Palos Heights
| Palos Heights, Illinois | |
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| City | |
| City of Palos Heights | |
 Location of Palos Heights in Cook County, Illinois. |
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.svg) Location of Illinois in the United States |
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| Coordinates: 41°39′55″N 87°47′50″W / 41.66528°N 87.79722°WCoordinates: 41°39′55″N 87°47′50″W / 41.66528°N 87.79722°W | |
| Country |
 United States
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| State | Illinois |
| County | Cook |
| Township | Palos |
| Incorporated | 1959 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Mayor-council |
| • Mayor | Robert Straz |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3.87 sq mi (10.03 km2) |
| • Land | 3.78 sq mi (9.78 km2) |
| • Water | 0.10 sq mi (0.25 km2) 2.58% |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 12,515 |
| • Estimate (2016) | 12,438 |
| • Density | 3,293.96/sq mi (1,271.95/km2) |
| Up 11.15% from 2000 | |
| Standard of living (2007-11) | |
| • Per capita income | $39,954 |
| • Median home value | $301,300 |
| ZIP code(s) | 60463 |
| Area code(s) | 708 |
| Geocode | 57381 |
| FIPS code | 17-57381 |
| Website | www |
Palos Heights is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 12,515 at the 2010 census.
According to the 2010 census, Palos Heights has a total area of 3.878 square miles (10.04 km2), of which 3.78 square miles (9.79 km2) (or 97.47%) is land and 0.098 square miles (0.25 km2) (or 2.53%) is water.
As of the 2000 census, there were 11,561 people, 4,123 households, and 3,133 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,978.6 people per square mile (1,150.1/km²). There were 4,268 housing units at an average density of 1,129.0 per square mile (435.9/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 96.39% White, 0.44% African American, 0.09% Native American, 2.06% Asian, 0.25% from other races, and 0.78% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.43% of the population.
The top five ancestries reported in Palos as of the 2000 census were Irish (27.2%), German (20.5%), Polish (14.1%), Italian (10.5%) and Dutch (9.1%).
There were 4,123 households out of which 25.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 67.0% were married couples living together, 6.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.0% were non-families. 22.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.54 and the average family size was 2.98.
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