Boone County (Illinois)

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administration
US state : Illinois
Administrative headquarters : Belvidere
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		Boone County Courthouse
601 N. Main Street, Suite 202
Belvidere, IL 61008
Foundation : May 4, 1843
Made up from: Winnebago County
Area code : 001 815
Demographics
Residents : 54,165  (2010)
Population density : 74.4 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 730 km²
Water surface : 2 km²
map
Map of Boone County within Illinois
Website : www.boonecountyil.org

The Boone County is a county in the north of the US state of Illinois . In 2010, the county had 54,165 residents with a population density of 74.4 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Belvidere .

Boone County is part of the Rockford metropolitan area .

geography

The county is located in northern Illinois on the Kishwaukee River and has an area of ​​730 square kilometers, of which two square kilometers are water. The northern border of the county is also the border with the state of Wisconsin . Boone County is the smallest of the northern counties in terms of area. It borders on the following neighboring counties:

Rock County,
Wisconsin 		Walworth County,
Wisconsin
Winnebago County Compass card (de) .svg McHenry County
Ogle County DeKalb County

history

Daniel Boone

The first settlers came from New York and New England. On March 3, 1836, the new county was separated from Winnebago County. The new county was named after the Kentucky pioneer Daniel Boone . In 1850 there were already 12 settlements.

Demographic data

The Lampert-Wildflower House in Belvidere, listed in NRHP No. 05000870
Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1840 1705 -
1850 7624 347.2%
1860 11,678 53.2%
1870 12,942 10.8%
1880 11,508 -11.1%
1890 12.203 6%
1900 15,791 29.4%
1910 15,481 -2%
1920 15,322 -1 %
1930 15,078 -1.6%
1940 15.202 0.8%
1950 17,070 12.3%
1960 20,326 19.1%
1970 25,440 25.2%
1980 28,630 12.5%
1990 30,806 7.6%
2000 41,786 35.6%
2010 54,165 29.6%
Before 1900 1900–1990

According to the 2010 census , Boone County had 54,165 people in 17,908 households. The population density was 74.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 2.98 people each in the 17,908 households.

The racial the population was composed of 93.2 percent white, 2.5 percent African American, 0.7 percent Native American, 1.4 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 2.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 20.3 percent of the population regardless of ethnicity.

28.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 12.2 percent were 65 years or older. 50.1 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 61,210  USD . The per capita income was $ 26,105. 10.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Localities in Boone County

Citys

Villages

Unincorporated Communities

1 - partially in Winnebago County

structure

Boone County is divided into nine townships :

Township Population
(2010) 		FIPS
Belvidere Township 30.109    17-05105
Bonus township 4340    17-07302
Boone Township 1968    17-07328
Caledonia Township 7439    17-10435
Flora Township 2981    17-26441
LeRoy Township 485    17-42951
Manchester Township 895    17-46318
Poplar Grove Township 5054    17-61158
Spring Township 894    17-71578

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 424205. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
  2. ↑ a b c U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Boone County, IL Retrieved November 19, 2012
  3. ^ National Association of Counties.Retrieved November 19, 2012
  4. ^ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places.Retrieved March 13, 2011
  5. ^ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing.Retrieved March 15, 2011
  6. ↑ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved on February 14, 2011
  7. ↑ Missouri Census Data Center - Illinois  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved November 19, 2012@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / mcdc.missouri.edu  

Web links

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Coordinates: 42 ° 20 ′  N , 88 ° 49 ′  W