Map Gallery
The ILS Research Unit actively utilizes Geographical Information Systems (GIS) to visually explore, describe and analyze changing characteristics of the Latino population. Browse the Map Gallery below displaying some of the thematic maps created for some of our recent projects:
School districts in the Chicago Metropolitan Area with the highest percent Latino enrollment not only tend to spend less per pupil but also have higher total enrollment.
Total Enrollment, Expenditures per Pupil, Latino Enrollment, Chicago Metropolitan Area Consolidated School Districts, 2005 - 2006Full sized map
Total Enrollment, Expenditures per Pupil, Latino Enrollment, Chicago Metropolitan Area High School Districts, 2005 - 2006Full sized map
Total Enrollment, Expenditures per Pupil, Latino Enrollment, Chicago Metropolitan Area Elementary School Districts, 2005 - 2006Full sized map
Recent Latino Enrollment figures and geographic distribution of school districts in the six county Chicago Metropolitan Area and Will County in particular.
Percent Latino Enrollment, Chicago Metropolitan Area Consolidated School Districts, 2005 - 2006Full sized map
Percent Latino Enrollment, Chicago Metropolitan Area Elementary School Districts, 2005 - 2006Full sized map
Percent Latino Enrollment, Chicago Metropolitan Area High School Districts, 2005 - 2006Full sized map
In the Chicago Metropolitan Area, Latino students in the fourth grade achieve Math scores on the Illinois Standards Achievement Test (ISAT) ranging between zero and twenty percent below standard by school district. By the eighth grade, however, the majority of Latino Math ISAT scores fall to twenty one to forty percent below standard. On the other hand, Latino Reading achievement scores on the ISAT rise from fourth to eight grade but a many school districts still remain below standard.
Out of the twenty one school districts in the Chicago Metropolitan Area with over fifty percent Latino enrollment, only six are not in the immediate periphery of the city of Chicago.
With a few exceptions, Latino students attend Urban school districts in Indiana, and they are overrepresented in those districts.
Latino Overrepresentation, Selected Urban and Rural School Districts, State of Indiana, 2007Full sized map
While majority Latino population areas in the city of Chicago have lost Latino residents, areas south and west of the city reported moderate gains in Latino population so far this decade.
In the city of Chicago, the highest concentration of Latino residents occurs in areas that are below the median income for the city.
In the city of Chicago, Latinos boast high numbers in the west and northwest sides of the city. Except for those areas and regions to the south with less than 5,000 Latino residents, the Latino population increased throughout the city. The geographic distribution of Latinos in fact represents the distribution of the Mexican-origin population, since three out of four Latinos in Chicago are Mexican. The Puerto Rican population concentrates mainly in the northwest side of the city.
Census 2000 showed that Mexican immigration in the Midwest was still an urban phenomenon as counties with over 2,500 Mexican immigrants coincided with major metropolitan areas in each state.
In the Chicago Metropolitan Area, Latinos tend to live in municipalities with the lowest median family and household incomes in the region.
Top and Bottom Median Family Income, Chicago Metropolitan Area Municipalities, 2005 - 2007Full sized map
Top and Bottom Median Household Income, Chicago Metropolitan Area Municipalities, 2005 - 2007Full sized map
Large percentage increases in the Latino population occurred in the Chicago collar counties between 1990 and 2007. However, these percentage increases were not widespread throughout those counties; they were rather confined to particular municipalities.
Perceptions of a neighborhood's safety can vary based on who is asked. Latino's and non-Latino's sometimes have very different views as the which areas are safe to be in.
