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Lake County, Illinois

February 15, 2024

Not to be confused with Lake County, Indiana.

Lake County is situated in the northeastern corner of the U.S. state of Illinois, along the shores of Lake Michigan. As of the 2020 census, it has a population of 714,342,[1] making it the third-most populous county in Illinois. Its county seat is Waukegan, the tenth-largest city in Illinois.[2] The county is primarily suburban, with some urban areas and some rural areas. Due to its location, immediately north of Cook County, Lake County is one of the collar counties of the Chicago metropolitan area. Its northern boundary is the Wisconsin state line.

Lake County
County
Lake County Courthouse in Waukegan
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L.C.
Location within the U.S. state of Illinois
Illinois's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 42°26′N 87°47′W / 42.43°N 87.78°W / 42.43; -87.78
Country United States
State Illinois
FoundedMarch 1, 1839
Named forLake Michigan
SeatWaukegan
Largest cityWaukegan
Area
 • Total1,368 sq mi (3,540 km2)
 • Land444 sq mi (1,150 km2)
 • Water925 sq mi (2,400 km2)  67.6%
Population
 (2020)
 • Total714,342
 • Estimate 
(2021)
711,239
 • Density520/sq mi (200/km2)
Time zoneUTC−6 (Central)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional districts5th, 9th, 10th, 11th
Websitewww.lakecountyil.gov

According to the 2010 census, Lake County is the second wealthiest county in the state by per capita income, after DuPage County. Additionally, Lake County ranks as the 27th wealthiest county in the nation. The county includes the affluent North Shore communities of Lake Forest, Lake Bluff, and Highland Park, and much of the county's wealth is concentrated in this area, as well as in communities bordering Cook County to the south and McHenry County to the west. The north and northwest areas of the county, though historically rural and exurban, have experienced rapid suburbanization in the past three decades, while the lakefront communities of Waukegan, North Chicago, and Zion are post-industrial areas that have majority-minority populations. The Hispanic population has seen significant increases in nearly all areas of the county and comprise 24% of the county's population in 2020.

Naval Station Great Lakes is located in the city of North Chicago. It is the United States Navy's Headquarters Command for training, and the Navy's only recruit training center.

History edit

 
The Caspar Ott Cabin, built in 1837, is the oldest structure in Lake County.
 
Lake County at the time of its creation in 1839

The county, which was primarily unsettled prairie and was still home to its native Potawatomi Indians, was created by the Illinois State Legislature in 1839. At that time, Libertyville, then known as Independence Grove, was the first county seat. In 1841, however, the county's residents voted to move the county government to Little Fort, now Waukegan, where the commissioners had purchased a section of land from the state. Lake County's first courthouse was built on part of that land in 1844 and the remainder was sold to pay for the $4,000 construction cost.

The county's first courthouse was used solely for court sessions and the jail, but in 1853, commissioners constructed a building to accommodate county administration offices and house records. When fire damaged the courthouse on October 19, 1875, the county records were saved because they were in the adjacent building.

After the fire, proposals were made to move the county seat to Highland Park, Libertyville or another site in central Lake County. The county commissioners, however, decided to rebuild in Waukegan. The east half of the building was reconstructed at a cost of $45,000. In 1895, the first jail building was added to the government complex and a west addition was added to the courthouse in 1922. By 1938, county commissioners saw a need for additional space and approved the addition of a 5th Floor. This courthouse, however, was demolished in 1967 to make room for a new high-rise administration building, which was completed with the addition of the jail in 1969 and courts in 1970.

Shortly thereafter, the Lake County Board commissioned the construction of a multi-faceted justice facility and ground was broken in 1986 for the Robert H. Babcox Justice Center, named in memory of Sheriff Babcox, who served as Lake County Sheriff from 1982 to 1988. The justice center, which houses the county jail, work release program, sheriff's administration offices and three courtrooms, was finished in 1989 at a cost of $29.6 million.

Additional county government facilities have been built or expanded throughout Lake County, including the Coroner's Office, Health Department/Community Health Center facilities, Division of Transportation, Public Works and Winchester House. Lake County government services extend throughout the county's 470 square miles (1,200 km2).

The historic Half Day Inn, a tavern/restaurant, was constructed in 1843. This structure, once located at the corner of Milwaukee Avenue and Rte. 45/Old Half Day Road, was one of the oldest structures in Lake County until it was demolished in 2007 to make way for retail space, condominiums, and a retention pond.

Geography edit

 
A satellite view of the Lake County district

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,368 square miles (3,540 km2), of which 444 square miles (1,150 km2) is land and 935 square miles (2,420 km2) (67.6%) is water.[3] It is the second-largest county in Illinois by total area and the only one that has more water area than land area. Most of the water is in Lake Michigan.

State parks edit

Lakes edit

Besides Lake Michigan, lakes in the county include:

Natural areas edit

Lake County's forest preserves and natural areas are administered by the Lake County Forest Preserves district. These facilities include traditional nature preserves, such as the Ryerson Conservation Area, as well as golf courses and historic homes, such as the Adlai Stevenson historic home.[4] A long north–south string of the preserves in Lake County, including Half Day Woods, Old School Forest Preserve, Independence Grove, and Van Patten Woods, form the Des Plaines River Greenway, which contains the Des Plaines River Trail, a popular place for walking, running, and biking. Lake County is also home to Illinois Beach State Park, featuring over six miles of Lake Michigan shoreline, as well as dune areas, wetlands, prairie, and black oak savanna. Several local environmental groups operate in Lake County, such as Conserve Lake County and Citizens for Conservation, working to improve habitat. Volunteer opportunities also exist with the Lake County Forest Preserve District.[5]

Adjacent counties edit

Transit edit

Major highways edit

County routes and county highways edit

Lake County's county road system currently covers 300 miles of road.[6] The county also employs two different numbering systems, a county route system and a county highway system. While both systems' can be seen on official road maps only the County Route designations have been indicated with highway markers on traffic signals or dedicated poles.

