Our Communities

A New Awakening has offices in Little Village – a community on the southwest side of Chicago – and Cicero – the suburb to the west of Little Village. Both are working class immigrant communities, and a large majority of the people who live there are Mexican and/or Mexican American. Here is some basic demographic data for these two communities:

Data
Little Village
Cicero
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)
81.6%
89.2%
Black (non-Hispanic)
12.4%
3.2%
White (non-Hispanic)
5.1%
6.8%
Under 20 years old
27.4%
31.6%
25+ with high school diploma
60.2%
67.1%
Foreign-born
35.9%
38.1%
Spanish spoken at home
74.6%
81.0%
Per capita income
$15,102
$21,084
Unemployed
7.9%
4.4%
Households with no internet
21.8%
11.9%
Owner-occupied units
40.8%
52.6%
Renter-occupied units
59.2%
47.4%

“Data are from the American Community Survey 2019–2023 5-Year Estimates, released in 2024, and compiled by the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP).”

 

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