Mount Prospect

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Mount Prospect
Mount Prospect (Illinois)
Mount Prospect
Mount Prospect
Location in Illinois
Basic data
State : United States
State : Illinois
County : Cook County
Coordinates : 42 ° 4 ′  N , 87 ° 56 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 4 ′  N , 87 ° 56 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Inhabitants :
-  Metropolitan Area :		 54,167 (status: 2010)
9,572,572 (status: 2010)
Population density : 2,083.3 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 26.0 km 2  (approx. 10 mi 2 ) of
which 26.0 km 2  (approx. 10 mi 2 ) are land
Height : 204 m
Postcodes : 60056, 60057, 60058
Area code : +1 847
FIPS : 17-51089
GNIS ID : 414073
Website : www.mountprospect.org
Mayor : Arlene A. Juracek

Mount Prospect in Cook County is a suburb of Chicago in the northeast of the US state of Illinois and part of the Chicago metropolitan area . In 2000, Mount Prospect had 56,265 residents; until the census in 2010 , the population had decreased to 54,167.

geography

The Mount Prospect parish covers an area of ​​26.42 km², all of which is land. With an average height of 204  m , it is higher than the surrounding area.

Mount Prospect is 25 miles northwest of downtown Chicago. The O'Hare International Airport , the largest airport of Chicago, located 14.9 km south of Mount Prospect.

Mount Prospect is bordered by Prospect Heights to the north, Northbrook to the northeast, Glenview to the east, Des Plaines to the southeast, Chicago O'Hare Airport to the south, Elk Grove Village to the southwest, Schaumburg to the west and Rolling Meadows to the northwest.

Mount Prospect is 22 km west of Lake Michigan , the border with the neighboring state of Wisconsin is just 60 km north of Mount Prospect.

The closest major cities are, besides Chicago, Milwaukee in Wisconsin, 123 km north , Wisconsin's capital Madison (197 km northwest) and Rockford (112 km west).

traffic

Interstate 90 runs from Chicago to the northwest on the southwestern outskirts . US Highway 14 runs through the center of Mount Prospect in a northwest-southeast direction and forms the town's main street. US Highway 12 runs parallel to this at a distance of about one kilometer .

The Northwest Line , which belongs to the METRA system and operated by the Union Pacific Railroad and connects the city of Woodstock with downtown Chicago, runs through Mount Prospect right next to Highway 14 .

Demographic data

In the official census in 2000 , the population was 56,265. These were distributed over 21,585 households in 15,152 families. The population density was 2129.8 inhabitants per square kilometer. There were 8,112 residential buildings, which corresponded to a building density of 835.8 buildings per square kilometer.

The population in 2000 was 80.6 percent white , 1.8 percent African American , 0.2 percent Native American and 11.2 percent Asian and 4.1 percent other. 2.0 percent said they came from at least two of these groups. 11.8 percent of the population were Hispanics who belonged to any of the above groups.

23.0 percent were under 18 years of age, 8.2 percent between 18 and 24, 31.3 percent between 25 and 44, 22.7 percent between 45 and 64 and 14.8 percent 65 and over. The mean age was 37 years. For every 100 women there were 98.9 men, and 96.4 for those over 18 years of age.

According to a study done between 2005 and 2007 estimate, the median income per household was was 65,120  US dollars , the median family income 81,826 US dollars. The median income for men was $ 44,585 and that for women was $ 32,218. The per capita income was $ 26,464. Around 3.1 percent of families and 4.6 percent of the total population had their income below the poverty line .

Town twinning

Mount Prospect's twin town is Sèvres in the French region of Île-de-France .

sons and daughters of the town

Connected to the city

Web links

Commons : Mount Prospect, Illinois  - Collection of Images, Videos, and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mount Prospect - Board of Trustees website , accessed October 6, 2017
  2. ↑ United States Census Bureau - Mount Prospect, Illinois. Retrieved June 25, 2011
  3. ↑ United States Census 2010.Retrieved June 25, 2011
  4. ↑ Google Maps: Mount Prospect, IL - Chicago, IL
  5. ↑ Google Maps: Mount Prospect, IL - O'Hare International Airport
  6. ↑ Google Maps: Mount Prospect, IL - Lake Michigan
  7. ^ Google Maps: Mount Prospect, IL - Wisconsin State Line
  8. ^ Google Maps: Mount Prospect, IL - Milwaukee, WI
  9. ^ Google Maps: Mount Prospect, IL - Madison, WI
  10. ^ Google Maps: Mount Prospect, IL - Rockford, IL
  11. ^ US Census Bureau - Mount Prospect, Illinois. Retrieved June 25, 2011
  12. ↑ US Census Bureau - 2005-2007 Estimate.Retrieved June 25, 2011
  13. ^ Mount Prospect Sister Cities Commission , accessed October 6, 2017