The county route system in use today by Lake County was purportedly intended to be the dominant system for all of Illinois' counties and was proposed by the National Association of Counties (NACo), however their system was not chosen and instead each county was given the freedom to number their own county routes as well as choose whether or not to produce and display highway markers. Currently, only Lake County, Boone County, McHenry County, and Cook County use NACo's proposed numbering system, and of the four only Lake and McHenry counties chose to fully display the county route designations on highway markers. Cook County began to roll out the production of highway markers near the beginning of 2009, but the seemingly arbitrary numbering system as well as the cost to produce the markers resulted in a lot of confusion and backlash, and ultimately only some of the markers were produced and mounted.[7]

For Lake County, all East–West-bound County Routes begin with an "A", while North—South-bound County Routes on the western half of the county begin with a "V", and those located on the eastern half begin with a "W".[citation needed]

Demographics edit

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
18402,634—
185014,226440.1%
186018,25728.3%
187021,01415.1%
188021,2961.3%
189024,23513.8%
190034,50442.4%
191055,05859.6%
192074,28534.9%
1930104,38740.5%
1940121,09416.0%
1950179,09747.9%
1960293,65664.0%
1970382,63830.3%
1980440,37215.1%
1990516,41817.3%
2000644,35624.8%
2010703,4629.2%
2020714,3421.5%
2021 (est.)711,239[8]−0.4%
U.S. Decennial Census[9]
1790-1960[10] 1900-1990[11]
1990-2000[12] 2010-2020[1]

2020 census edit

Lake County, Illinois – Racial and Ethnic Composition
(NH = Non-Hispanic)
Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.
Race / Ethnicity Pop 1980[13] Pop 1990[14] Pop 2000[15] Pop 2010[16] Pop 2020[17] % 1980 % 1990 % 2000 % 2010 2020
White alone (NH) 383,370 431,976 472,968 458,701 408,349 87.06% 83.65% 73.40% 65.21% 57.16%
Black or African American alone (NH) 27,842 34,080 43,580 46,989 47,240 6.32% 6.60% 6.76% 6.68% 6.61%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) 860 [18] 1,241 1,048 1,058 909 0.20% 0.24% 0.16% 0.15% 0.13%
Asian alone (NH) 5,898 [19] 12,038 24,866 43,954 58,901 1.34% 2.33% 3.86% 6.25% 8.25%
Pacific Islander alone (NH) 122 [20] 225 224 228 312 0.03% 0.04% 0.03% 0.03% 0.04%
Some Other Race alone (NH) 1,216 [21] 348 1,085 1,547 3,264 0.28% 0.07% 0.17% 0.22% 0.46%
Mixed Race/Multi-Racial (NH) x [22] x [23] 7,869 10,998 23,405 x x 1.22% 1.56% 3.28%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 21,064 [24] 36,735 92,716 139,987 171,962 4.78% 7.11% 14.39% 19.90% 24.07%
Total 440,372 516,418 644,356 703,462 714,342 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%

2010 Census edit

 
Employment by occupation in Lake County

As of the 2010 Census, there were 703,462 people, 241,712 households, and 179,428 families residing in the county.[25] The population density was 1,585.6 inhabitants per square mile (612.2/km2). There were 260,310 housing units at an average density of 586.7 per square mile (226.5/km2).[3] The racial makeup of the county was 75.1% white, 7.0% black or African American, 6.3% Asian, 0.5% American Indian, 8.5% from other races, and 2.6% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 19.9% of the population.[25] In terms of ancestry, 20.5% were German, 12.9% were Irish, 9.4% were Polish, 6.9% were Italian, 6.5% were English, and 4.0% were American.[26]

Of the 241,712 households, 40.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.6% were married couples living together, 10.4% had a female householder with no husband present, 25.8% were non-families, and 21.5% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.82 and the average family size was 3.31. The median age was 36.7 years.[25] The median income for a household in the county was $78,948 and the median income for a family was $91,693. Males had a median income of $62,042 versus $44,200 for females. The per capita income for the county was $38,120. About 4.8% of families and 7.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 9.6% of those under age 18 and 5.6% of those age 65 or over.[27]

2021 American Community Survey one-year estimates edit

Racial Makeup of Lake County (2021)[28]

  White alone (61.78%)
  Black alone (6.32%)
  Native American alone (1.08%)
  Asian alone (8.38%)
  Pacific Islander alone (0.05%)
  Some other race alone (7.52%)
  Two or more races (14.84%)

Racial Makeup of Lake County excluding Hispanics from Racial Categories (2021)[28]
NH=Non-Hispanic

  White NH (57.77%)
  Black NH (6.21%)
  Native American NH (0.15%)
  Asian NH (8.28%)
  Pacific Islander NH (0.02%)
  Other race NH (0.82%)
  Two or more races NH (3.63%)
  Hispanic Any Race (23.11%)

Racial Makeup of Hispanics in Lake County (2021)[28]

  White alone (17.33%)
  Black alone (0.50%)
  Native American alone (4.01%)
  Asian alone (0.41%)
  Pacific Islander alone (0.12%)
  Other race alone (29.11%)
  Two or more races (48.52%)

According to 2021 US Census Bureau American Community Survey one-year estimates (which is conducted annually for cities over 65,000 via sampling), the population of Lake County, Illinois was 61.8% White (57.8% Non-Hispanic White and 4.0% Hispanic White), 6.3% Black or African American, 8.4% Asian, 1.1% Native American and Alaskan Native, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 7.5% Some Other Race, and 14.8% from two or more races.[28] The White population continues to remain the largest racial category and includes the 17.3% of Hispanics in Lake County who identify as White. A plurality of Hispanics identify as Multiracial (48.5%) with others continuing to identify as Some Other Race (29.1%) and smaller amounts identifying as Black (0.5%), American Indian and Alaskan Native (4.0%), Asian (0.4%), and Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (0.1%).[28] By ethnicity, 23.1% of the total population is Hispanic-Latino (of any race) and 76.9% is Non-Hispanic (of any race). If treated as a separate category, Hispanics are the largest minority group in Lake County, Illinois[28] surpassing the Black population in the 1990 Census. The majority of Hispanic/ Latino residents in Lake County, Illinois are of Mexican descent (18.0% of the county population in 2021).[29] Puerto Ricans, Cubans, Central Americans, and South Americans also reside in Lake County, Illinois.

Sports edit

The following sports teams play in Lake County:

Sites of interest edit

Amusement parks edit

 
Six Flags Great America

Museums edit

Performing arts edit

 
Genesee Theatre

Other edit

Communities edit

Cities edit

Villages edit

Census-designated places edit

Unincorporated communities edit

Townships edit

The county is divided into eighteen townships.

 Antioch TownshipZion TownshipBenton TownshipNewport TownshipLake Villa TownshipGrant TownshipAvon TownshipWarren TownshipWaukegan TownshipWauconda TownshipFremont TownshipLibertyville TownshipShields TownshipCuba TownshipEla TownshipVernon TownshipWest Deerfield TownshipMoraine Township
Lake County townships (clickable)

Government edit

Lake County Board
District Board Member Party
1 Linda Pederson Republican
2 Diane Hewitt Democratic
3 Dick Barr Republican
4 Gina Roberts Democratic
5 Judy Martini Republican
6 John Wasik Democratic
7 Carissa Casbon Democratic
8 Bill Durkin Democratic
9 Mary Ross Cunningham Democratic
10 Jessica Vealitzek Democratic
11 Paul Frank Democratic
12 Paras Parekh Democratic
13 Sandy Hart, Chairman Democratic
14 Angelo D. Kyle Democratic
15 Jennifer Clark Democratic
16 Terry Wilke Democratic
17 Michael Danforth Republican
18 Julie Simpson Democratic
19 Craig Taylor Republican
20 Marah Altenberg Democratic
21 Ann B. Maine Republican

Politics edit

As a historic Yankee settlement, Lake County was initially a stronghold of the Free Soil Party. In the 1848 presidential election, it was Free Soil nominee and former president Martin van Buren’s strongest county, giving him over 58 percent of the vote.

