Lake County (Illinois)

administration
US state :	Illinois
Administrative headquarters :	Waukegan
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Lake County Courthouse 18 N. County Street Waukegan, IL 60085-4351
Foundation :	March 1, 1839
Made up from:	McHenry County
Area code :	001 847
Demographics
Residents :	703,462 (2010)
Population density :	607 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	3543 km²
Water surface :	2384 km²
map

Website : www.lakecountyil.gov

The Lake County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Illinois . In 2010 , the county had 703,462 residents and a population density of 607 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Waukegan .

Lake County is in the north of the Chicago metropolitan area .

geography

The county is located in the extreme northeast of Illinois in the northern suburbs of Chicago . It has an area of 3543 square kilometers, of which 2384 square kilometers are water surface.

In the north the county borders on Wisconsin in the east the border with Michigan lies in Lake Michigan .

The following neighboring counties border Lake County:

	Kenosha County, Wisconsin	Allegan County, Michigan ¹
McHenry County		Van Buren County, Michigan ¹
	Cook County	Berrien County, Michigan ¹

¹ Maritime border in Lake Michigan

history

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1840	2634	-
1850	14,226	440.1%
1860	18,257	28.3%
1870	21,014	15.1%
1880	21,296	1.3%
1890	24,235	13.8%
1900	34,504	42.4%
1910	55,058	59.6%
1920	74,285	34.9%
1930	104,387	40.5%
1940	121.094	16%
1950	179.097	47.9%
1960	293,656	64%
1970	382,638	30.3%
1980	440.372	15.1%
1990	516,418	17.3%
2000	644.356	24.8%
2010	703,462	9.2%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

The Lake County was formed and on March 1, 1839, from parts of the former McHenry County named after Lake Michigan (Lake Michigan).

The first administrative seat was Libertyville. In 1841 the administrative headquarters were relocated to Little Fort, which was renamed Waukegan. Prior to the occupation by white settlers, the area was open prairie and home to the Potawatomi Indians. The first white settler was Captain Daniel Wright in 1834.

economy

The S&P 500 listed company Brunswick Corporation has its headquarters in the county . The company Zebra Technologies is in Lincolnshire resident.

Demographic data

As of the 2010 census , Lake County had 703,462 people in 239,246 households. The population density was 607 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 2.84 people each in the 239,246 households.

The racial the population was composed of 75.1 percent white, 7.0 percent African American, 0.5 percent Native American, 6.3 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 2.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 19.9 percent of the population regardless of ethnicity.

27.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 62.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 10.4 percent were 65 years or older. 50.1 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 78,948 USD . The per capita income was $ 38,120. 7.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Lake County localities

Citys

Villages

Census-designated places (CDP)

Other Unincorporated Communities

^{1 - mainly in Cook County

2 - partly in Cook County

3 - partly in Kane and McHenry County

4 - partly in McHenry County

5 - mainly in McHenry County}

structure

Lake County townships

Lake County is divided into 18 townships :

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Antioch Township	27,745	17-01608
Avon Township	65.001	17-03220
Benton Township	18,951	17-05326
Cuba Township	16,826	17-18004
Ela Township	42,654	17-22853
Fremont Township	32,337	17-27923
Grant Township	26,523	17-30952
Lake Villa Township	40.276	17-41599
Libertyville Township	53,139	17-43263

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Moraine Township	34,129	17-50364
Newport Township	06,770	17-52753
Shields Township	39,062	17-69485
Vernon Township	67,095	17-77668
Warren Township	64,841	17-78877
Wauconda Township	21,730	17-79280
Waukegan Township	90,893	17-79306
West Deerfield Township	31,077	17-80112
Zion Township	24,413	17-84233