Skokie is a larger medium-sized village located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 63,320 people and 13 constituent neighborhoods, Skokie is the 19th largest community in Illinois.

Skokie is a decidedly white-collar village, with fully 85.98% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Skokie is a village of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Skokie who work in office and administrative support jobs (15.41%), sales jobs (13.71%), and management occupations (9.89%).

Also of interest is that Skokie has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In addition, Skokie is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness.' But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.

Skokie Information and Demographics

The population of Skokie is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 14.96% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 42.55% of adults in Skokie have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Skokie in 2000 was $27,136, which is wealthy relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $108,544 for a family of four.

Skokie is a very ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Skokie home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Skokie is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Skokie include Russian, German, Polish, Irish, Assyrian-Chaldean-Syriac, Greek, and Italian.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Skokie's cultural character, accounting for 37.01% of the village's population.

The languages spoken by people in Skokie are also diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in Skokie is English. Other important languages spoken here include Russian, Spanish, Tagalog, Korean, Chinese, and Greek.