Consequently, Lake County would turn rock-solid Republican for most of the next century and a half. After narrowly supporting Democrat Franklin Pierce in 1852, it voted Republican at all but one presidential election from 1856 to 1960. This tradition was only broken in 1912, when the GOP was mortally divided and Lake County voted for Progressive Party nominee and former president Theodore Roosevelt over conservative incumbent William Howard Taft.

In 1964 the Republican Party nominated Barry Goldwater, whose hostility to the Yankee establishment and strongly conservative platform were sufficient to leave many traditional Republicans to stay home or even to vote for Lyndon Johnson, who narrowly became the first Democrat to win an absolute majority in the county since James K. Polk in 1844, and the first to win it at all since Pierce in 1852. Between 1968 and 1988, however, Lake County became powerfully Republican once more, with no Democrat cracking forty percent of the vote.

However, as in the other collar counties, the Republican edge narrowed considerably in the 1990s, and Bill Clinton actually won it with a 166-vote plurality in 1996–the only time that Clinton won any of the collar counties besides Will County during his two campaigns for president. After narrowly voting for George W. Bush twice, in 2008 it swung over dramatically to support Democrat Barack Obama, who carried it by almost 20 points. Obama won it but by a slimmer margin in 2012. Hillary Clinton won it handily in 2016, tallying her second-best margin in the state. At 36%, Donald Trump's performance in the county was the worst of any Republican presidential nominee since 1912. In 2020, Joe Biden won 61% of the vote, the highest percentage of the vote for any candidate since 1988 and the highest ever attained by a Democrat.

Lake County has the highest payout for wrongful conviction in the United States. Juan Rivera was awarded $20 million, the largest wrongful conviction settlement in United States history, including $2 million from John E. Reid & Associates, who were known for the Reid technique of questioning suspects. This technique has been widely criticized for its history of eliciting confessions that were later determined to be false. Rivera was questioned twice at Reid headquarters by an employee of the company during his interrogation, which lasted for several days. Another payout was made to Jerry Hobbs. Kathleen Zellner settled Jerry Hobbs' civil rights case for $7.75 million. Hobbs was incarcerated for 66 months. This was the largest pre-trial detainee settlement in the United States.[30]

United States presidential election results for Lake County, Illinois[31]
Year Republican Democratic Third party
No.  % No.  % No.  %
2020 123,594 36.82% 204,032 60.78% 8,049 2.40%
2016 109,767 36.16% 171,095 56.37% 22,658 7.47%
2012 129,764 45.14% 153,757 53.48% 3,972 1.38%
2008 118,545 39.53% 177,242 59.10% 4,113 1.37%
2004 139,081 50.52% 134,352 48.80% 1,862 0.68%
2000 120,988 49.96% 115,058 47.51% 6,118 2.53%
1996 93,149 45.49% 93,315 45.57% 18,300 8.94%
1992 99,000 44.20% 81,693 36.47% 43,294 19.33%
1988 114,115 63.53% 64,327 35.81% 1,191 0.66%
1984 118,401 68.35% 53,947 31.14% 876 0.51%
1980 96,350 58.45% 48,287 29.29% 20,216 12.26%
1976 92,231 60.32% 57,741 37.77% 2,922 1.91%
1972 92,052 65.84% 47,416 33.91% 344 0.25%
1968 68,999 56.60% 43,409 35.61% 9,495 7.79%
1964 58,840 48.36% 62,785 51.60% 42 0.03%
1960 67,809 59.02% 46,941 40.85% 149 0.13%
1956 66,781 67.33% 32,279 32.54% 129 0.13%
1952 54,929 62.83% 32,353 37.01% 145 0.17%
1948 39,456 63.26% 22,192 35.58% 720 1.15%
1944 35,674 58.19% 25,453 41.52% 183 0.30%
1940 38,242 60.26% 24,965 39.34% 254 0.40%
1936 27,548 51.32% 24,524 45.69% 1,603 2.99%
1932 23,994 50.92% 21,139 44.86% 1,989 4.22%
1928 26,814 67.73% 12,252 30.95% 521 1.32%
1924 18,229 75.48% 2,008 8.31% 3,913 16.20%
1920 15,712 82.28% 2,321 12.15% 1,063 5.57%
1916 12,905 66.95% 5,447 28.26% 924 4.79%
1912 2,183 21.59% 2,436 24.09% 5,494 54.33%
1908 6,392 68.15% 2,264 24.14% 723 7.71%
1904 6,635 77.11% 1,592 18.50% 378 4.39%
1900 5,136 67.69% 2,235 29.45% 217 2.86%
1896 5,027 72.47% 1,777 25.62% 133 1.92%
1892 2,932 57.17% 1,964 38.29% 233 4.54%

Media edit

Lake County is covered by the Chicago and Milwaukee media market and the county relies on Chicago and Milwaukee television stations, radio stations, and newspapers for the source of its news and information.

The county has multiple radio stations, including 102.3 FM XLC and 98.3 FM WRLR.

The Lake County News-Sun, owned by Tribune Publishing, is the county's main print newspaper. It is printed and published in Gurnee.[32]

Lake and McHenry County Scanner, launched in 2012 by Sam Borcia,[33] is the county's biggest digital newspaper which covers Lake County as well as nearby McHenry County.[34] The publication's work has been quoted in top news outlets such as Fox News[35] and Yahoo! News.[36]

The county is also covered by the Chicago Sun-Times and The Daily Herald.

Education edit

The following is a list of school districts with any territory in Lake County, no matter how slight, even if the school districts' administrative headquarters and/or schools are outside of the county:[37]

K-12:

Secondary:

Elementary:

