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Oak Forest is a city located in Cook County, Illinois. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 28,051.Geography
Oak Forest is located at 41°36'27" North, 87°45'2" West (41.607583, -87.750575)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 14.8 km² (5.7 mi²). 14.6 km² (5.7 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.1 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 0.88% water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 28,051 people, 9,785 households, and 7,338 families residing in the city. The population density is 1,916.9/km² (4,965.4/mi²). There are 10,022 housing units at an average density of 684.9/km² (1,774.0/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 90.38% White, 3.64% African American, 0.15% Native American, 2.65% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 1.67% from other races, and 1.49% from two or more races. 5.86% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 9,785 households out of which 36.9% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.0% are married couples living together, 9.7% have a female householder with no husband present, and 25.0% are non-families. 20.7% of all households are made up of individuals and 5.9% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.81 and the average family size is 3.30. In the city the population is spread out with 26.0% under the age of 18, 9.1% from 18 to 24, 31.0% from 25 to 44, 24.7% from 45 to 64, and 9.2% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 36 years. For every 100 females there are 99.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 97.7 males. The median income for a household in the city is $60,073, and the median income for a family is $68,862. Males have a median income of $48,808 versus $30,137 for females. The per capita income for the city is $23,487. 3.6% of the population and 2.7% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 3.1% are under the age of 18 and 3.4% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Oak Forest, Illinois."
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | A road through the live oak forest on Cabretta. The shadows weave a wonderful texture on the road surface. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | Cook Co. Poor Farm, Oak Forest, Ills., east view. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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1. Oak Forest, IL (city, FIPS 54638) |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
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oak forest high school | 13 |
oak forest country club | 7 |
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| Language | Translations for "OAK FOREST"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | gruppeudvalg i ældre egeskov (group selection high oak forest). (various references) | |
French | futaie claire (group selection high oak forest). (various references) | |
German | Eichen-Plenterwald (group selection high oak forest). (various references) | |
Greek | δάσος σπερμοφυές αραιό (group selection high oak forest). (various references) | |
Italian | fustaia chiara (group selection high oak forest). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | oakay orestfay.(various references) | |
Spanish | monte claro (group selection high oak forest). (various references) | |
Swedish | flerskiktat ektimmerskogsbestånd (group selection high oak forest). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-f-k-o-o-r-s-t" | |
-2 letters: foetors, footers, forsake, stooker. | |
-3 letters: afters, arkose, fakers, faster, fetors, foetor, footer, forest, fortes, foster, freaks, karoos, korats, krafts, oaters, orates, resoak, retook, skater, soaker, softer, stoker, strafe, strake, streak, stroke, strook, takers, taroks, tokers, torose, troaks, trokes. | |
-4 letters: afoot, afore, after, arose, asker, aster, eskar, faker, fakes, fares, faros, fates, fatso, fears. | |
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