Blue Island (Illinois)
Cook County
1706704
Blue Iceland is a city in Cook County ( Illinois), United States. According to the census in 2010 lived in the town of 22556 inhabitants. Blue Iceland was founded in the 1830s as a station for settlers who were traveling to Vincennes.
Geography
According to the survey of 2010, the city has a total area of 10.8 square kilometers, of which 97.84 % land and 2.16% water.
Demography
According to the census in 2010 lived in Iceland Blue 22556 inhabitants in 7783 households and 5194 families. The population density was 2247.9 people per square kilometer.
There were 7783 households in which children lived in 37.6 % of cases under 18 years. In 39.0% it was cohabiting couples, 37.0% had a female householder and 33.26 % were non-families. The average household size was 2.89.
31.65% of Bevplkerung was under the age of 18, 11.92 % from 18 to 24, 28.28 % from 25 to 44 years, 19.22 % between 45 and 64 years and 8.93% were 65 years or older. The mean age was 29.20 years. For every 100 females there were 98.81 males. For every 100 females over the age of 18 years there were 95 men.
The median income for a household was in the city was U.S. $ 47872, and the median income for a household USD 58 810. The per capita income for the city was $ 20293rd
Well-known residents
- Curtis Granderson, center fielder for the Detroit Tigers and New York Yankees; two-time All-Star, was born in Iceland Blue
- Henry E. Seyfarth, attorney, founder of Seyfarth Shaw
- Robert E. Seyfarth, architect
- Gary Sinise, American actor, director and musician.
- Bertha Hill, the singer is buried in Blue Iceland.
Further reading
- Jebsen, Harry A.: Blue Iceland, Illinois: The History of a Working Class Suburb. University Microfilms International, Ann Arbor 1971.
- Jellema, Kenneth A.: The City on the Hill - An Historical Tour. The Blue Iceland Historical Society, Blue Iceland 1989.
- The Lions Club of Blue Iceland: Iceland The Blue Story - on Historical Review of the First One Hundred and Twenty -Seven Years of Our City on the Hill, Blue Iceland, Illinois. The Blue Iceland Publishing Corporation, Blue Iceland 1962.
- Schapper, Ferdinand: Southern Cook County and History of Blue Iceland before the Civil war by Ferdinand Schapper of Blue Iceland, Illinois, and presented by him to the Chicago Historical Society, 1917, Volume 1 Manuscript, Blue Iceland 1917.
- Schapper, Ferdinand: The Early settlers and Their Families, Volume 2 Manuscript, Blue Iceland 1917.
- Schapper, Ferdinand: Views of Blue Iceland, index of early Settlers, Their Families, etc., Volume 3 Manuscript, Blue Iceland 1917.
- VolP, John Henry: The First Hundred Years - 1835-1935, in Historical Review of Blue Iceland, Illinois. Blue Publishing Iceland, Iceland Blue 1938.