Notable people edit

See also edit

References edit

Citations edit

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  4. ^ . Archived from the original on June 21, 2010.
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  7. ^ "New signs point to confusion". Chicago Tribune.
  8. ^ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2021". Retrieved July 5, 2022.
  9. ^ "Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decades". US Census Bureau.
  10. ^ "Historical Census Browser". University of Virginia Library. from the original on August 11, 2012. Retrieved July 6, 2014.
  11. ^ "Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990". United States Census Bureau. from the original on April 24, 2014. Retrieved July 6, 2014.
  12. ^ "Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. (PDF) from the original on December 18, 2014. Retrieved July 6, 2014.
  13. ^ "1980 Census of Population - General Population Characteristics - Illinois- Table 14 - Persons by Race and Table 16 (p. 18-28) - Total Persons and Spanish Origin Persons by Type of Spanish Origin and Race (p. 29-39)" (PDF). United States Census Bureau.
  14. ^ "1990 Census of Population - General Population Characteristics - Illinois - Table 6 - Race and Hispanic Orogin" (PDF). United States Census Bureau.
  15. ^ "P004 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Lake County, Illinois". United States Census Bureau.
  16. ^ "P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE - 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Lake County, Illinois". United States Census Bureau.
  17. ^ "P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE - 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Lake County, Illinois". United States Census Bureau.
  18. ^ Compiliation of American Indian, Eskimo, Aleut categories
  19. ^ Compiliation of Japanese, Chinese, Filipino, Korean, Asian Indian, and Vietnamese categories. Other Asian groups would be included in the Some Other Race category
  20. ^ Compiliation of Hawaiian, Guamanian, and Samoan categories. Other Pacific Islander groups would be included in the Some Other Race category
  21. ^ Calculated as the difference between the total population and all other categories
  22. ^ Not an option in the 1980 Census
  23. ^ Not an option in the 1990 Census
  24. ^ Listed as Spanish origin in the 1980 Census. Racial identification for Hispanics only consisted of White, Black, and Some Other Race; hence, a small number of Latinos may be also be included in the counts for Asian, Native American, and Pacific Islander
  25. ^ a b c "DP-1 Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
  26. ^ "DP02 SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS IN THE UNITED STATES – 2006-2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
  27. ^ "DP03 SELECTED ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS – 2006-2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
  28. ^ a b c d e f "B03002 HISPANIC OR LATINO ORIGIN BY RACE - Lake County, Illinois - 2021 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates". U.S. Census Bureau. July 1, 2021.
  29. ^ "B03001 HISPANIC OR LATINO ORIGIN BY SPECIFIC ORIGIN - United States - 2021 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates - Lake County, Illinois". U.S. Census Bureau. July 1, 2021.
  30. ^ "$7.75 Million Settlement for Father Wrongly Jailed for Daughter's Murder - the National Trial Lawyers".
  31. ^ Leip, David. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. from the original on March 23, 2018. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
  32. ^ "Lake County News-Sun (Chicago, Il) 2006-Current [Online Resource]". Library of Congress. Retrieved October 3, 2021.
  33. ^ technology, Charlie Sorrel Freelance Technology Reporter Charlie Sorrel has been writing about; Society, Its Effects on; Planet, The; Sorrel, for 13 years our editorial process Charlie. "Apple's News Partner Program May Not Fix Apple News". Lifewire. Retrieved October 3, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  34. ^ "About Us". Lake and McHenry County Scanner. Retrieved September 10, 2021.
  35. ^ Gearty, Robert (April 11, 2020). "Retired Illinois fire department captain dies from coronavirus complications: report". Fox News. Retrieved October 3, 2021.
  36. ^ "Parents Accused of Murdering Missing Ill. Boy, 5, Whose Body Was Found Wrapped in Plastic". www.yahoo.com. Retrieved October 3, 2021.
  37. ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Lake County, IL" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. (PDF) from the original on February 27, 2022. Retrieved July 20, 2022. - Text list
  38. ^ "Pete Wilson". www.nndb.com. from the original on September 1, 2017. Retrieved May 8, 2018.

General sources edit

  • Forstall, Richard L. (1996). Population of states and counties of the United States: 1790 to 1990 : from the twenty-one decennial censuses. United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Population Division. ISBN 0-934213-48-8.
  • Encyclopedia of Chicago (2004), comprehensive coverage of city and suburbs, past and present

External links edit

 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lake County, Illinois.
  • Official website  
  • Lake County Convention & Visitors Bureau
  • Lake County Forest Preserve District

