Cook County (Illinois)

The Cook County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. In 2010, the County had 5,194,560 inhabitants and a population density of 2120.2 inhabitants per square kilometer. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is the metropolis of Chicago, 54 percent of the population of the county live in the. Politically, the County is very much dominated by the Democrats.

The County is the center of the Chicago metropolitan area.

In terms of population it is the second largest county in the U.S., according to the Los Angeles County in California with over 9 million inhabitants. Almost every second resident of Illinois lives in Cook County.

  • 2.1 Historical Objects

Geography

The County is located on the western shore of Lake Michigan and is bordered on the southeast by Indiana. It has an area of ​​4235 square kilometers, of which 1785 square miles are water. At the Cook County border Nachbarcountys following:

1 - maritime boundary in Lake Michigan

History

Cook County was formed as the 54th County in Illinois on January 15, 1831 from the Putnam County and named after Daniel Pope Cook, one of the first representatives and the first Attorney General of Illinois. 1831 lived around 100 people in this area. In 1900 lived here already 1.8 million in 1970 and the previous high was achieved with 5.492 million.

The first settlers in what is now the city of Chicago was probably 1779 Jean Baptiste Point du Sable from Santo Domingo. He built the first fortified settlement in the area of ​​present-day Michigan Avenue Bridge and the Noth Bank. He married an Indian woman from the area. His marriage is considered the first in the Chicagoland area. The first white settler was born in Quebec City John Kinzie, an Indian trader who built his trading post in 1804 at the mouth of the Chicago River.

The good location on Lake Michigan, the harbor early built, the trade routes across the lake, the connection through the Des Plaines River to the Mississippi River were the first guarantors of an emerging County. The Galena & Chicago Union was the first railway company that built smaller lines. In 1849 Chicago had become the second largest locomotive builder and was a center of industry. Just three years later, the mass of the transported goods had overtaken that of steamships. 1895 could reach the city center of Chicago with 38 different railway lines.

Historical buildings

  • List of entries in the National Register of Historic Places in Chicago center
  • List of entries in the National Register of Historic Places in Chicago - North
  • List of entries in the National Register of Historic Places in Chicago - West
  • List of entries in the National Register of Historic Places in Chicago -South
  • List of entries in the National Register of Historic Places in Cook County outside of Chicago

Demographic data

According to the census in 2010 lived in Cook County 5.19456 million people in 1,936,481 households. The population density was 2120.2 people per square kilometer. In the 1,936,481 households lived statistically 2.63 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 55.4 percent white, 24.8 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 6.2 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 2.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 24.0 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

23.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 64.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 11.9 percent were 65 years or older. 51.6 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was $ 53,942. The per capita income was $ 29,335. 15.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in Cook County

Citys

  • Berwyn
  • Blue Iceland
  • Burbank
  • Bridgeview
  • Calumet City
  • Chicago
  • Chicago Heights
  • Country Club Hills
  • Countryside
  • Des Plaines
  • Elgin1
  • Evanston
  • Harvey
  • Hickory Hills
  • Hometown
  • Markham
  • Northlake
  • Oak Forest
  • Oak Lawn
  • Palos Heights
  • Palos Hills
  • Park Ridge
  • Rolling Meadows

Town

  • Cicero

Villages

  • Alsip
  • Arlington Heights
  • Barrington2
  • Barrington Hills3
  • Bartlett4
  • Bedford Park
  • Bellwood
  • Bensenville5
  • Berkeley
  • Broadview
  • Brookfield
  • Buffalo Grove2
  • Burnham
  • Burr Ridge6
  • Calumet Park
  • Chicago Ridge
  • Crestwood
  • Deer PARK7
  • Deerfield7
  • Dixmoor
  • Dolton
  • East Dundee8
  • East Hazel Crest
  • Elk Grove Village6
  • Elmhurst6
  • Elmwood Park
  • Evergreen Park
  • Flossmoor
  • Ford Heights
  • Forest Park
  • Forest View
  • Frankfort9
  • Franklin Park
  • Glencoe
  • Glenview
  • Glenwood
  • Golf
  • Hanover Park6
  • Harwood Heights
  • Hazel Crest
  • Hillside
  • Hinsdale5
  • Hodgkins
  • Hoffman Estates2
  • Homewood
  • Indian Head Park
  • Inverness
  • Justice
  • Kenilworth
  • La Grange
  • La Grange Park
  • Lansing
  • Lemont
  • Lincolnwood
  • Lynwood
  • Lyons
  • Matteson10
  • Maywood
  • Midlothian
  • Morton Grove
  • Mount Prospect
  • Niles
  • Norridge
  • North Riverside
  • Northbrook
  • Northfield
  • Oak Brook5
  • Oak Park
  • Olympia Fields
  • Orland Hills
  • Orland Park
  • Palatine
  • Palos Park
  • Park Forest10
  • Phoenix
  • Posen
  • Prospect Heights
  • Richton Park
  • River Forest
  • River Grove
  • Riverdale
  • Riverside
  • Robbins
  • Roselle5
  • Rosemont
  • Sauk Village10
  • Schaumburg6
  • Schiller Park
  • Skokie
  • South Barrington
  • South Chicago Heights
  • South Holland
  • Steger10
  • Stickney
  • Stone Park
  • Streamwood
  • Summit
  • Thornton
  • Tinley Park10
  • University Park9
  • Westchester
  • Western Springs
  • Wheeling2
  • Willow Springs5
  • Wilmette
  • Winnetka
  • Woodridge11
  • Worth

Unincorporated communities

  • Hines
  • La Grange Highlands
  • Sutton

1 - primarily in Kane County 2 - partly in Lake County 3 - partly in Kane, Lake and McHenry County in 4 - partly in DuPage and Kane County in 5 - predominantly in DuPage County 6 - partly in DuPage County 7 - predominantly in Lake County 8 - primarily in Kane County 9 - primarily in Will County 10 - partly in Will County 11 - primarily in DuPage and partly in Will County

Structure

The Cook County is divided into 30 townships:

The city of Chicago does not belong to the township.

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