Lake County, Illinois

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Lake County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. As of 2000, the population was 644,356. Its county seat is Waukegan, Illinois ⁶. The county is part of Chicagoland.

Originally part of McHenry County, the townships comprising Lake County were carved out into a separate county in 1839.

Contents

1 Geography

1.1 Adjacent Counties

2 Demographics
3 Townships
4 Cities, villages and census-designated places
5 External links

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 3,543 km² (1,368 mi²). 1,159 km² (448 mi²) of it is land and 2,384 km² (920 mi²) of it is water, much of it in Lake Michigan. The total area is 67.28% water.

Adjacent Counties

¹ Boundary lies entirely in Lake Michigan.

Demographics

As of the census² of 2000, there were 644,356 people, 216,297 households, and 163,953 families residing in the county. The population density was 556/km² (1,440/mi²). There were 225,919 housing units at an average density of 195/km² (505/mi²). The racial makeup of the county was 80.11% White, 6.94% Black or African American, 0.28% Native American, 3.90% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 6.72% from other races, and 2.01% from two or more races. 14.39% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Lake County Population by year
1900 - 34,504 1910 - 55,058 1920 - 74,285 1930 - 104,387 1940 - 121,094 1950 - 179,097 1960 - 293,656 1970 - 382,638 1980 - 440,372 1990 - 516,418 2000 - 644,356

There were 216,297 households out of which 42.10% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.20% were married couples living together, 9.20% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.20% were non-families. 19.70% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.20% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.88 and the average family size was 3.33.

In the county the population was spread out with 29.40% under the age of 18, 8.90% from 18 to 24, 31.60% from 25 to 44, 21.60% from 45 to 64, and 8.50% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 101.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.30 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $66,973, and the median income for a family was $76,424. Males had a median income of $50,789 versus $33,458 for females. The per capita income for the county was $32,102. About 4.00% of families and 5.70% of the population were below the poverty line, including 7.00% of those under age 18 and 4.80% of those age 65 or over.

Townships

Antioch Township
Avon Township
Benton Township
Cuba Township
Ela Township
Fremont Township
Grant Township
Lake Villa Township
Libertyville Township
Moraine Township
Newport Township
Shields Township
Vernon Township
Warren Township
Wauconda Township
Waukegan Township
West Deerfield Township
Zion Township

Cities, villages and census-designated places

Antioch
Barrington - partly in Cook County
Barrington Hills - partly in Cook, Kane and McHenry County
Bannockburn
Beach Park
Buffalo Grove - partly in Cook County
Channel Lake
Deerfield - partly in Cook County
Deer Park - partly in Cook County
Forest Lake
Fox Lake - partly in McHenry County
Fox Lake Hills
Fox River Grove - primarily in McHenry County
Fox River Valley Gardens - see Port Barrington
Gages Lake
Grandwood Park
Grayslake
Green Oaks
Gurnee
Hainesville
Hawthorn Woods
Highland Park
Highwood
Indian Creek
Island Lake - partly in McHenry County
Kildeer
Lake Barrington
Lake Bluff
Lake Catherine
Lake Forest
Lake Villa
Lake Zurich
Lakemoor - partly in McHenry County
Libertyville

External links

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