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Not to be confused with Lake County Indiana Lake County is situated in the northeastern corner of the U S state of Illinois along the shores of Lake Michigan As of the 2020 census it has a population of 714 342 1 making it the third most populous county in Illinois Its county seat is Waukegan the tenth largest city in Illinois 2 The county is primarily suburban with some urban areas and some rural areas Due to its location immediately north of Cook County Lake County is one of the collar counties of the Chicago metropolitan area Its northern boundary is the Wisconsin state line Lake CountyCountyLake County Courthouse in WaukeganFlagSealLogoNickname L C Location within the U S state of IllinoisIllinois s location within the U S Coordinates 42 26 N 87 47 W 42 43 N 87 78 W 42 43 87 78Country United StatesState IllinoisFoundedMarch 1 1839Named forLake MichiganSeatWaukeganLargest cityWaukeganArea Total1 368 sq mi 3 540 km2 Land444 sq mi 1 150 km2 Water925 sq mi 2 400 km2 67 6 Population 2020 Total714 342 Estimate 2021 711 239 Density520 sq mi 200 km2 Time zoneUTC 6 Central Summer DST UTC 5 CDT Congressional districts5th 9th 10th 11thWebsitewww wbr lakecountyil wbr govAccording to the 2010 census Lake County is the second wealthiest county in the state by per capita income after DuPage County Additionally Lake County ranks as the 27th wealthiest county in the nation The county includes the affluent North Shore communities of Lake Forest Lake Bluff and Highland Park and much of the county s wealth is concentrated in this area as well as in communities bordering Cook County to the south and McHenry County to the west The north and northwest areas of the county though historically rural and exurban have experienced rapid suburbanization in the past three decades while the lakefront communities of Waukegan North Chicago and Zion are post industrial areas that have majority minority populations The Hispanic population has seen significant increases in nearly all areas of the county and comprise 24 of the county s population in 2020 Naval Station Great Lakes is located in the city of North Chicago It is the United States Navy s Headquarters Command for training and the Navy s only recruit training center Contents 1 History 2 Geography 2 1 State parks 2 2 Lakes 2 3 Natural areas 2 4 Adjacent counties 2 5 Transit 2 6 Major highways 2 7 County routes and county highways 3 Demographics 3 1 2020 census 3 2 2010 Census 3 3 2021 American Community Survey one year estimates 4 Sports 5 Sites of interest 5 1 Amusement parks 5 2 Museums 5 3 Performing arts 5 4 Other 6 Communities 6 1 Cities 6 2 Villages 6 3 Census designated places 6 4 Unincorporated communities 6 5 Townships 7 Government 8 Politics 9 Media 10 Education 11 Notable people 12 See also 13 References 13 1 Citations 13 2 General sources 14 External linksHistory editThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed April 2012 Learn how and when to remove this template message nbsp The Caspar Ott Cabin built in 1837 is the oldest structure in Lake County nbsp Lake County at the time of its creation in 1839The county which was primarily unsettled prairie and was still home to its native Potawatomi Indians was created by the Illinois State Legislature in 1839 At that time Libertyville then known as Independence Grove was the first county seat In 1841 however the county s residents voted to move the county government to Little Fort now Waukegan where the commissioners had purchased a section of land from the state Lake County s first courthouse was built on part of that land in 1844 and the remainder was sold to pay for the 4 000 construction cost The county s first courthouse was used solely for court sessions and the jail but in 1853 commissioners constructed a building to accommodate county administration offices and house records When fire damaged the courthouse on October 19 1875 the county records were saved because they were in the adjacent building After the fire proposals were made to move the county seat to Highland Park Libertyville or another site in central Lake County The county commissioners however decided to rebuild in Waukegan The east half of the building was reconstructed at a cost of 45 000 In 1895 the first jail building was added to the government complex and a west addition was added to the courthouse in 1922 By 1938 county commissioners saw a need for additional space and approved the addition of a 5th Floor This courthouse however was demolished in 1967 to make room for a new high rise administration building which was completed with the addition of the jail in 1969 and courts in 1970 Shortly thereafter the Lake County Board commissioned the construction of a multi faceted justice facility and ground was broken in 1986 for the Robert H Babcox Justice Center named in memory of Sheriff Babcox who served as Lake County Sheriff from 1982 to 1988 The justice center which houses the county jail work release program sheriff s administration offices and three courtrooms was finished in 1989 at a cost of 29 6 million Additional county government facilities have been built or expanded throughout Lake County including the Coroner s Office Health Department Community Health Center facilities Division of Transportation Public Works and Winchester House Lake County government services extend throughout the county s 470 square miles 1 200 km2 The historic Half Day Inn a tavern restaurant was constructed in 1843 This structure once located at the corner of Milwaukee Avenue and Rte 45 Old Half Day Road was one of the oldest structures in Lake County until it was demolished in 2007 to make way for retail space condominiums and a retention pond Geography edit nbsp A satellite view of the Lake County districtAccording to the U S Census Bureau the county has a total area of 1 368 square miles 3 540 km2 of which 444 square miles 1 150 km2 is land and 935 square miles 2 420 km2 67 6 is water 3 It is the second largest county in Illinois by total area and the only one that has more water area than land area Most of the water is in Lake Michigan State parks edit Illinois Beach State Park North Point Marina Volo Bog State Natural Area Chain O Lakes State Park Grant Woods Bike Trail chain o lakes bike paths Lakes edit Besides Lake Michigan lakes in the county include Bangs Lake Bluff Lake Butler Lake Channel Lake Lake Charles Countryside Lake Diamond Lake Druce Lake Dunns Lake East Loon Lake Fox Lake Gages Lake Grays Lake Highland Lake Island Lake Lake Linden Loch Lomond Loon Lake Lake Naomi Sterling Lake Valley Lake Wooster Lake Lake Zurich Natural areas edit Lake County s forest preserves and natural areas are administered by the Lake County Forest Preserves district These facilities include traditional nature preserves such as the Ryerson Conservation Area as well as golf courses and historic homes such as the Adlai Stevenson historic home 4 A long north south string of the preserves in Lake County including Half Day Woods Old School Forest Preserve Independence Grove and Van Patten Woods form the Des Plaines River Greenway which contains the Des Plaines River Trail a popular place for walking running and biking Lake County is also home to Illinois Beach State Park featuring over six miles of Lake Michigan shoreline as well as dune areas wetlands prairie and black oak savanna Several local environmental groups operate in Lake County such as Conserve Lake County and Citizens for Conservation working to improve habitat Volunteer opportunities also exist with the Lake County Forest Preserve District 5 Adjacent counties edit Kenosha County Wisconsin north Cook County south McHenry County westTransit edit Metra Milwaukee District North Line North Central Service Union Pacific North Line Union Pacific Northwest Line PaceMajor highways edit nbsp Interstate 41 nbsp Interstate 94 nbsp U S Route 12 nbsp U S Route 14 nbsp U S Route 41 nbsp U S Route 45 nbsp Illinois Route 21 nbsp Illinois Route 22 nbsp Illinois Route 43 nbsp Illinois Route 53 nbsp Illinois Route 59 nbsp Illinois Route 60 nbsp Illinois Route 83 nbsp Illinois Route 120 nbsp Illinois Route 131 nbsp Illinois Route 132 nbsp Illinois Route 134 nbsp Illinois Route 137 nbsp Illinois Route 173 nbsp Illinois Route 176 County routes