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Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $2,335 (1.9%)
Area name: Rockford, IL MSA
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Boone County is $486 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $616 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $806 a month.
Cities in this county include: Belvidere
, Poplar Grove
, Capron
, Timberlane
, Caledonia
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Neighboring
counties: DeKalb County
, Rock County, Wisconsin
, McHenry County
, Walworth County, Wisconsin
, Ogle County
, Winnebago County
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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:
Notable locations in Boone County: Camp
Epworth
(A),
Grange Hall
(B)
Churches in Boone County include: Flora
Church
(A),
Manchester Church
(B),
Church of the Nazarene
(C),
Jefferson Prairie Church
(D),
Open Bible Church
(E)
Cemeteries: Andrus
Cemetery
(1),
Garden Prairie Cemetery
(2),
Shattucks Grove Cemetery
(3),
Highland Garden of Memories
(4),
Long Prairie Cemetery
(5),
Bamblett Cemetery
(6),
Belvidere Cemetery
(7)
Reservoir: Candlewick
Lake
(A).
Creeks: Beaver
Creek
(A),
Geryune Creek
(B),
Mud Creek
(C),
Piscasaw Creek
(D),
Coon Creek
(E)
Parks in Boone County include: Flora
Prairie Nature Preserve
(1),
Boone County Fair Grounds
(2),
Kinnikinnick Creek Nature Preserve
(3)
Post office: Garden
Prairie Post Office
(A).
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Unemployment in September 2007:
Current college students: 1,392
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 80.8%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 14.5%
Number of foreign born residents: 3,114 (29% naturalized citizens)
| Boone
County: |
7.5% | | Whole
state: | 12.3% |
Year
of entry for the foreign-born population |
- 1995
to March 2000: 877
- 1990
to 1994: 592
- 1985
to 1989: 393
- 1980
to 1984: 375
- 1975
to 1979: 287
- 1970
to 1974: 146
- 1970
to 1974: 124
- 1965
to 1969: 320
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Mean travel time to work: 28.2 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 37.8%
Housing units in structures:
- One,
detached: 11,754
- One,
attached: 218
- Two:
696
- 3
or 4: 441
- 5
to 9: 501
- 10
to 19: 273
- 20
or more: 318
- Mobile
homes: 1,204
- Boats,
RVs, vans, etc.: 9
Housing units in Boone County with a mortgage: 7,129 (764 second mortgage, 1,215 home equity loan, 30 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,044 Agriculture
in Boone County
Average size of farms: 309 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $100505
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $288.55
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 14.81%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 21.47%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $92871
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 88.60%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 1.25%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $78974
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 86.13%
Average age of principal farm operators: 55 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 5.97
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 34.56%
Corn for grain: 63941 harvested acres
All wheat for grain: 1613 harvested acres
Soybeans for beans: 55073 harvested acres
Vegetables: 198 harvested acresBoone
County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is near Illinois state average. It is 2.1 times above overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused 24 fatalities and 450 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 4/21/1967, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado killed 24 people and injured 450 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.
Most
common industries for males: |
- Construction
(11%)
- Metal
and metal products (8%)
- Transportation
equipment (8%)
- Machinery
(7%)
- Food
(4%)
- Miscellaneous
manufacturing (3%)
- Accommodation
and food services (3%)
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Most
common industries for females: |
- Health
care (13%)
- Educational
services (11%)
- Accommodation
and food services (7%)
- Finance
and insurance (6%)
- Computer
and electronic products (4%)
- Department
and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Social
assistance (3%)
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Most
common occupations for males |
- Metal
workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Other
production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Electrical
equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Driver/sales
workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Laborers
and material movers, hand (4%)
- Assemblers
and fabricators (4%)
- Engineers
(4%)
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Most
common occupations for females
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- Other
office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Secretaries
and administrative assistants (5%)
- Other
production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Assemblers
and fabricators (4%)
- Cashiers
(4%)
- Material
recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Information
and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
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Most
common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
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- Mexico
(75%)
- Germany
(3%)
- Other
Eastern Europe (3%)
- Italy
(2%)
- United
Kingdom (2%)
- Canada
(1%)
- Guatemala
(1%)
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Most
common first ancestries reported in Boone County:
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- German
(28%)
- Irish
(10%)
- English
(8%)
- Italian
(6%)
- Swedish
(6%)
- United
States or American (6%)
- Polish
(5%)
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Means of transportation to work
- Drove
a car alone: 15,985 (81%)
- Carpooled:
2,579 (13%)
- Bus
or trolley bus: 41 (0%)
- Subway
or elevated: 3 (0%)
- Railroad:
39 (0%)
- Motorcycle:
1 (0%)
- Bicycle:
24 (0%)
- Walked:
283 (1%)
- Other
means: 141 (1%)
- Worked
at home: 659 (3%)
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People
in group quarters in Boone County, Illinois
- 255
people in nursing homes
- 53
people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 8
people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 2
people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Average
gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $62,257.
