Will County, Illinois
The Will County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. In 2010, the County had 677 560 inhabitants and a population density of 312.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Joliet.
The Will County is part of the Chicago metropolitan area.
- 2.1 Territorial Development
Geography
The County is located in northeastern Illinois and southern and south-eastern suburban area of Chicago. It has an area of 2200 square kilometers, of which 32 square kilometers are water surface.
The County will, whose confluence is the Kankakee River and flows through the Des Plaines River, the two headwaters of the Illinois River immediately downstream of the western border of the County. Other watercourses are the Du Page River, the Illinois and Michigan Canal and the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.
At the Will County border Nachbarcountys following:
Recreation areas
In the county there are three recreation areas: the 17,000 acres ( 69 km ²) Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, the Channahon State Park and the Des Plaines Fish & Wildlife Area.
History
The Will County was formed on January 12, 1836 from parts of Cook County and Iroquois County. It was named after Conrad Will, an early pioneer, politician and businessman, who ran his salt mines in southern Illinois with slaves. A law allowed the hiring of slaves in other states and their use in slave- free Illinois.
Territorial Development
1853 to today
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Will County 677 560 people in 221 722 households. The population density was 312.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 221 722 households lived statistically 3.01 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 81.6 percent white, 11.5 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 4.8 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, with 15.9 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
28.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 9.7 percent were 65 years or older. 50.3 percent of the population was female.
The median income for a household was $ 76,453. The per capita income was $ 30,199. 7.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in Will County
Citys
- Aurora1
- Braidwood
- Crest Hill
- Joliet2
- Lockport
- Naperville3
- Wilmington
Villages
- Beecher
- Bolingbrook3
- Channahon4
- Coal City8
- Crete
- Diamond4
- Elwood
- Frankfort5
- Godley4
- Homer Glen
- Lemont9
- Manhattan
- Matteson5
- Millington11
- Minooka10
- Mokena
- Monee
- New Lenox
- Orland Park6
- Park Forest6
- Peotone
- Plainfield2
- Rockdale
- Romeoville
- Sauk Village6
- Shorewood
- Steger5
- Symerton
- Tinley Park6
- University Park5
- Woodridge7
Census-designated places (CDP )
- Crystal Lawns
- Fairmont
- Frankfort Square
- Goodings Grove
- Ingalls Park
- Lakewood Shores
- Preston Heights
- Willowbrook
Other Unincorporated communities
- Andres
- Ballou
- Custer Park
- Eagle Lake
- Goodenow
- Lorenzo
- Polk
- Ritchie
- Statesville
- Wilton
- Wilton Center
1 - partly in DuPage, Kane and Kendall County 2 - partly in Kendall County 3 - partly in DuPage County 4 - partly in Grundy County 5 - partly in Cook County 6 - predominantly in Cook County
7 - partly in DuPage and Cook County 8 - predominantly in Grundy County 9 - partly in Cook and DuPage County 10 - partly in Kendall and Grundy County 11 - partly in LaSalle and Kendall County
Structure
The Will County is divided into 24 townships: