Whiteside County

administration
Whiteside County Courthouse
US state :	Illinois
Administrative headquarters :	Morrison
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Main Courthouse 200 East Knox Morrison, IL 61270
Foundation :	January 16, 1836
Made up from:	Jo Daviess County Henry County
Area code :	001 815
Demographics
Residents :	58,498 (2010)
Population density :	33 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1805 km²
Water surface :	32 km²
map

Website : www.whiteside.org

The Whiteside County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Illinois . In 2010 , the county had 58,498 residents and a population density of 33 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Morrison .

geography

The county is located in northwest Illinois on the east bank of the Mississippi , which also forms the natural border with Iowa . The Rock River flows through the county from east to southwest . Whiteside County covers an area of 1,805 square kilometers, of which 32 square kilometers are water. It borders on the following neighboring counties:

	Carroll County	Ogle County
Clinton County, Iowa		Lee County
Rock Island County	Henry County	Bureau County

history

Whiteside

Whiteside County was formed on January 16, 1836 from parts of Jo Daviess County and Henry County. It was named after Samuel Whiteside , a Colonel of the territorial militia and General during the Black - Hawk - war .

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1840	2514	-
1850	5361	113.2%
1860	18,737	249.5%
1870	27.503	46.8%
1880	30,885	12.3%
1890	30,854	-0.1%
1900	34,710	12.5%
1910	34,507	-0.6%
1920	36,174	4.8%
1930	39,019	7.9%
1940	43,338	11.1%
1950	49,336	13.8%
1960	59,887	21.4%
1970	62,877	5%
1980	65,970	4.9%
1990	60.186	-8.8%
2000	60,653	0.8%
2010	58,498	-3.6%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

As of the 2010 census , Whiteside County had 58,498 people in 23,831 households. The population density was 33 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.43 people lived in each of the 23,831 households.

The racial the population was composed of 92.2 percent white, 1.3 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 2.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 11.0 percent of the population regardless of ethnicity.

23.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.5 percent were 65 years or older. 50.9 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 45,359 USD . The per capita income was $ 22,956. 11.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Whiteside County localities

Citys

Villages

Unincorporated Communities

structure

Whiteside County is divided into 22 townships :

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Albany Township	1076	17-00529
Clyde Township	402	17-15144
Coloma Township	11,371	17-15651
Erie Township	2006	17-24387
Fenton Township	536	17-25817
Fulton Township	4251	17-28157
Garden Plain Township	1072	17-28586
Genesee Township	784	17-28833
Hahnaman Township	399	17-32174
Hopkins Township	2156	17-36178
Hume Township	411	17-36581

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Jordan Township	899	17-38700
Lyndon Township	1057	17-45291
Montmorency Township	2612	17-50270
Mount Pleasant Township	4939	17-51076
Newton Township	450	17-52857
Portland Township	422	17-61262
Prophetstown Township	2615	17-61990
Sterling Township	18,035	17-72553
Tampico Township	1148	17-74483
Union Grove Township	1244	17-76758
Ustick Township	613	17-77070

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