Will County

administration
US state :	Illinois
Administrative headquarters :	Joliet
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Will County Office Building 302 N. Chicago Street Joliet, IL 60432
Foundation :	January 12, 1836
Made up from:	Cook County Iroquois County
Area code :	001 815
Demographics
Residents :	677,560 (2010)
Population density :	312.5 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2200 km²
Water surface :	32 km²
map

Website : www.willcountyillinois.com

The Will County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Illinois . In 2010 , the county had 677,560 people and a population density of 312.5 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Joliet .

Will County is part of the Chicago metropolitan area .

geography

The county is located in northeast Illinois and the southern and southeastern suburbs of Chicago . It has an area of 2200 square kilometers, of which 32 square kilometers are water.

The county is traversed by the Kankakee River and the Des Plaines River , the two headwaters of the Illinois River , the confluence of which lies just beyond the western border of the county. Other watercourses include the Du Page River , the Illinois and Michigan Canal, and the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal .

The following neighboring counties border Will County:

Kane County	DuPage County	Cook County
Kendall County		Lake County (Indiana)
Grundy County	Kankakee County

Recreational areas

There are three recreational areas in the county: the 17,000 acre (69 km²) Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie , Channahon State Park, and the Des Plaines Fish & Wildlife Area .

history

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1840	10.167	-
1850	16,703	64.3%
1860	29,321	75.5%
1870	43,013	46.7%
1880	53,422	24.2%
1890	62.007	16.1%
1900	74,764	20.6%
1910	84,371	12.8%
1920	92,911	10.1%
1930	110.732	19.2%
1940	114.210	3.1%
1950	134,336	17.6%
1960	191,617	42.6%
1970	249,498	30.2%
1980	324,460	30%
1990	357.313	10.1%
2000	502.266	40.6%
2010	677.560	34.9%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Will County was formed on January 12, 1836 from parts of Cook County and Iroquois County. It was named after Conrad Will , an early pioneer, politician, and businessman who ran his salt mines in southern Illinois with slaves. A law allowed renting slaves in other states and using them in slave-free Illinois.

Territorial development

That Will County from its inception in 1836 to 1852
1853 until today

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census , Will County had 677,560 people in 221,722 households. The population density was 312.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 3.01 people lived in each of the 221,722 households.

The racial the population was composed of 81.6 percent white, 11.5 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 4.8 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 15.9 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

28.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 9.7 percent were 65 years or older. 50.3 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 76,453 USD . The per capita income was $ 30,199. 7.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Will County localities

Citys

Villages

Census-designated places (CDP)

Other Unincorporated Communities

^{1 - partly in DuPage , Kane and Kendall County

2 - partly in Kendall County

3 - partly in DuPage County

4 - partly in Grundy County

5 - partly in Cook County

6 - mostly in Cook County}

^{7 - partly in DuPage and Cook County

8 - mainly in Grundy County

9 - partly in Cook and DuPage County

10 - partly in Kendall and Grundy County

11 - partly in LaSalle and Kendall County}

structure

Will County is divided into 24 townships :

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Channahon Township	10,322	17-12483
Crete Township	23,774	17-17536
Custer Township	1430	17-18199
You Page Township	87,793	17-21241
Florence Township	933	17-26519
Frankfort Township	57,055	17-27631
Green Garden Township	4010	17-31394
Homer Township	39,059	17-35827
Jackson Township	4100	17-38076
Joliet Township	87,398	17-38583
Lockport Township	60.010	17-44238
Manhattan Township	9218	17-46370

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Monee Township	15,669	17-49958
New Lenox Township	40,270	17-52597
Peotone Township	4431	17-59065
Plainfield Township	80,318	17-60300
Reed Township	6948	17-63108
Troy township	45.991	17-76212
Washington Township	6263	17-79059
Wesley Township	2241	17-79865
Wheatland Township	81,472	17-81035
Will township	1821	17-81711
Wilmington Township	6193	17-82114
Wilton Township	841	17-82244