Kenosha County

administration
The Kenosha County Counthouse in Kenosha, listed on the NRHP since 1982
US state :	Wisconsin
Administrative headquarters :	Kenosha
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Administration Building 1010, 56th St. Kenosha, WI 53140-3738
Foundation :	1850
Made up from:	Racine County
Area code :	001 262
Demographics
Residents :	166,426 (2010)
Population density :	235.4 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1954 km²
Water surface :	1247 km²
map

Website : www.co.kenosha.wi.us

The Kenosha County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 , the county had 166,426 residents and a population density of 235.4 people per square kilometer. By 2012 the population grew to 167,936. The county seat is Kenosha .

Kenosha County is part of the Chicago metropolitan area .

geography

The county is located in the extreme southeast of Wisconsin between the cities of Chicago and Milwaukee . It is bordered by Lake Michigan to the east and Illinois to the south . The county has an area of 1954 square kilometers, of which 1247 square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border Kenosha County:

	Racine County
Walworth County
Mc Henry County (Illinois)	Lake County (Illinois)

history

Kenosha County was formed in 1850 from parts of Racine County. It was named, like the district capital, after an Indian expression.

population

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1850	10,734	-
1860	13,900	29.5%
1870	13,147	-5.4%
1880	13,550	3.1%
1890	15,581	15%
1900	21,707	39.3%
1910	32,929	51.7%
1920	51,284	55.7%
1930	63,277	23.4%
1940	63.505	0.4%
1950	75,238	18.5%
1960	100,615	33.7%
1970	117.917	17.2%
1980	123.137	4.4%
1990	128.181	4.1%
2000	149,577	16.7%
2010	166.426	11.3%
2012 estimate	167.936	0.9%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010–2012

According to the 2010 census , Kenosha County had 166,426 people in 62,301 households. The population density was 235.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.6 people lived in each of the 62,301 households.

The racial the population was composed of 88.1 percent white, 7.1 percent African American, 0.7 percent Native American, 1.6 percent Asian, 0.1 percent Polynesian and other ethnic groups; 2.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 12.2 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

25.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 63.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 11.8 percent were 65 years or older. 50.5 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 55,117 USD . The per capita income was $ 27,012. 12.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Kenosha County Localities

City

Kenosha

Villages

Census-designated places (CDP)

Other Unincorporated Communities

^{1 - partially in Walworth County}

structure

In addition to the one city and the six villages, Kenosha County is divided into seven towns :

Town	Population (2010)	FIPS
Town of Brighton	1456	55-09635
Town of Bristol	2330	55-09825
Town of Paris	1504	55-61175
Town of Randall	3180	55-66125
Town of Salem	12,067	55-71125
Town of Somers	9597	55-74650
Town of Wheatland	3373	55-86500