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==Demographics== {{US Census population |1910= 19444 |1920= 39858 |1930= 63982 |1940= 66015 |1950= 63529 |1960= 61093 |1970= 62511 |1980= 54887 |1990= 53648 |2000= 52524 |2010= 51878 |2020= 54583 |estyear= |estimate= |estref= |align-fn=center |footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decades|publisher=[[US Census Bureau]]|access-date=}}</ref><br> 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2/> 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2/> }}As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US1754885 |access-date=June 28, 2022 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref> there were 54,583 people, 21,701 households, and 12,774 families residing in the village. The population density was {{Convert|11,613.40|PD/sqmi|PD/km2}}. There were 25,953 housing units at an average density of {{Convert|5,521.91|/sqmi|/km2}}. The racial makeup of the village was 60.18% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 18.69% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.05% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 5.39% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.02% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.52% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 5.84% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 9.31% of the population. There were 21,701 households, out of which 30.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.56% were married couples living together, 9.89% had a female householder with no husband present, and 41.14% were non-families. 35.33% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.35% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.14 and the average family size was 2.38. The village's age distribution consisted of 23.8% under the age of 18, 6.1% from 18 to 24, 27% from 25 to 44, 27.5% from 45 to 64, and 15.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40.6 years. For every 100 females, there were 87.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.5 males. The median income for a household in the village was $96,945, and the median income for a family was $142,785. Males had a median income of $79,284 versus $54,639 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the village was $58,262. About 3.3% of families and 7.0% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 3.7% of those under age 18 and 8.7% of those age 65 or over. {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |+'''Oak Park village, Illinois β 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 β 2000: DEC Summary File 1 β Glendale Heights village, Illinois |url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=1600000US1754885&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 26, 2024}}</ref> !Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race β 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) β Oak Park village, Illinois|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=1600000US1754885&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 β 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) β Oak Park village, Illinois|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=1600000US1754885&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> !% 2000 !% 2010 !{{partial|% 2020}} |- |[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH) |34,767 |33,076 |style='background: #ffffe6; |32,846 |66.19% |63.76% |style='background: #ffffe6; |60.18% |- |[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH) |11,685 |11,023 |style='background: #ffffe6; |10,200 |22.25% |21.25% |style='background: #ffffe6; |18.69% |- |[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH) |61 |65 |style='background: #ffffe6; |29 |0.12% |0.13% |style='background: #ffffe6; |0.05% |- |[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH) |2,171 |2,474 |style='background: #ffffe6; |2,944 |4.13% |4.77% |style='background: #ffffe6; |5.39% |- |[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH) |16 |15 |style='background: #ffffe6; |12 |0.03% |0.03% |style='background: #ffffe6; |0.02% |- |[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH) |185 |178 |style='background: #ffffe6; |285 |0.35% |0.34% |style='background: #ffffe6; |0.52% |- |[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH) |1,265 |1,526 |style='background: #ffffe6; |3,187 |2.41% |2.94% |style='background: #ffffe6; |5.84% |- |[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race) |2,374 |3,521 |style='background: #ffffe6; |5,080 |4.52% |6.79% |style='background: #ffffe6; |9.31% |- |'''Total''' |'''52,524''' |'''51,878''' |style='background: #ffffe6; |'''54,583''' |'''100.00%''' |'''100.00%''' |style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%''' |} [[Image:Oak park unity temple.jpg|thumb|left|[[Unity Temple]], designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1905 and finished in 1908, is part of [[The 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright]], a [[World Heritage Site]].]] In the 1960s, Oak Park residents began a concerted effort to avoid the destructive racial housing practices occurring in nearby communities. [[Racial steering]] and block-by-block panic peddling caused rapid racial change on Chicago's west side, including the [[Austin, Chicago|Austin Community Area]] adjacent to Oak Park. Whites left west-side neighborhoods based on concerns of property value losses and crime increases, and some businesses left, as well. The Village of Oak Park passed a [[fair housing]] ordinance in 1968 (in the same year as the federal [[Civil Rights Act of 1968|Fair Housing Act]]) to ensure equal access to housing in the community. In 1972, the Oak Park Housing Center was founded by Roberta "Bobbie" Raymond to promote [[racial integration|integration]] in the community, by ensuring equal access and discouraging white flight.<ref>{{cite web |author=Davis, Morgan P. |date=December 21, 2012 |title=How Oak Park Became Oak Park |url=http://theoakparker.com/2012/12/how-oak-park-became-oak-park/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150629035703/http://theoakparker.com/2012/12/how-oak-park-became-oak-park/ |archive-date=June 29, 2015 |access-date=July 6, 2015 |publisher=The Oak Parker}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.liveinoakpark.com/ |title=Looking for the best Oak Park apartments? Start at the Oak Park Regional Housing Center |access-date=July 6, 2015 |archive-date=July 2, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702062229/http://www.liveinoakpark.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Part of this effort included banning "for sale" signs on houses. Although this law became unconstitutional with the decision in ''[[Linmark Associates, Inc. v. Township of Willingboro]]'', use of the signs is still strongly discouraged by local realtors.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wbez.org/shows/curious-city/not-in-your-front-yard-why-for-sale-signs-are-banned-in-oak-park/5d93f1e7-8540-495c-bbca-6bc7a4430702 |title=Not in Your Front Yard: Why 'For Sale' Signs are Banned in Oak Park |publisher=WBEZ |date=March 21, 2016 |access-date=March 30, 2016 |archive-date=April 13, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413182402/https://www.wbez.org/shows/curious-city/not-in-your-front-yard-why-for-sale-signs-are-banned-in-oak-park/5d93f1e7-8540-495c-bbca-6bc7a4430702 |url-status=live }}</ref> An evaluation of the policy in Oak Park to promote integration, written in the early years of the 21st century, noted the gradual increase in the share of village population that is Black, at 22% in 2000, and further observed:<blockquote>As late as 2000, there were no resegregated census tracts, with tracts ranging from 7% black to 36% black{{nbsp}}... this was not because the pattern of rapid westward resegregation had run its course, because events in neighboring suburbs showed that segregation trends were still operating. Instead, the pattern in a sense leaped over Oak Park to other suburbs farther west, including [[Bellwood, Illinois|Bellwood]] and [[Maywood, Illinois|Maywood]], which resegregated in a relatively short time.<ref>{{cite web |author1=McKenzie, Evan |author2=Ruby, Jay |title=Reconsidering the Oak Park Strategy: The Conundrums of Integration |url=http://astro.temple.edu/~ruby/opp/3qrpt02/finalversion.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030703132254/http://astro.temple.edu/~ruby/opp/3qrpt02/finalversion.pdf |archive-date=July 3, 2003 |access-date=July 6, 2015 |publisher=Temple University Web Archive in Visual Anthropology |page=7}}</ref></blockquote>
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