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| Wheaton |
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| Population 2000: | 55,416 |
| Population 2002: | 55,352 |
| Elevation: | 753 feet |
| Area codes: | 630 |
| Land area: | 11.2 square miles |
| Foreign born: | 9.5% (4.1% Asia, 2.9% Europe, 1.7% Latin America) |
| County: | DuPage |
| Industries: | Educational,health and social services (23.3%), Professional,scientific,management,administrative,and waste management services (15.4%), Retail trade (10.3%), Finance,insurance,real estate,and rental and leasing (10.1%). |
| Population growth: | -64 (-0.12%) |
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| Races |
| White Non-Hispanic: | 87.5% |
| Hispanic: | 3.7% |
| Black: | 2.8% |
| Asian Indian: | 1.4% |
| Two or more races: | 1.3% |
| Other race: | 1.0% |
| Chinese: | 0.9% |
| Vietnamese: | 0.8% |
| Korean: | 0.6% |
| Other Asian: | 0.5% |
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| Marital Status |
| Now married: | 60.6% |
| Never married: | 26.9% |
| Divorced: | 6.8% |
| Widowed: | 4.9% |
| Separated: | 0.8% |
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| Median |
| House value: | $222,100 |
| Household income: | $73,385 |
| Resident age: | 35.8 years |
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| Wheaton Compared to Illinois State Average |
| Median house value: | much above |
| Number of rooms per house: | above |
| Hispanic race population percentage: | above |
| Black race population percentage: | much below |
| Unemployed percentage: | below |
| Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher: | much above |
| Foreign-born population percentage: | much above |
| Renting percentage: | below |
| Median household income: | above |
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| Education |
| High school or higher: | 94.4% |
| Bachelor's degree or higher: | 57.3% |
| Graduate or professional degree: | 22.0% |
| Unemployed: | 3.5% |
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| Crime Statistics |
| 2002 larceny counts: | 844 (1523.0 per 100,000) |
| 2002 burglaries: | 113 (203.9 per 100,000) |
| 2002 crime index: | 93.1 - nationwide average is 329, higher means more crime |
| 2002 assaults: | 18 (32.5 per 100,000) |
| 2002 auto thefts: | 15 (27.1 per 100,000) |
| 2002 robberies: | 7 (12.6 per 100,000) |
| 2002 rapes: | 5 (9.0 per 100,000) |
| 2002 murder: | 1 (1.8 per 100,000) |
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| Ancestries |
| German: | 28.1% |
| Irish: | 18.4% |
| English: | 12.9% |
| Italian: | 9.4% |
| Polish: | 8.3% |
| Swedish: | 5.8% |