and county highways edit Lake County s county road system currently covers 300 miles of road 6 The county also employs two different numbering systems a county route system and a county highway system While both systems can be seen on official road maps only the County Route designations have been indicated with highway markers on traffic signals or dedicated poles The county route system in use today by Lake County was purportedly intended to be the dominant system for all of Illinois counties and was proposed by the National Association of Counties NACo however their system was not chosen and instead each county was given the freedom to number their own county routes as well as choose whether or not to produce and display highway markers Currently only Lake County Boone County McHenry County and Cook County use NACo s proposed numbering system and of the four only Lake and McHenry counties chose to fully display the county route designations on highway markers Cook County began to roll out the production of highway markers near the beginning of 2009 but the seemingly arbitrary numbering system as well as the cost to produce the markers resulted in a lot of confusion and backlash and ultimately only some of the markers were produced and mounted 7 For Lake County all East West bound County Routes begin with an A while North South bound County Routes on the western half of the county begin with a V and those located on the eastern half begin with a W citation needed Demographics editHistorical population CensusPop Note 18402 634 185014 226440 1 186018 25728 3 187021 01415 1 188021 2961 3 189024 23513 8 190034 50442 4 191055 05859 6 192074 28534 9 1930104 38740 5 1940121 09416 0 1950179 09747 9 1960293 65664 0 1970382 63830 3 1980440 37215 1 1990516 41817 3 2000644 35624 8 2010703 4629 2 2020714 3421 5 2021 est 711 239 8 0 4 U S Decennial Census 9 1790 1960 10 1900 1990 11 1990 2000 12 2010 2020 1 2020 census edit Lake County Illinois Racial and Ethnic Composition NH Non Hispanic Note the US Census treats Hispanic Latino as an ethnic category This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category Hispanics Latinos may be of any race Race Ethnicity Pop 1980 13 Pop 1990 14 Pop 2000 15 Pop 2010 16 Pop 2020 17 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020White alone NH 383 370 431 976 472 968 458 701 408 349 87 06 83 65 73 40 65 21 57 16 Black or African American alone NH 27 842 34 080 43 580 46 989 47 240 6 32 6 60 6 76 6 68 6 61 Native American or Alaska Native alone NH 860 18 1 241 1 048 1 058 909 0 20 0 24 0 16 0 15 0 13 Asian alone NH 5 898 19 12 038 24 866 43 954 58 901 1 34 2 33 3 86 6 25 8 25 Pacific Islander alone NH 122 20 225 224 228 312 0 03 0 04 0 03 0 03 0 04 Some Other Race alone NH 1 216 21 348 1 085 1 547 3 264 0 28 0 07 0 17 0 22 0 46 Mixed Race Multi Racial NH x 22 x 23 7 869 10 998 23 405 x x 1 22 1 56 3 28 Hispanic or Latino any race 21 064 24 36 735 92 716 139 987 171 962 4 78 7 11 14 39 19 90 24 07 Total 440 372 516 418 644 356 703 462 714 342 100 00 100 00 100 00 100 00 100 00 2010 Census edit nbsp Employment by occupation in Lake CountyAs of the 2010 Census there were 703 462 people 241 712 households and 179 428 families residing in the county 25 The population density was 1 585 6 inhabitants per square mile 612 2 km2 There were 260 310 housing units at an average density of 586 7 per square mile 226 5 km2 3 The racial makeup of the county was 75 1 white 7 0 black or African American 6 3 Asian 0 5 American Indian 8 5 from other races and 2 6 from two or more races Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 19 9 of the population 25 In terms of ancestry 20 5 were German 12 9 were Irish 9 4 were Polish 6 9 were Italian 6 5 were English and 4 0 were American 26 Of the 241 712 households 40 8 had children under the age of 18 living with them 59 6 were married couples living together 10 4 had a female householder with no husband present 25 8 were non families and 21 5 of all households were made up of individuals The average household size was 2 82 and the average family size was 3 31 The median age was 36 7 years 25 The median income for a household in the county was 78 948 and the median income for a family was 91 693 Males had a median income of 62 042 versus 44 200 for females The per capita income for the county was 38 120 About 4 8 of families and 7 0 of the population were below the poverty line including 9 6 of those under age 18 and 5 6 of those age 65 or over 27 2021 American Community Survey one year estimates edit Racial Makeup of Lake County 2021 28 White alone 61 78 Black alone 6 32 Native American alone 1 08 Asian alone 8 38 Pacific Islander alone 0 05 Some other race alone 7 52 Two or more races 14 84 Racial Makeup of Lake County excluding Hispanics from Racial Categories 2021 28 NH Non Hispanic White NH 57 77 Black NH 6 21 Native American NH 0 15 Asian NH 8 28 Pacific Islander NH 0 02 Other race NH 0 82 Two or more races NH 3 63 Hispanic Any Race 23 11 Racial Makeup of Hispanics in Lake County 2021 28 White alone 17 33 Black alone 0 50 Native American alone 4 01 Asian alone 0 41 Pacific Islander alone 0 12 Other race alone 29 11 Two or more races 48 52 According to 2021 US Census Bureau American Community Survey one year estimates which is conducted annually for cities over 65 000 via sampling the population of Lake County Illinois was 61 8 White 57 8 Non Hispanic White and 4 0 Hispanic White 6 3 Black or African American 8 4 Asian 1 1 Native American and Alaskan Native 0 1 Pacific Islander 7 5 Some Other Race and 14 8 from two or more races 28 The White population continues to remain the largest racial category and includes the 17 3 of Hispanics in Lake County who identify as White A plurality of Hispanics identify as Multiracial 48 5 with others continuing to identify as Some Other Race 29 1 and smaller amounts identifying as Black 0 5 American Indian and Alaskan Native 4 0 Asian 0 4 and Hawaiian and Pacific Islander 0 1 28 By ethnicity 23 1 of the total population is Hispanic Latino of any race and 76 9 is Non Hispanic of any race If treated as a separate category Hispanics are the largest minority group in Lake County Illinois 28 surpassing the Black population in the 1990 Census The majority of Hispanic Latino residents in Lake County Illinois are of Mexican descent 18 0 of the county population in 2021 29 Puerto Ricans Cubans Central Americans and South Americans also reside in Lake County Illinois Sports editThe following sports teams play in Lake County Lake County Fielders baseball defunct Lake County Coyotes baseballSites of interest editAmusement parks edit nbsp Six Flags Great AmericaSix Flags Great America in Gurnee Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Chicago in Gurnee Lambs Farm in LibertyvilleMuseums edit Volo Auto Museum in Volo Bess Bower Dunn Museum in Libertyville Warbird Heritage Foundation in Waukegan Waukegan History Museum in Waukegan Raupp Museum in Buffalo Grove Shiloh House in Zion Fort Hill Memorial Museum in Mundelein Dunn Museum in LibertyvillePerforming arts edit nbsp Genesee TheatreAdler Arts Center in Libertyville ArtWauk in Waukegan Clockwise Theatre in Waukegan Genesee Theatre in Waukegan James Lumber Center for Performing Arts in Grayslake Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire Ravinia Festival in Highland ParkOther edit Naval Station Great Lakes Gurnee Mills shopping mall Lake MichiganCommunities editCities edit Highland Park Highwood Lake Forest McHenry unincorporated part North Chicago Park City Waukegan Zion Villages edit Antioch Arlington Heights unincorporated part Bannockburn Barrington part Barrington Hills part Beach Park Buffalo Grove part Deerfield mostly Deer Park part Fox Lake part Fox River Grove part Grayslake Green Oaks Gurnee Hainesville Hawthorn Woods Indian Creek Island Lake part Kildeer Lake Barrington Lake Bluff Lake Villa Lake Zurich Lakemoor mostly Libertyville Lincolnshire Lindenhurst Long Grove Mettawa Mundelein North Barrington Old Mill Creek Palatine unincorporated part Port Barrington part Riverwoods Round Lake Round Lake Beach Round Lake Heights Round Lake Park Spring Grove unincorporated part Third Lake Tower Lakes Vernon Hills Volo Wadsworth Wauconda Wheeling part Winthrop Harbor Census designated places edit