Cicero (Illinois)
Cook County
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Cicero is a town in Cook County in the U.S. state of Illinois and part of the Chicago metropolitan area. In 2000, the city had 85,616 inhabitants.
The name comes from the Roman politician Cicero Marcus Tullius Cicero.
Al Capone moved his criminal empire in 1924, according to Cicero to escape the Chicago police authorities. Literary serves this Bertolt Brecht in his play " The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui " as a parable for the Anschluss. In the 1990s there was a large wave of Hispanic immigrants ( mostly from Mexico and Central America).
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 15.2 km ² which are attributable solely to land.
The Illinois State Route 50 leads as Cicero Avenue in the north-south direction through the city.
History
Cicero is the only Town of Cook County. It originated from the township formed in 1849. Cicero covered the area between Harlem Avenue and Western Avenue and Pershing Road and North Avenue; However, a large part of this area was annexed by the city of Chicago until 1889. In 1899, after a referendum Austin to a neighborhood of the most populous city of Illinois '. When the writer Ernest Hemingway was born in Oak Park on July 21, 1899 this was still one of Cicero. 1901 voted the residents of Oak Park, Berwyn and Cicero for independence. Today's Town Cicero comprises less than one-sixth of the area of 1849 furnished Township.
National Register of Historic Places
The 1925 built in the Beaux- Arts style of J. Sterling Morton Auditorium Chodl High School was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
Demography
At the time of the census of 2000, there were 85 616 persons Cicero. The population density was 5650.7 people per km ². There were 24,640 housing units at an average 1626.2 per km ². The population consisted of Cicero to 48.27 % White, 1.12 % African American, 0.89 % Native American, 0.97 % Asian, 0.04 % Pacific Islander, 44.71 % reported other races to belong and 4.01 % from two or more races. 77.44 % of the population to be Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The residents of Cicero distributed to 23,115 households out of which 50.7 % were living in children under 18 years. 56.1 % married couples living together, 13.7 % had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.7 % were non-families. 17.5% of households were made up of individuals and someone lived in 8.1% of all households aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 3.70 and the average family size is 4.18 people.
The population was spread out with 34.6 % under the, 12.7% 18-24 year olds, 31.9 % 25 -44- year-old, 13.6% 45-64 year olds and 7.1 % under the age of 65 years or more. The median age was 26 years. For every 100 females there were 105.8 males. In the over -18s accounted for 100 women 105.9 males.
The median household income in Cicero was 42 044 U.S. dollars, and the median family income reached the level of 47 883 U.S. dollars. The average income of men was 27 424 U.S. dollars, compared to 21 398 U.S. dollars for women. The per capita income amounted to 12,489 U.S. dollars. 15.5 % of the population and 13.2% of families had affected an income below the poverty line, including 19.5 % of minors and 7.8 % of those age 65 or over.
Among Hispanics in Cicero provide 68.4 % descended from Mexican immigrants inhabitants the largest group. Among non - Hispanics, the five largest groups are Polish -Americans (4.7%), Irish Americans (3.7%), German Americans (3.7%), Italian Americans (3.0%) and Czech -Americans ( 2.3 %).
Sons and daughters of the town
- Paul Casimir Marcinkus (1922-2006), Catholic Archbishop and Director of the Vatican Bank from 1971 to 1989
- Robert Kurka (1921-1957), composer
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