Editing Galesburg, Illinois (section)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1850= 323
|1860= 4953
|1870= 10158
|1880= 11437
|1890= 15264
|1900= 18607
|1910= 22089
|1920= 23834
|1930= 28830
|1940= 28876
|1950= 31425
|1960= 37243
|1970= 36290
|1980= 35305
|1990= 33530
|2000= 33706
|2010= 32195
|2020= 30052
|footnote=[https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html Decennial US Census]
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Galesburg city, Illinois – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Galesburg city, Illinois|url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=160XX00US1728326&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Galesburg city, Illinois|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US1728326&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name="2020CensusP2">{{Cite web |title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Galesburg city, Illinois |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US1728326&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2 |website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|27,688
|25,114
|style='background: #ffffe6; |21,088
|82.15%
|78.01%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |70.17%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|3,402
|3,630
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4,215
|10.09%
|11.28%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |14.03%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|64
|56
|style='background: #ffffe6; |47
|0.19%
|0.17%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.16%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|345
|284
|style='background: #ffffe6; |301
|1.02%
|0.88%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.00%
|-
|[[Native Hawaiian]] or [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|8
|7
|style='background: #ffffe6; |7
|0.02%
|0.02%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.02%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|25
|39
|style='background: #ffffe6; |172
|0.07%
|0.12%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.57%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|486
|828
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,670
|1.44%
|2.57%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |5.56%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|1,688
|2,327
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2,552
|5.01%
|6.95%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |8.49%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''33,706'''
|'''32,195'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''30,052'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> of 2000, there were 33,706 people, 13,237 households, and 7,902 families residing in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|1994.9|PD/sqmi}}. There were 14,133 housing units at an average density of {{convert|836.5|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 84.23% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 10.20% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.22% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 1.03% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.02% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 2.46% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.84% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 5.01% of the population. 17.4% were of [[germans|German]], 12.6% [[Americans|American]], 11.5% [[irish people|Irish]], 11.3% [[swedish people|Swedish]] and 9.1% [[english people|English]] ancestry according to [[Census 2000]].

There were 13,237 households, of which 26.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.6% were married couples living together, 12.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 40.3% were non-families. 34.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.24 and the average family size was 2.87.

The population was spread out, with 21.1% under the age of 18, 11.8% from 18 to 24, 27.0% from 25 to 44, 22.0% from 45 to 64, and 18.1% 65 or older. The median age was 38. For every 100 females, there were 100.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.1 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $31,987, and the median income for a family was $41,796. Males had a median income of $31,698 versus $21,388 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $17,214. About 10.7% of families and 14.7% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 23.4% of those under age 18 and 6.3% of those age 65 or over.