Cook County
Zip codes: 60016, 60018.
Elevation: 640 feet
Land area: 14.4 square miles

Median resident age: 39.7 years
Median household income: $53,638 (year 2000)
Median house value: $184,600 (year 2000)

Races in Des Plaines:
White Non-Hispanic (76.0%)
Hispanic (14.0%)
Other race (4.6%)
Asian Indian (3.8%)
Two or more races (2.0%)
Filipino (1.8%)
Black (1.0%)
Korean (0.7%)
American Indian (0.6%)
Chinese (0.6%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: German (21.5%), Polish (18.2%), Irish (13.8%), Italian (10.6%), English (5.2%), Swedish (3.3%).

For population 25 years and over in Des Plaines

High school or higher: 81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 24.7%
Graduate or professional degree: 8.1%
Unemployed: 3.9%
Mean travel time to work: 27.4 minutes
For population 15 years and over in Des Plaines city

Never married: 24.9%
Now married: 57.0%
Separated: 0.9%
Widowed: 9.2%
Divorced: 8.0%
23.9% Foreign born (9.4% Europe, 8.2% Latin America, 6.0% Asia).
Population change in the 1990s: +3,867 (+7.0%).