Demographic Profile for Whiteside County, Illinois
When measuring the total land area, Whiteside encompasses a total area of 685 square miles. The county has a medium-low density of 87 persons per square mile, in 2005. Similar counties, in terms of density, in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Lancaster, VA (87 per sq. mile ), San Juan, WA (87 per sq. mile ), Lee, GA (87 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Dale, AL (87 per sq. mile ), Muskogee, OK (87 per sq. mile ), Pottawatomie, OK (87 per sq. mile ).
Whiteside County, Illinois has a population that is made of 88 percent White, 1.2 percent African American, 0.4 percent Asian, and 9.5 percent Hispanic. This area can be considered to have a modest level of racial and ethnic diversity, with 11.1 percent of the population made up of minorities. This is less than the State of Illinois percent of 33.1. Since 2000, Whiteside has increased the percent of minority makeup when 10.3 percent of the total population were minorities.
Estimated since the year 2000, a medium-low amount of people migrated to Whiteside internationally. The international migration into Whiteside totals 0.1 percent of all immigration into Illinois. This amount of international migration is medium-low when analyzed against the base population in the year 2005 and compared to other counties across the US.
Whiteside County, Illinois had a total estimated population of 59,863 in the year 2005. The population has decreased, since the population in 2000 of 60,656. The decline signifies a decrease of -1.3 percent. Whiteside ranks 87 of 102 counties when analyzing total population change in Illinois and the county ranks 2,901 of 3,141 counties when calculating the total change in county population across the US.
In 2005, the Census Bureau estimated the median age in Whiteside County, Illinois to be 40.1 years old. The median age in Whiteside is greater than the median age in the State of Illinois of 35.6. Since the year 2000, the area has witnessed an increase in this median, when at that time it was 38.5 years of age. With 23.7 percent of the 2005 population being comprised of individuals under the age of 18, Whiteside can be described as having a medium-high percent of people under 18. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a medium-low presence of the population, with 59.6 percent of the population falling in this age category. The retirement (65 and over) group makes up 16.7 percent of the total population base. Compared to other counties throughout the nation, this represents a medium-high percent of the population.
Datasource: Population Estimates Program, U.S. Bureau of the Census.
Whiteside County, Illinois has a population that is made of 88 percent White, 1.2 percent African American, 0.4 percent Asian, and 9.5 percent Hispanic. This area can be considered to have a modest level of racial and ethnic diversity, with 11.1 percent of the population made up of minorities. This is less than the State of Illinois percent of 33.1. Since 2000, Whiteside has increased the percent of minority makeup when 10.3 percent of the total population were minorities.
Estimated since the year 2000, a medium-low amount of people migrated to Whiteside internationally. The international migration into Whiteside totals 0.1 percent of all immigration into Illinois. This amount of international migration is medium-low when analyzed against the base population in the year 2005 and compared to other counties across the US.
Whiteside County, Illinois had a total estimated population of 59,863 in the year 2005. The population has decreased, since the population in 2000 of 60,656. The decline signifies a decrease of -1.3 percent. Whiteside ranks 87 of 102 counties when analyzing total population change in Illinois and the county ranks 2,901 of 3,141 counties when calculating the total change in county population across the US.
In 2005, the Census Bureau estimated the median age in Whiteside County, Illinois to be 40.1 years old. The median age in Whiteside is greater than the median age in the State of Illinois of 35.6. Since the year 2000, the area has witnessed an increase in this median, when at that time it was 38.5 years of age. With 23.7 percent of the 2005 population being comprised of individuals under the age of 18, Whiteside can be described as having a medium-high percent of people under 18. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a medium-low presence of the population, with 59.6 percent of the population falling in this age category. The retirement (65 and over) group makes up 16.7 percent of the total population base. Compared to other counties throughout the nation, this represents a medium-high percent of the population.
Datasource: Population Estimates Program, U.S. Bureau of the Census.