Channel Lake Forest Lake Fox Lake Hills Gages Lake Grandwood Park Knollwood Lake Catherine Long Lake Venetian Village Unincorporated communities edit Aptakisic Diamond Lake Eddy Fort Sheridan Fremont Center Gilmer Grange Hall Grass Lake Half Day Ingleside Ivanhoe Kennedy Loon Lake Millburn Monaville Palm Beach Prairie View Rondout Part of Lake Bluff Rosecrans Russell Sylvan Lake West Miltmore Wildwood Wilson Townships edit The county is divided into eighteen townships nbsp Lake County townships clickable Antioch Avon Benton Cuba Ela Fremont Grant Lake Villa Libertyville Moraine Newport Shields Vernon Warren Wauconda Waukegan West Deerfield ZionGovernment editLake County BoardDistrict Board Member Party1 Linda Pederson Republican2 Diane Hewitt Democratic3 Dick Barr Republican4 Gina Roberts Democratic5 Judy Martini Republican6 John Wasik Democratic7 Carissa Casbon Democratic8 Bill Durkin Democratic9 Mary Ross Cunningham Democratic10 Jessica Vealitzek Democratic11 Paul Frank Democratic12 Paras Parekh Democratic13 Sandy Hart Chairman Democratic14 Angelo D Kyle Democratic15 Jennifer Clark Democratic16 Terry Wilke Democratic17 Michael Danforth Republican18 Julie Simpson Democratic19 Craig Taylor Republican20 Marah Altenberg Democratic21 Ann B Maine RepublicanPolitics editAs a historic Yankee settlement Lake County was initially a stronghold of the Free Soil Party In the 1848 presidential election it was Free Soil nominee and former president Martin van Buren s strongest county giving him over 58 percent of the vote Consequently Lake County would turn rock solid Republican for most of the next century and a half After narrowly supporting Democrat Franklin Pierce in 1852 it voted Republican at all but one presidential election from 1856 to 1960 This tradition was only broken in 1912 when the GOP was mortally divided and Lake County voted for Progressive Party nominee and former president Theodore Roosevelt over conservative incumbent William Howard Taft In 1964 the Republican Party nominated Barry Goldwater whose hostility to the Yankee establishment and strongly conservative platform were sufficient to leave many traditional Republicans to stay home or even to vote for Lyndon Johnson who narrowly became the first Democrat to win an absolute majority in the county since James K Polk in 1844 and the first to win it at all since Pierce in 1852 Between 1968 and 1988 however Lake County became powerfully Republican once more with no Democrat cracking forty percent of the vote However as in the other collar counties the Republican edge narrowed considerably in the 1990s and Bill Clinton actually won it with a 166 vote plurality in 1996 the only time that Clinton won any of the collar counties besides Will County during his two campaigns for president After narrowly voting for George W Bush twice in 2008 it swung over dramatically to support Democrat Barack Obama who carried it by almost 20 points Obama won it but by a slimmer margin in 2012 Hillary Clinton won it handily in 2016 tallying her second best margin in the state At 36 Donald Trump s performance in the county was the worst of any Republican presidential nominee since 1912 In 2020 Joe Biden won 61 of the vote the highest percentage of the vote for any candidate since 1988 and the highest ever attained by a Democrat Lake County has the highest payout for wrongful conviction in the United States Juan Rivera was awarded 20 million the largest wrongful conviction settlement in United States history including 2 million from John E Reid amp Associates who were known for the Reid technique of questioning suspects This technique has been widely criticized for its history of eliciting confessions that were later determined to be false Rivera was questioned twice at Reid headquarters by an employee of the company during his interrogation which lasted for several days Another payout was made to Jerry Hobbs Kathleen Zellner settled Jerry Hobbs civil rights case for 7 75 million Hobbs was incarcerated for 66 months This was the largest pre trial detainee settlement in the United States 30 United States presidential election results for Lake County Illinois 31 Year Republican Democratic Third partyNo No No 2020 123 594 36 82 204 032 60 78 8 049 2 40 2016 109 767 36 16 171 095 56 37 22 658 7 47 2012 129 764 45 14 153 757 53 48 3 972 1 38 2008 118 545 39 53 177 242 59 10 4 113 1 37 2004 139 081 50 52 134 352 48 80 1 862 0 68 2000 120 988 49 96 115 058 47 51 6 118 2 53 1996 93 149 45 49 93 315 45 57 18 300 8 94 1992 99 000 44 20 81 693 36 47 43 294 19 33 1988 114 115 63 53 64 327 35 81 1 191 0 66 1984 118 401 68 35 53 947 31 14 876 0 51 1980 96 350 58 45 48 287 29 29 20 216 12 26 1976 92 231 60 32 57 741 37 77 2 922 1 91 1972 92 052 65 84 47 416 33 91 344 0 25 1968 68 999 56 60 43 409 35 61 9 495 7 79 1964 58 840 48 36 62 785 51 60 42 0 03 1960 67 809 59 02 46 941 40 85 149 0 13 1956 66 781 67 33 32 279 32 54 129 0 13 1952 54 929 62 83 32 353 37 01 145 0 17 1948 39 456 63 26 22 192 35 58 720 1 15 1944 35 674 58 19 25 453 41 52 183 0 30 1940 38 242 60 26 24 965 39 34 254 0 40 1936 27 548 51 32 24 524 45 69 1 603 2 99 1932 23 994 50 92 21 139 44 86 1 989 4 22 1928 26 814 67 73 12 252 30 95 521 1 32 1924 18 229 75 48 2 008 8 31 3 913 16 20 1920 15 712 82 28 2 321 12 15 1 063 5 57 1916 12 905 66 95 5 447 28 26 924 4 79 1912 2 183 21 59 2 436 24 09 5 494 54 33 1908 6 392 68 15 2 264 24 14 723 7 71 1904 6 635 77 11 1 592 18 50 378 4 39 1900 5 136 67 69 2 235 29 45 217 2 86 1896 5 027 72 47 1 777 25 62 133 1 92 1892 2 932 57 17 1 964 38 29 233 4 54 Media editLake County is covered by the Chicago and Milwaukee media market and the county relies on Chicago and Milwaukee television stations radio stations and newspapers for the source of its news and information The county has multiple radio stations including 102 3 FM XLC and 98 3 FM WRLR The Lake County News Sun owned by Tribune Publishing is the county s main print newspaper It is printed and published in Gurnee 32 Lake and McHenry County Scanner launched in 2012 by Sam Borcia 33 is the county s biggest digital newspaper which covers Lake County as well as nearby McHenry County 34 The publication s work has been quoted in top news outlets such as Fox News 35 and Yahoo News 36 The county is also covered by the Chicago Sun Times and The Daily Herald Education editThe following is a list of school districts with any territory in Lake County no matter how slight even if the school districts administrative headquarters and or schools are outside of the county 37 K 12 Barrington Community Unit School District 22 Lake Zurich Community Unit School District 95 North Chicago School District 187 Round Lake Community Unit School District 116 Wauconda Community Unit School District 118 Waukegan Community Unit School District 60Secondary Antioch Community High School District 117 Community High School District 155 Grant Community High School District 124 Grayslake Community High School District 127 Lake Forest Community High School District 115 Libertyville Community High School District 128 Mundelein Consolidated High School District 120 Richmond Burton Community High School District 157 Adlai E Stevenson High School District 125 Township High School District 113 Warren Township High School District 121 Zion Benton Township High School District 126Elementary Antioch Community Consolidated School District 34 Aptakisic Tripp Community Consolidated School District Bannockburn School District 106 Beach Park Community Consolidated School District 3 Big Hollow School District 38 Cary Community Consolidated School District 26 Deerfield School District 109 Diamond Lake School District 76 Emmons School District 33 Fox Lake Grade School District 114 Fremont School District 79 Gavin School District 37 Grass Lake School District 36 Grayslake Consolidated Community School District 46 Gurnee School District 56 Hawthorn Community Consolidated School District 73 Kildeer Countryside Community Consolidated School District 96 Lake Bluff Elementary School District 65 Lake Forest School District 67 Lake Villa Community Consolidated School District 41 Libertyville School District 70 Lincolnshire Prairieview School District 103 McHenry Community Consolidated School District 15 Millburn Community Consolidated School District 24 Mundelein