Roughly 1,204,000 Hispanics live in the county. This helped make a strong agricultural state into a central hub for moving crops and other commodities, benefitting the County and much of the state in economic terms. Pending sufficient interest from local communities, Peloquin planned a petition drive to place a question regarding the secession on the general election ballot, but the idea was not met with success.[31].

Most were fishermen and farmers.

[22], In March 2008, the County Board increased the sales tax by one percent to 1.75 percent.

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Roughly 30,800 are of other Asian ethnic groups, such as Thai, Cambodian, and Hmong. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.50 males.

The population in each county and the split of agriculture compared to residential and industrial activity has changed dramatically over the intervening decades to 2020. For every 100 females, there were 93.9 males. Cook County's population is larger than that of 28 individual U.S. states, and the combined populations of the seven smallest states. Rail lines spurred out from Chicago by the 1850s, with major growth in the rail network for freight and passenger transportation coming after the Civil War, when the transcontinental railroads were completed, coast to coast across the US, stopping in Chicago, the heart of Cook County. The Illinois and Michigan Canal ceased major operation in 1933. Asian Americans are a sizeable racial group in the county, numbering over 300,800. This followed a quarter-cent increase in mass transit taxes. The Cook County Clerk's office maintains delinquent tax records, tax maps & information regarding TIF districts.

Midway International Airport has been enlarged and continues to operate as of 2020. Cook County is the most populous county in the U.S. state of Illinois and the second-most-populous county in the United States after Los Angeles County, California.

To establish more localized government control and policies which reflect the often different values and needs of large suburban sections of the sprawling county, several secession movements have been made over the years which called for certain townships or municipalities to form their own independent counties.

According to the 2000 Census there were 1,974,181 households, out of which 30.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.0% were married couples living together, 15.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.7% were non-families. There are some 140,000 Hispanics and Latinos of other nationalities living in Cook County (i.e. Black Americans form over one-quarter (25.4%) of Cook County's population. U.S. Census Bureau.

These waves introduced Lutheranism and Catholicism to Cook County. The first inhabitants of this area were the Ojibwe people. Cook County News The Cook County Sheriff’s Office is taking back unwanted prescription drugs October 24 at the Law Enforcement Center – 143 Gunflint Trail Grand Marais, Minnesota– On Saturday, Oct. 24, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. the Cook County … John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, National Register of Historic Places listings in Cook County, Illinois, "Lowest and Highest Points in Cook County", "Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990", "Census 2000 PHC-T-4. The per capita income for the county was $23,227.


[6] It is the second-largest county in Minnesota by total area. Land-use in Cook County is mainly urban and densely populated.

Average monthly precipitation ranged from 4.30 inches (109 mm) in June to 1.77 inches (45 mm) in February.[18]. In 2004, Blue Island Mayor Donald E. Peloquin organized a coalition of fifty-five south and southwest suburban municipalities to form a new county, also proposing the name Lincoln County.

Cook County is committed to empowering its employees to bring our constituents the best that public service has to offer. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000", "Rep. The county would include everything south of Burbank, stretching as far west as Orland Park, as far east as Calumet City, and as far south as Matteson, covering an expansive area with a population of over one million residents. The last Republican mayor of Chicago was William Hale "Big Bill" Thompson, who left office in 1931 with a record of corruption.

Suburban Cook County voters can now see how long they might have to wait to vote at any of our 52 Early Voting sites. The median income for a household in the county was $45,922, and the median income for a family was $53,784.

Its county seat is Chicago, the most populous city in Illinois and the third-most-populous city in the United States.

Evanston Township was formerly coterminous with the City of Evanston but was abolished in 2014.

The County began with 10,201 people in the Census of 1840, growing steadily to 5,150,233 people estimated for 2019 by the US Census.

[27], In the 1980s, Cook County was ground zero to an extensive FBI investigation called Operation Greylord. Attention Special Notices. The Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, completed in 1900, largely replaced the functions of the Illinois and Michigan Canal. Search for tickets and cases related to moving violations, DUI, speeding, and suspended licenses.

Winter temperatures will sometimes veer above 40 °F (4 °C), and, although not common, have also risen over 50 °F (10 °C) on some winter days. Cook County's current County Board president is Toni Preckwinkle. In 2011, two downstate Republican state representatives, Bill Mitchell of the 87th district and Adam Brown of the 101st district, proposed statehood for Cook County.

Mitchell said that Chicago is "dictating its views" to the rest of the state and Brown added that Chicago "overshadows" the rest of Illinois.[33]. American Community Survey, Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics 2010, Table DP-1, 2010 Demographic Profile Data. Local legislators, led by State Senator Dave Regnar, went so far as to propose it as official legislation in the Illinois House. The 29 townships of Cook County, with their populations as of the 2010 Census, are:[35]. The median age was 44 years. The County is nearly completely developed, with little agricultural land remaining. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.5 males.

During the first half of the 20th century it had the absolute majority of Illinois's population. Geographically, the county is the sixth-largest in Illinois by land area and the largest by total area. Cook County 1836–39 after the creation of McHenry and Will Counties. The racial makeup of the county was 89.45% White, 7.59% Native American, 0.33% Asian, 0.29% Black or African American, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 0.25% from other races, and 2.05% from two or more races. Although the County Department of Transportation was instrumental in designing many of the expressways in the county, today they are under the jurisdiction of the state.
Asian Americans made up 6.2% of the population (1.8% Indian, 1.2% Filipino, 1.2% Chinese, 0.7% Korean, 0.3% Vietnamese, 0.2% Japanese, 0.8% Other).

Altogether, 59.6% of the population was claimed as members by religious congregations, although members of historically African-American denominations were underrepresented due to incomplete information. In June 2017, however, nearly 75 home rule municipalities passed measures opting themselves out of the increase.[26]. There are 134 municipalities located partially or wholly within Cook County, the largest of which is Chicago, home to approximately 54% of the county's population. All Rights Reserved. [20] The Cook County Code is the codification of Cook County's local ordinances. Cook County is among the few counties in the United States to border two counties with the same name (Lake County, Illinois and Lake County, Indiana). It is heavily dotted with lakes, ponds and streams. The Sanitary and Ship Canal was built to serve many aims, including ending using Lake Michigan as a sewer, sending waste water through treatment plants and sending it away from Lake Michigan. The population density was 5,686 people per square mile (2,195/km2).

It shares the state's Lake Michigan shoreline with Lake County. [24], In 2016, Cook County joined Chicago in adopting a $13 hourly minimum wage. The Cook County Juvenile Detention Center, under the authority of the Chief Judge of the court, is the first juvenile center in the nation and one of the largest in the nation.