Kenosha

Kenosha
	; Lakeside in Kenosha
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Location in Wisconsin
	Kenosha
	Kenosha
Basic data
Foundation :	1836
State :	United States
State :	Wisconsin
County :	Kenosha County
Coordinates :	42 ° 35 ′ N , 87 ° 51 ′ W Coordinates: 42 ° 35 ′ N , 87 ° 51 ′ W
Time zone :	Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Inhabitants : ; - Metropolitan Area :	99,218 (status: 2010); 9,572,572 (status: 2010)
Population density :	1,608.1 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	62.1 km 2 (approx. 24 mi 2 ) of; which 61.7 km 2 (approx. 24 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	184 m
Postcodes :	53140-53144
Area code :	+1 262
FIPS :	55-39225
GNIS ID :	1567416
Website :	www.kenosha.org
Mayor :	John Antaramian
	; Center of Kenosha

Kenosha ( [kəˈnoʊʃə] , often [kəˈnɔʃə] ) is a city (with the status " City ") and the administrative seat of Kenosha County in the US state of Wisconsin . In the 2010 census , Kenosha had 99,218 inhabitants, the number of which had increased to 100,150 by 2012.

Kenosha is located in the north of the Chicago metropolitan area and is the fourth largest city in Wisconsin after Milwaukee , Madison and Green Bay .

On August 23, 2020, the 29-year-old African American Jacob Blake was shot several times in the back by two police officers during a police operation in Kenosha and seriously injured. The incident caused quite a stir in the wake of ongoing US-wide protests against police violence against African Americans, in particular the death of George Floyd . The incident sparked protests in many cities in Kenosha and across the country.

geography

Kenosha is located in southeastern Wisconsin on the west bank of Lake Michigan three miles north of the Illinois border . The geographical coordinates of Kenosha are 42 ° 34'56 "north latitude and 87 ° 50'44" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 62.1 km².

Neighboring towns to Kenosha are Winthrop Harbor , Illinois (7.5 miles south), Pleasant Prairie (on the southwest city limits), Bristol (12.8 miles west), Mount Pleasant (13.6 miles northwest), and Racine (17.4 miles) north).

The closest major cities are Milwaukee (63.3 km north), Wisconsin's capital Madison (169 km west northwest), Rockford , Illinois (125 km west southwest), and Chicago , Illinois (94 km south).

Surname

The Potawatomi Indians called the entire area gnozhé (" pike- place"). The Anishinabe Indians called the place Masu-kinoja ("spawning place for trout "). Thousands of fish swam here in Lake Michigan . Catching these fish fed the tribes for months. That's why there is a town in Michigan called Masu-kegan.

The Indian name was transferred to English and thus to Kenosha. The locals also call their city “K-Town” or “Keno” for short.

traffic

Kenosha tram

The city is directly connected to Chicago in the south via the METRA train system. A tram connection has existed from this station since 2000 for the first time since 1932 . It leads to the new Harbourpark residential area on the shores of Lake Michigan, which was set up on the former Chrysler site.

With the Kenosha Regional Airport located in the northwest of the city, the city has a regional airport. The nearest major airports are Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee (49.1 km north) and O'Hare International Airport in Chicago (81.4 km south).

population

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1850	3455	-
1860	3990	15.5%
1870	4309	8th %
1880	4039	-6.3%
1890	6532	61.7%
1900	11.606	77.7%
1910	21,371	84.1%
1920	40,472	89.4%
1930	50,262	24.2%
1940	48,765	-3%
1950	54,368	11.5%
1960	67,899	24.9%
1970	78,805	16.1%
1980	77,685	-1.4%
1990	80,352	3.4%
2000	90.352	12.4%
2010	99,218	9.8%
2012 estimate	100,150	0.9%
1850-2000 2010-2012

According to the 2010 census , Kenosha had 99,218 people in 37,376 households. The population density was 1608.1 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.56 people lived in each of the 37,376 households.

The racial the population was composed of 77.1 percent white, 10.0 percent African American, 0.6 percent Native American, 1.7 percent Asian, 0.1 percent Polynesian and 6.8 percent from other ethnic groups; 3.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 16.3 percent of the population.

26.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 62.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 10.8 percent were 65 years or older. 50.9 percent of the population was female.

The annual median legacy incomes of a household was 49,641 US dollars . The per capita income was $ 23,958. 16.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

sons and daughters of the town

Joseph V. Quarles (1843-1911), politician
Charles Wallace Richmond (1868–1932), ornithologist
Charles Jeffery (1876–1935), automobile manufacturer
Edward T. Newell (1886-1941), numismatist
William H. Stevenson (1891–1978), politician
Edward F. Cline (1892–1961), actor, screenwriter and director
Milt Herth (1902–1969), jazz organist
Ray Berres (1907-2007), baseball player
Don Ameche (1908-1993), actor
Carl Alvar Wirtanen (1910–1990), astronomer
Paul Russo (1914–1976), racing car driver
Orson Welles (1915–1985), director, actor and writer
Al Molinaro (1919-2015), actor
Bert I. Gordon (* 1922), film director
Tony Russel (1925-2017), actor and voice actor
Paul Sorensen (1926–2008), actor
Buddy Clark (1929–1999), jazz bassist and arranger
Spike Robinson (1930-2001), electrical engineer and jazz musician (tenor saxophonist)
Alan Ameche (1933–1988), American football player
Margaret Farrow (* 1934), politician
Robert Glaeser (* 1934), biochemist, biophysicist and structural biologist
Daniel J. Travanti (born 1940), actor
Concetta Tomei (born 1945), actress
Chester Biscardi (* 1948), composer and music teacher
Peter W. Barca (* 1955), politician
Jim Rygiel (born 1955), VFX supervisor
Mark Pocan (* 1964), politician
Paul Thorn (* 1964), songwriter and singer
Mark Ruffalo (born 1967), actor
Nick Van Exel (born 1971), basketball player
Laura Kaeppeler (* 1988), beauty queen, Miss America 2012
Melvin Gordon (born 1993), football player (NFL)