District Info

Welcome to the Illinois 10th Congressional District

Some Basic Facts:

Total Population: 654,062
Foreign Born - 120,170 or 18.37%
Naturalized citizens- 50,848 -

The following data is a bit outdated but largely reflects the district as well:

About 45.2 percent of residents in the 10th district make a living as doctors, lawyers, managers and other professionals and 28.3 percent work in 9 to 5 office jobs as salespeople, administrative assistants or secretaries, for example. Another 10.4 percent are employed in transportation and production, jobs courted by powerful unions.

Median household income is $69,030 a year and the median value of a home is $263,200.

Married couples make up 62.3 percent of the district's households, and those with children represent 32 percent.

In 2004, John Kerry defeated George W. Bush in the 10th District with 53% of the vote. In 2000, Al Gore defeated George W. Bush in this district as well.

Past Election Results:

2004

x- Mark Kirk GOP 64%
Lee Goodman Dem 36%

2002

x- Mark Kirk GOP 69%
Henry Perritt, Jr. Dem 31%

2000

x-Mark Kirk	GOP	121,582	51%
Lauren Gash	Dem	115,924	49%

1998

x-John E. Porter

GOP

1996

x-John E. Porter	GOP	145,626	69%
Philip R. Torf	Dem	65,144	31%
Philip Truskowski	Oth	3	0%

1994

x-John E. Porter	GOP	114,884	75%
Andrew M. Krupp	Dem	38,191	25%

1992

x-John E. Porter	GOP	155,230	65%
Michael J. Kennedy	Dem	85,400	35%

Thanks to

http://www.reviewjournal.com/db/election.results?district=il10&results=y
http://www.reviewjournal.com/db/election.results?votes=hil10&results=y
http://www.icirr.org/legislators/kirk.pdf