45% 4.95%
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services 11.52% 14.71% 11.28%
Management of Companies and Enterprises 0.56% 1.14% 0.66%
Admin, Support, Waste Mgt, Remediation Services 7.06% 7.69% 4.98%
Educational Services 1.12% 2.47% 1.13%
Health Care and Social Assistance 7.43% 12.52% 10.21%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation 0.74% 0.66% 1.63%
Accommodation and Food Services 6.69% 4.17% 8.24%
Other Services (Except Public Administration) 7.25% 8.82% 9.70%
North American Industry Classification System (NAICS): NAICS is the standard used by Federal statistical agencies in classifying business establishments for the purpose of collecting, analyzing and publishing statistical data related to the U.S. business economy.
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Household Income Statistics

2010 Household Income StatisticsChicago, IL 60656Chicago, IL 60631United States
Total Area Household Income $854,667,986 $1,043,087,721 $8,877,041,207,141
Median Household Income $65,794 $74,590 $55,970
Average Household Income $78,045 $90,869 $74,974
Per Capita Household Income $34,250 $37,682 $28,779
 
Income Less than $15,000 8.52% 5.99% 11.96%
Income $15,000 to $24,999 6.52% 6.01% 9.15%
Income $25,000 to $34,999 7.76% 8.11% 9.99%
Income $35,000 to $49,999 12.84% 10.81% 14.37%
Income $50,000 to $74,999 22.73% 19.39% 18.95%
Income $75,000 to $99,999 17.07% 16.51% 14.07%
Income $100,000 to $124,999 9.73% 12.28% 8.54%
Income $125,000 to $149,999 8.37% 9.31% 5.01%
Income $150,000 to $199,999 3.47% 6.46% 3.59%
Income $200,000 and Over 3.00% 5.11% 4.38%
Household Income: Data on consumer income collected by the Census Bureau covers money income received (exclusive of certain money receipts such as capital gains) before payments for personal income taxes, social security, union dues, medicare deductions, etc. Therefore, money income does not reflect the fact that some families receive part of their income in the form of non-cash benefits, such as food stamps, health benefits, rent-free housing, and goods produced and consumed on the farm.
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Retail Sales Statistics

2010 Retail Sales StatisticsChicago, IL 60656Chicago, IL 60631United States
Total Retail Sales (Including Food Services) $302,842,000 $152,781,000 $4,253,550,572,000
Building Materials and Garden Store Sales 7.03% 2.76% 7.42%
Clothing and Accessories Store Sales 6.81% 0.00% 4.47%
Electrical and Appliances Store Sales 0.98% 0.75% 2.37%
Food and Beverage Store Sales 37.62% 12.09% 13.98%
Food Services 6.81% 21.69% 9.50%
Gasoline Stations Store Sales 3.37% 2.04% 7.46%
General Merchandise Store Sales 12.00% 0.00% 17.57%
Health and Personal Care Store Sales 15.43% 4.63% 5.41%
Home Furnishings Store Sales 0.48% 1.78% 2.53%
Miscellaneous Store Sales 2.73% 3.30% 2.94%
Motor Vehicles Store Sales 5.36% 10.15% 16.16%
Nonstore Purchases Store Sales 1.13% 39.59% 7.98%
Sporting Goods Store Sales 0.26% 1.22% 2.20%
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