Whiteside County, Illinois

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Whiteside County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 55,691.[1] Its county seat is Morrison.[2] The county is bounded on the west by the Mississippi River. Whiteside County comprises the Sterling, IL Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Dixon-Sterling, IL Combined Statistical Area. U.S. President Ronald Reagan was born in 1911 in the Whiteside County community of Tampico.

History

This area was long occupied by varying cultures of Native Americans.

Whiteside County was organized by European Americans in 1836 from parts of Jo Daviess and Henry counties. It was named for General Samuel Whiteside, an Illinois officer in the War of 1812 and Black Hawk War.

Whiteside County's boundaries have remained unchanged since its creation in 1836.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of Script error: No such module "convert"., of which Script error: No such module "convert". is land and Script error: No such module "convert". (1.8%) is water.[3]

Climate and weather

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Major highways

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Adjacent counties

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Demographics

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Historical population
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2020 census

As of the 2020 census, the county had a population of 55,691. The median age was 44.4 years, with 21.7% of residents under the age of 18 and 22.1% aged 65 or older. For every 100 females there were 98.2 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 97.0 males age 18 and over.[11]

The racial makeup of the county was 85.8% White, 1.5% Black or African American, 0.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.6% Asian, less than 0.1% Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander, 3.8% from some other race, and 7.9% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino residents of any race comprised 12.8% of the population.[12]

56.4% of residents lived in urban areas, while 43.6% lived in rural areas.[13]

There were 23,556 households in the county, of which 27.0% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 46.5% were married-couple households, 19.5% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 26.0% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 31.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.[11]

There were 25,855 housing units, of which 8.9% were vacant. Among occupied housing units, 73.6% were owner-occupied and 26.4% were renter-occupied. The homeowner vacancy rate was 2.2% and the rental vacancy rate was 9.3%.[11]

Racial and ethnic composition

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Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) Pop 1980[14] Pop 1990[15] Pop 2000[16] Pop 2010[17] Pop 2020[18] % 1980 % 1990 % 2000 % 2010 % 2020
White alone (NH) 60,821 55,058 53,946 50,263 45,341 92.19% 91.48% 88.94% 85.92% 81.42%
Black or African American alone (NH) 314 379 577 705 741 0.48% 0.63% 0.95% 1.21% 1.33%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) 75 74 102 90 60 0.11% 0.12% 0.17% 0.15% 0.11%
Asian alone (NH) 167 167 247 269 306 0.25% 0.28% 0.41% 0.46% 0.55%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH) x [19] x [20] 3 2 9 x x 0.00% 0.00% 0.02%
Other race alone (NH) 69 46 17 35 149 0.10% 0.08% 0.03% 0.06% 0.27%
Mixed race or Multiracial (NH) x [21] x [22] 414 679 1,954 x x 0.68% 1.16% 3.51%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4,524 4,462 5,347 6,455 7,131 6.86% 7.41% 8.82% 11.03% 12.80%
Total 65,970 60,186 60,653 58,498 55,691 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%

2010 census

As of the 2010 United States census, there were 58,498 people, 23,740 households, and 16,005 families residing in the county.[23] The population density was Script error: No such module "convert".. There were 25,770 housing units at an average density of Script error: No such module "convert"..[3] The racial makeup of the county was 92.2% white, 1.3% black or African American, 0.5% Asian, 0.3% American Indian, 3.5% from other races, and 2.2% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 11.0% of the population.[23] In terms of ancestry, 32.5% were German, 15.5% were Irish, 8.7% were Dutch, 8.6% were English, and 6.0% were American.[24]

Of the 23,740 households, 30.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.5% were married couples living together, 11.0% had a female householder with no husband present, 32.6% were non-families, and 27.7% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.42 and the average family size was 2.92. The median age was 41.8 years.[23]

The median income for a household in the county was $45,266 and the median income for a family was $54,242. Males had a median income of $41,862 versus $29,157 for females. The per capita income for the county was $23,405. About 8.2% of families and 11.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 17.6% of those under age 18 and 5.8% of those age 65 or over.[25]

Communities

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Townships

Whiteside County is divided into these townships:

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Politics

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In 1964, the Republican Party nominated Barry Goldwater, whose hostility to the Yankee establishment and strongly conservative policies were sufficient to leave many traditional Republicans to stay home or even to vote for Lyndon Johnson.[28] In this climate, Goldwater managed to keep the Republican Party's winning streak in Whiteside alive, but by just 1.6%, or 404 votes.

The county continued to vote comfortably more Republican than the nation for the next four elections, including for county native Ronald Reagan. But in 1984, even as Reagan increased his national margin by over 8%, his margin in Whiteside was more than halved, from a little over 40% in 1980 to 19.6% in 1984. The county was only marginally more Republican than the nation in 1984. The Democratic trend continued in 1988, as George H. W. Bush carried it by 6.8%, a somewhat smaller margin than he won the national popular vote by, making it election the first one in which Whiteside voted more Democratic than the nation in at least a century. In 1992, it gave Bill Clinton a plurality win, with a comfortable 8.0% margin over George H. W. Bush. In 1996, the county gave Bill Clinton an outright majority. The county went on to vote Democratic for the next four consecutive elections, giving Gore, Kerry, and Obama four straight majorities.

However, in 2016, concerns over long-term economic decline saw much of the Rust Belt swing heavily towards Donald Trump,[29] and Whiteside flipped from a 16.9% Obama win in 2012 to a Trump plurality in 2016. In 2020, Trump won a majority—the first for a Republican since 1988—and increased his margin from 6.2% to 8.3%.

Education

K-12 School districts include:[30]

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There is one secondary school district, Rock Falls Township High School District 301.[30]

Elementary school districts include:[30]

See also

References

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