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Friday, December 7, 2012

Census: Oswego's Median Home Price Above State Average, Over 32 Percent of Population Under 18

The U.S. Census Bureau has released information highlighting demographics for cities and town across the nation, including Oswego.

Census information is out, and it shows that Oswego is mostly white, educated and financially well-off. In addition, women are in the majority by a slim margin.  In Oswego, 88.3 percent of residents own their own homes and those homes are worth a median of $258,400, well above the median Illinois home price of $198,500, according to newly released census information.  In 2011, it was estimated 30,856 people called Oswego home, up 1.7 percent or 503 people from April 2010, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The U.S. Census Bureau released information Thursday gathered between 2007-11 for its American Communities Survey, providing statistics down to the neighborhood level on school enrollment, jobs, housing and many other measures, …

Oswego Resident

6:53 pm on Friday, December 7, 2012

According to those numbers, my family and I are quite "median."   more ›

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

The Results Are In: 2010 Census Data Released

Census data shows that the country's growth from 2000 to 2010 is the slowest population increase since the Great Depression.

The numbers are in. The U.S. Census Bureau released the results of the 2010 Census on Tuesday, which showed a 9.7 percent population growth nationwide since 2000. That brings the total U.S. population to 308,745,5389. But while the country grew, the population increase was the lowest since the Great Depression, according to the census bureau. The data will change the makeup of the U.S. House of Representatives, with the 435 house seats redistributed based on state population. Despite a population increase of 3.3 percent since 2000, Illinois will lose one congressional seat, dropping the state's delegation to 18 seats. Texas, on the other hand, has grown the most over the last decade, with a population increase of about 4.2 million people…

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Shannon Antinori

9:04 am on Thursday, February 17, 2011

Cliff, You are correct. I apologize for the error.   more ›

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