Machesney Park, Illinois
Winnebago County
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Machesney Park is a village in Winnebago County in the north of the U.S. state of Illinois. Machesney Park was established in 1981 and had in 2000 a number of 20.759 inhabitants. By 2010, the number has increased to 23.499.
Machsney park is part of the metropolitan area of Rockford.
Geography
Machesney Park is located on the eastern shore of the skirt Rivers, north of Loves Park in the north of the State of Illinois at 42 ° 21'18 " north latitude and 89 ° 2'27 west longitude. The village covers an area of 32.1 km ² ( 12.4 mi ²) of which about 81 km ² ( 31.1 mi ²) of land and 1.0 km ² ( 0.4 mi ² ) of water are.
To the west of the site the Illinois State Route 251 runs, and in the north the State Route 173
Demographic data
In the official census of 2010 a population of 23 499 people in 9,351 households was determined. The population density was 190.1 people per square kilometer ( 758/mi ²). There are almost exactly the same number of women as in men, 24.3% of the population were under 18 years old. In the group of over 18 years, the largest group came, with 22.83% of the 35 - 49
The population consisted of 91.47 % White, 2.83% Black or African American out, 0.24 % of Indians, 1.55% from Asian, 0.03 % from Australians and 1.63% other groups. Approximately 2.25 % said to be descended from at least two of these groups, with Hispanics accounting for 4.99% of the population.
The median income of the census of 2000 at 48 315 U.S. dollars, with families at $ 53,788. The income of approximately 3.2 % of families and 5.3% of the population were below the poverty line.
History
The name has its roots in Machesney Park Machesney Airport was founded in 1927 by Fred Machesney. This was built by the Greater Rockford Airport / Chicago Rockford International Airport, 1950, the Rockford region central airport. Is now located at this point the Machesney Mall.
In a referendum held in 1981 Machesney Park Independence of Loves Park was measured. The current mayor of the village is Tom Strickland.
Education
Machesney Park is home to the Harlem High School, which is part of the Harlem School District 122. This District provides schools for the communities Machesney Park, Loves Park and southern Roscoe.