Winnebago County (Illinois)
Winnebago County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. In 2010, the County had 295 266 inhabitants and a population density of 221.8 inhabitants per square kilometer. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Rockford.
The Winnebago County is part of the metropolitan area of Rockford.
Geography
The Winnebago County is located in the extreme north of Illinois at Wisconsin border. It has an area of 1345 square kilometers, of which 14 square kilometers are water surface. From north to south, the County of Rock River, a left tributary of the Mississippi. At the Winnebago County border Nachbarcountys following:
History
The Winnebago County was formed on January 16, 1836 Jo Daviess County from the. It was named after the people of the Winnebago
In 1837 the first post office was opened. 1838 came to the first mail coach from Chicago, the first theater performance there was in Rockford House, and the first religious association of Baptists was formed. 1839 East and West Rockford, divided by the Rock River, merged and therefore had 235 inhabitants. In 1840 the Rock River Express, the first newspaper issued. 1846 the first iron ore was discovered
1852 was the first train of the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad and brought the first Swedish settlers. 1855 visited prosecutor Abraham Lincoln Rockford and 1856 the first two public schools were founded. 1859, the railway line between Rockford and Kenosha in Wisconsin was completed. 1877 plunged the Cathedral of the court building collapsed and buried several persons among themselves. A year later, the new courthouse was completed. Opened in 1881, the first opera house in 1882 and the first hospital in 1885 and the first high school was opened.
Territorial Development
1837 to today
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Winnebago County 295 266 people in 113 015 households. The population density was 221.8 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 113 015 households lived statistically 2.57 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 82.1 percent white, 12.5 percent African American, 0.5 percent Native American, 2.4 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 2.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 11.2 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
24.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 14.2 percent were 65 years or older. 51.2 percent of the population was female.
The median income for a household was $ 47,597. The per capita income was $ 24,544. 16.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Cities and Towns
Citys
- Loves Park2
- Rockford
- South Beloit
Villages
- Cherry Valley1
- Durand
- Machesney Park
- New Millford
- Pecatonica
- Rockton
- Roscoe
- Winnebago
Census-designated place (CDP )
- Lake Summerset3
Other Unincorporated communities
- Alworth
- Argyle1
- Harrison
- Morristown
- Seward
- Shirland
1 - partially in Boone County 2 - predominantly in Boone County 3 - partially in Stephenson County
Structure
The Winnebago County is divided into 14 townships: