Chicago Housing Choice Voucher Demographics

The charts below detail the demographics of applicants and participants in the Chicago Housing Choice Voucher Program (formerly Section 8).  The figures are captured at the end of each fiscal year in CHA's Moving To Work Annual Report. 

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Demographics of Current Administered HCV Participants 12/31/2008 Number of Program Participants Heads of Households 35,153 Other Household Members 61,691 Total Participants 96,844 Bedroom Breakdown 0 Bedroom 1,745 1 Bedroom 4,464 2 Bedrooms 9,939 3 Bedrooms 12,893 4 Bedrooms 4,279 5 Bedrooms 1,427 6 Bedrooms 316 7 Bedrooms 73 8 Bedrooms 17 Unknown/Pending 0 Age (All Participants) 0-18 years old 16,950 18 years or older 44,629 Unknown/Under Reported/Over Reported 112 Race (All Participants) White 10,401 Black 85,652 Native/Alaskan 72 Asian 112 Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 23 Multiple Races selected 17 Unknown Race 567 Ethnicity (All Participants) Hispanic 9,263 Non-Hispanic 86,152 Unknown Ethnicity 1,429 Annual Income Range (All Participants) 0.00 - .99 52,973 1.00 - 9,999 30,405 10,000 - 19,999 8,881 20,000 - 29,999 3,378 30,000 - 39,999 1005 40,000 + 202 Unknown/Pending 0 Demographics of HCV Program General Wait List 12/31/2008 Number of HCV Program Applicants Total HCV Program Applicants 40,000 Race/Ethnicity of Head of Household Black or African American 32911 American Indian or Alaska Native 303 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 46 Asian 471 Hispanic or Latino 3997 White 1956 Disabled Population Disabled HOH 8789