Elementary School District 75 North Shore School District 112 Nippersink School District 2 Oak Grove School District 68 Rondout School District 72 Winthrop Harbor School District 1 Woodland Community Consolidated School District 50 Zion Elementary School District 6Notable people editJack Benny February 14 1894 December 26 1974 entertainer comedian actor and musician Benny was one of America s greatest stars of radio and television and also appeared in many films he was raised in Waukegan Illinois Charles Boyce September 21 1949 cartoonist creator of syndicated comic panel Compu toon and the telecommunication public affairs image The KeyPad Kid Ray Bradbury August 22 1920 June 5 2012 fantasy horror science fiction and mystery writer Best known for his dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 and The Martian Chronicles Bradbury is widely considered one of the greatest and most popular American writers of speculative fiction of the twentieth century Bradbury was born in Waukegan Marlon Brando April 3 1924 July 1 2004 actor as a young sex symbol he is best known for his roles in A Streetcar Named Desire On the Waterfront and Guys and Dolls Brando and his family moved to Libertyville Illinois where he lived from 1937 until 1942 Gary Coleman February 8 1968 May 28 2010 actor known for his role as Arnold Jackson in the American sitcom Diff rent Strokes 1978 1986 Coleman was born in Zion Illinois Ron Goldman July 2 1968 June 12 1994 who was killed along with Nicole Brown Simpson grew up in Buffalo Grove Michael Jordan born February 17 1963 retired professional basketball player and active businessman widely considered one of the greatest players of all time as of 2015 Jordan had a residence in Highland Park Illinois Vince Vaughn born March 28 1970 actor known for his roles in Swingers and Wedding Crashers grew up in Buffalo Grove Illinois then moved to Lake Forest Illinois where he graduated from Lake Forest High School in 1988 Pete Wilson born August 23 1933 Mayor of San Diego 1971 1983 United States Senator from California 1983 1991 and Governor of California 1991 1999 born in Lake Forest 38 Thomas E Wilson 1868 1958 businessman and founder of Wilson Sporting Goods resident and buried in Lake County See also edit nbsp Chicago portal nbsp Illinois portalIL 53 extension issue List of school districts in Lake County Illinois National Register of Historic Places listings in Lake County IllinoisReferences editCitations edit a b State amp County QuickFacts United States Census Bureau Retrieved March 27 2022 Find a County National Association of Counties Archived from the original on May 31 2011 Retrieved June 7 2011 a b Population Housing Units Area and Density 2010 County United States Census Bureau Archived from the original on February 13 2020 Retrieved July 12 2015 Lake County Forest Preserves Archived from the original on June 21 2010 Restoration workdays Lake County Archived from the original on January 6 2014 Retrieved January 5 2014 Lake County Illinois Association of County Engineers New signs point to confusion Chicago Tribune Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties April 1 2020 to July 1 2021 Retrieved July 5 2022 Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decades US Census Bureau Historical Census Browser University of Virginia Library Archived from the original on August 11 2012 Retrieved July 6 2014 Population of Counties by Decennial Census 1900 to 1990 United States Census Bureau Archived from the original on April 24 2014 Retrieved July 6 2014 Census 2000 PHC T 4 Ranking Tables for Counties 1990 and 2000 PDF United States Census Bureau Archived PDF from the original on December 18 2014 Retrieved July 6 2014 1980 Census of Population General Population Characteristics Illinois Table 14 Persons by Race and Table 16 p 18 28 Total Persons and Spanish Origin Persons by Type of Spanish Origin and Race p 29 39 PDF United States Census Bureau 1990 Census of Population General Population Characteristics Illinois Table 6 Race and Hispanic Orogin PDF United States Census Bureau P004 HISPANIC OR LATINO AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE 2000 DEC Summary File 1 Lake County Illinois United States Census Bureau P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE 2010 DEC Redistricting Data PL 94 171 Lake County Illinois United States Census Bureau P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE 2020 DEC Redistricting Data PL 94 171 Lake County Illinois United States Census Bureau Compiliation of American Indian Eskimo Aleut categories Compiliation of Japanese Chinese Filipino Korean Asian Indian and Vietnamese categories Other Asian groups would be included in the Some Other Race category Compiliation of Hawaiian Guamanian and Samoan categories Other Pacific Islander groups would be included in the Some Other Race category Calculated as the difference between the total population and all other categories Not an option in the 1980 Census Not an option in the 1990 Census Listed as Spanish origin in the 1980 Census Racial identification for Hispanics only consisted of White Black and Some Other Race hence a small number of Latinos may be also be included in the counts for Asian Native American and Pacific Islander a b c DP 1 Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics 2010 Demographic Profile Data United States Census Bureau Archived from the original on February 13 2020 Retrieved July 12 2015 DP02 SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS IN THE UNITED STATES 2006 2010 American Community Survey 5 Year Estimates United States Census Bureau Archived from the original on February 13 2020 Retrieved July 12 2015 DP03 SELECTED ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS 2006 2010 American Community Survey 5 Year Estimates United States Census Bureau Archived from the original on February 13 2020 Retrieved July 12 2015 a b c d e f B03002 HISPANIC OR LATINO ORIGIN BY RACE Lake County Illinois 2021 American Community Survey 1 Year Estimates U S Census Bureau July 1 2021 B03001 HISPANIC OR LATINO ORIGIN BY SPECIFIC ORIGIN United States 2021 American Community Survey 1 Year Estimates Lake County Illinois U S Census Bureau July 1 2021 7 75 Million Settlement for Father Wrongly Jailed for Daughter s Murder the National Trial Lawyers Leip David Dave Leip s Atlas of U S Presidential Elections uselectionatlas org Archived from the original on March 23 2018 Retrieved May 8 2018 Lake County News Sun Chicago Il 2006 Current Online Resource Library of Congress Retrieved October 3 2021 technology Charlie Sorrel Freelance Technology Reporter Charlie Sorrel has been writing about Society Its Effects on Planet The Sorrel for 13 years our editorial process Charlie Apple s News Partner Program May Not Fix Apple News Lifewire Retrieved October 3 2021 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint numeric names authors list link About Us Lake and McHenry County Scanner Retrieved September 10 2021 Gearty Robert April 11 2020 Retired Illinois fire department captain dies from coronavirus complications report Fox News Retrieved October 3 2021 Parents Accused of Murdering Missing Ill Boy 5 Whose Body Was Found Wrapped in Plastic www yahoo com Retrieved October 3 2021 2020 CENSUS SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP Lake County IL PDF U S Census Bureau Archived PDF from the original on February 27 2022 Retrieved July 20 2022 Text list Pete Wilson www nndb com Archived from the original on September 1 2017 Retrieved May 8 2018 General sources edit Forstall Richard L 1996 Population of states and counties of the United States 1790 to 1990 from the twenty one decennial censuses United States Department of Commerce Bureau of the Census Population Division ISBN 0 934213 48 8 Encyclopedia of Chicago 2004 comprehensive coverage of city and suburbs past and presentExternal links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lake County Illinois Official website nbsp Lake County Convention amp Visitors Bureau Lake County Forest Preserve District 42 26 N 87 47 W 42 43 N 87 78 W 42 43 87 78 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lake County Illinois amp oldid 1206104128, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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