Palos Hills is
a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States. It is
a suburb of Chicago. The population was 17,665 at the
2000 census. It is the home of Moraine Valley Community
College as well as Amos Alonzo Stagg High School. Palos
Hills was the boyhood home of famed attorney Luke DeMarte.
It is also the birthplace of Bert the Turtle.
As of the census[3] of 2000,
there were 17,665 people, 7,320 households, and 4,772
families residing in the city. The population density
was 4,239.7 people per square mile (1,635.6/km²).
There were 7,492 housing units at an average density
of 1,798.1/sq mi (693.7/km²). The racial makeup
of the city was 87.18% White, 5.48% African American,
0.11% Native American, 2.67% Asian, 1.11% Pacific Islander,
1.57% from other races, and 2.98% from two or more races.
Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.83% of the population.
The top five ancentries reported
in Palos Hills as of the 2000 census were Irish (19.1%),
Polish (18.9%), German (16.3%), Italian (10.5%) and
Greek (6.4%).[4] There were 7,320 households out of
which 23.6% had children under the age of 18 living
with them, 50.8% were married couples living together,
11.1% had a female householder with no husband present,
and 34.8% were non-families. 30.2% of all households
were made up of individuals and 11.2% had someone living
alone who was 65 years of age or older.
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