Berwyn (Illinois)

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Berwyn
The Spindle in Berwyn, sculpture by the artist Dustin Shuler
The Spindle in Berwyn, sculpture by the artist Dustin Shuler
Location in Illinois
Berwyn (Illinois)
Berwyn
Berwyn
Basic data
Foundation : 1902 (incorporated)
State : United States
State : Illinois
County : Cook County
Coordinates : 41 ° 51 ′  N , 87 ° 47 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 51 ′  N , 87 ° 47 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Inhabitants :
-  Metropolitan Area :		 56,657 (status: 2010)
9,572,572 (status: 2010)
Population density : 5,609.6 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 10.1 km 2  (approx. 4 mi 2 )
Height : 188 m
Postal code : 60402
Area code : +1 708
FIPS : 17-05573
GNIS ID : 404233
Website : www.berwyn-il.gov
Mayor : Robert J. Lovero
Berwyn IL 2009 reference map.png
Location of Berwyn in the western suburbs of Chicago

Berwyn is a city (with the status " City ") in Cook County in the US -amerikanischen State Illinois . In 2010 Berwyn had 56,657 inhabitants.

Berwyn is part of the Chicago metropolitan area .

geography

Berwyn is located in the western suburbs of Chicago at 41 ° 50'33 "north latitude and 87 ° 47'24" west longitude. The city extends over an area of ​​10.1 km². The city of Berwyn is congruent with the Berwyn Township .

Neighboring places of Berwyn are Oak Park (on the northern city limits), Cicero (on the eastern city limits), Forest View (on the southern city limits) and Riverside and North Riverside (on the western city limits).

Chicago city center is 16 km east of Berwyn.

traffic

Interstate 290 runs north of Berwyn as an arterial road from Chicago to the west. South of Berwyn, Interstate 55 leads from Chicago to the southwest towards St. Louis . The US Highway 34 reaches its eastern terminus at the junction with the Illinois State Route 43 . This street also forms the western city limits of Berwyn. All other roads are inner-city connecting roads.

The BNSF Railway Line runs through Berwyn, a line of METRA , Chicago's local transport system. In the urban area of ​​Berwyn there are three stations on the line, Lavergne , Berwyn and Harlem Avenue , which runs from downtown Chicago to Aurora .

The nearest airports are Chicago Midway International Airport (8 miles southeast) and the larger O'Hare International Airport (14 miles northwest).

history

In 1902, the villages were La Vergne , Swedetown , Berwyn and South Oak Park joined forces and as a Village of Berwyn incorporated . In 1908 the state of Illinois changed its parish status to "City".

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census , Berwyn had 56,657 people in 18,910 households. The population density was 5609.6 people per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 2.99 people each in the 18,910 households.

The racial the population was composed of 60.5 percent white, 6.4 percent African American, 0.6 percent Native American, 2.5 percent Asian and 26.6 percent from other ethnic groups; 3.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 59.4 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

27.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 62.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 9.4 percent were 65 years or older. 50.5 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 50,361  USD . The per capita income was $ 20,698. 13.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Personalities

Web links

Commons : Berwyn, Illinois  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved May 26, 2013
  2. ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on May 27, 2013
  3. ↑ History of Berwyn ( Memento of the original from July 13, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) 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 May 27, 2013  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.berwyn-il.gov