The animation above clearly shows the change from 1910 to 2000 in Chicago's make up. Even though it almost a decade after the last animation, it serves as a visual aid to help understand the changing influence in the city. It is a good demonstration of how the African American and Latino population's influence spreads outward from a given area. This can be associated with the development of transportation. In addition, it shows a recent growth of the Asian Population. To note, Chicago has one of the largest South Asian American population in the nation.
The multiple forms of transportation in addition to the prospering economy draws people to it's center, hence the ever changing population. The rate of citizens below the poverty line are 19.6% of the population and 16.6% of the families, which is above the national rate of 12% to 17% citizens living below the federal poverty line.
The population fluctuation can also be attributed to the patterns of immigration and migration. As the frontier opened, more and more people traveled west to settle here and other places across the Great Plains. The variety of opportunity has allowed citizens of Chicago to rise above the discrimination they faced elsewhere in the United States and the World. Since 2000 however, Chicago has experienced a 2% decrease in population and is down from it's all time high in 1940 of 3,620,000+ citizens. The average household size is 2.67, while the average family size is 3.50. The median age is 32 years old, with 33.4% of the population between 25 and 44, and 26.2% under the age of 18.
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