HOW MANY FACTS ONLINE?

Stefanie Schmidt

ACCESSING FACTS How can you find statistics on how

many people are in the average household in Illinois?To find this answer, and more, use the

Statistical Abstract of the United States and use the American FactFinder.

http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml

HOW IT CAN BE USED This information can be used to answer

a lot of questions. Not only does it give you statics, but it also gives you more in-depth information, such as: just male householders, with no wife, who have children and just female households with no husband, but who have children.

Also, it includes grandparent household numbers, veteran status, U.S. citizen status, and languages spoken in households, all in Illinois.

As you can see, these are the statistics that show up when you search how many people are in the average household.

INSTRUCTIONS Go to

http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/ Scroll to the bottom of the page, where Find

Data is located. Under the heading you will find American FactFinder, click that option, which will take you to that page.

INSTRUCTIONS CONT’D From there, conduct an advance search

and click “show me all.”

INSTRUCTIONS CONT’D In the Refine your search results, in the “topic of

table name” type “how many people are in the average household.” Then in the “state, county or place” box type Illinois and click “go.”

When the search results show up, click on the first option, “selected social characteristics in the united states.” From there, you will find all the statistics you need to know about the average households in Illinois.

FOLLOW UP For any additional questions, or further

instructions on how to use this, please contact me, I would be happy to help.