Bellwood (Illinois)
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Location in Illinois
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| Foundation : | 1900 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Illinois | ||
| County : | Cook County (Illinois) | ||
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 53 ′ N , 87 ° 53 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
19,071 (status: 2010) 9,572,572 (status: 2010) |
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| Population density : | 3,076 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 6.2 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) of which 6.2 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 192 m | ||
| Postal code : | 60104 | ||
| Area code : | +1 708 | ||
| FIPS : | 17-04975 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 02398084 | ||
| Website : | www.vil.bellwood.il.us | ||
| Mayor : | Frank A. Pasquale | ||
Bellwood is a location in Proviso Township in Cook County , Illinois , United States . The place is about 13 miles from the Chicago Loop and is enclosed south by the Eisenhower Expressway , north by the Proviso stations of the Union Pacific Railroad and to the east by the suburbs of Maywood and Hillside and to the west by Berkeley . According to the 2000 census, 20,535 people lived in the place.
history
Bellwood was founded on May 21, 1900.
geography
According to the 2000 survey, the place had a land area of 6.22 square kilometers.
Demographics
According to the 2000 census, 20,535 people in 6,440 households and 5,100 families lived in the village. The population density was 3317.4 people per square kilometer. In the place there were 6683 houses with an average density of 1079 houses per square kilometer.
In the 6,440 households, 39.2% of the fellers had children under the age of 18. 47% were married couples who lived together. 25.9% had a female householder with no husband and 20.3% were non-families. 17.5% of all households were single households, 6% of single persons were 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.18 and the average family size was 3.57.
30.5% of the population was under 18 years old, 9.7% were 18 to 24 years old, 28.7% were 25 to 44 years old, 23.2% were 45 to 64 years old, and 7.9% were older than 65 years. The median was 32 years. For every 100 female residents there were 88 males; for every 100 women over the age of 18 there were 83.5 men.
The median income was USD 52,856 and the median for families was USD 57,037. The per capita income was USD 19,420. About 5.9% of families and 7.2% of the total population were below the poverty line.
Known residents
- Lee J. Archambault , NASA astronaut
- Eugene Cernan (1934-2017), NASA astronaut, commander of the Apollo 17 mission, grew up in Bellwood
- Robert Covington (* 1990), basketball player, born in Bellwood
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bellwood, Illinois . City-Data.com. Retrieved August 31, 2012.
- ↑ 2010 Census US Gazetteer Files for Places - Illinois . United States Census. Archived from the original on January 12, 2013. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 13, 2012.