10.64% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($56,601 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
10.64% | | Illinois
average: |
5.66% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
8.75% relocated from other counties in Illinois ($47,128 average AGI)
1.88% relocated from other states ($9,474 average AGI)
| Boone
County: |
1.88% | | Illinois
average: | 2.13% |
Top
counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
| from
Winnebago County, IL
|
2.42% ($85,064 average AGI) |
| from
Cook County, IL
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1.93% ($45,504) |
| from
Kane County, IL
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1.56% ($45,468) |
| from
McHenry County, IL
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1.37% ($50,329) |
| from
DuPage County, IL
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0.57% ($44,981) |
| from
DeKalb County, IL
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0.30% ($38,304) |
| from
Lake County, IL
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0.22% ($59,714) |
8.67% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($42,550 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
8.67% | | Illinois
average: |
5.99% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
6.54% relocated to other counties in Illinois ($30,092 average AGI)
2.13% relocated to other states ($12,457 average AGI)
| Boone
County: |
2.13% | | Illinois
average: | 2.58% |
Top
counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
| to
Winnebago County, IL
|
3.81% ($41,703 average AGI) |
| to
Cook County, IL
|
0.60% ($37,245) |
| to
McHenry County, IL
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0.59% ($38,028) |
| to
Kane County, IL
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0.33% ($35,850) |
| to
DuPage County, IL
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0.24% ($36,455) |
| to
DeKalb County, IL
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0.20% ($23,000) |
| to
Ogle County, IL
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0.17% ($48,469) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 14.5
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 14.2
Births
per 1000 population in Boone County |
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 7.4
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 6.8
Deaths
per 1000 population in Boone County |
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 8.9
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 5.2
Infant
deaths per 1000 live births in Boone County |
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 5,170 (4,565 aged, 605 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 12%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 8%
Household
type by relationship
Households: 41,464
- In
family households: 37,643 (9,542 male householders, 1,866 female householders)
9,534
spouses, 14,169 children (12,942 natural, 223 adopted, 1,004 stepchildren), 400 grandchildren, 321 brothers or sisters, 256 parents, 695 other relatives, 860 non-relatives
- In
nonfamily households: 3,821 (1,490 male householders (1,217 living alone)), 1,733 female householders (1,567 living alone)), 598 nonrelatives
- In
group quarters: 322 (313 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 4,344 2-persons, 2,429 3-persons, 2,585 4-persons, 1,276 5-persons, 517 6-persons, 257 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 2,784 1-person, 344 2-persons, 55 3-persons, 27 4-persons, 13 5-persons.
9,522 married couples with children.
2,007 single-parent households (543 men, 1,464 women).
87.3% of residents of Boone County speak English at home.
11.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (48% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 23% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
1.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (77% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 4% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (74% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 15% speak English not well). In
fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $138,220,000 ($2850 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $1,391,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $81,103,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $27,783,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $8,127,000
Federal grants: $14,535,000
Federal procurement contracts: $1,533,000 ($4,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $5,138,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $148,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $48,558,000
Federal Government insurance: $41,914,000
Population
change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 3,318
| Here: |
66 per 1000 residents | | State: | 75
per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 1,538
| Here: |
30 per 1000 residents | | State: | 43
per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +748
| Here: |
+15 per 1000 residents | | State: | +26
per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: +6,244
| Here: |
+124 per 1000 residents | | State: |
-31 per 1000 residents |
Population
growth in Boone County |
Total
withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 3.71 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)
Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Median
number of rooms in apartments:
Year
house built:
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- 1999
to March 2000: 608
- 1995
to 1998: 1,801
- 1990
to 1994: 1,911
- 1980
to 1989: 1,566
- 1970
to 1979: 2,373
- 1960
to 1969: 1,810
- 1950
to 1959: 1,104
- 1940
to 1949: 676
- 1939
or earlier: 3,565
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Rooms
in owner-occupied houses in Boone County, Illinois: |
- 1
room: 9
- 2
rooms: 70
- 3
rooms: 218
- 4
rooms: 764
- 5
rooms: 2,127
- 6
rooms: 2,824
- 7
rooms: 2,251
- 8
rooms: 1,819
- 9
or more rooms: 1,390
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Rooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Boone County, Illinois: |
- 1
room: 107
- 2
rooms: 268
- 3
rooms: 632
- 4
rooms: 845
- 5
rooms: 509
- 6
rooms: 290
- 7
rooms: 213
- 8
rooms: 113
- 9
or more rooms: 148
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Bedrooms
in owner-occupied houses and condos in Boone County: |
- no
bedroom: 11
- 1
bedroom: 221
- 2
bedrooms: 1,662
- 3
bedrooms: 6,407
- 4
bedrooms: 2,603
- 5
or more bedrooms: 568
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Bedrooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Boone County: |
- no
bedroom: 149
- 1
bedroom: 968
- 2
bedrooms: 1,119
- 3
bedrooms: 603
- 4
bedrooms: 218
- 5
or more bedrooms: 68
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Boone County in owner-occupied houses/condos:
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- no
vehicle: 318
- 1
vehicle: 2,427
- 2
vehicles: 5,577
- 3
vehicles: 2,189
- 4
vehicles: 662
- 5
or more vehicles: 299
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Boone County in renter-occupied apartments
|
- no
vehicle: 490
- 1
vehicle: 1,433
- 2
vehicles: 877
- 3
vehicles: 225
- 4
vehicles: 55
- 5
or more vehicles: 45
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55% of Boone County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out
of people who lived in different houses, 43% lived in this county.
Out
of people who lived in different counties, 80% lived in Illinois.
| Boone
County: |
54.9% | | State
average: | 58.6% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This
state: 29591
- Northeast:
838
- Midwest:
5371
- South:
1841
- West:
758
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $107,500 Housing
units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0%
Housing
units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 0%
Most
commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
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- Utility
gas (82%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (8%)
- Electricity
(7%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Wood
(1%)
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Most
commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
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- Utility
gas (63%)
- Electricity
(25%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (7%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
- Other
fuel (2%)
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Private
vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 868
| Here: |
14.5% | | Illinois: |
13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 252
| Here: |
9.8% | | Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undegraduate colleges: 228
| Here: |
18.1% | | Illinois: | 25.8% |
Boone
County government finances in 2004:
- Bond
Fund - Cash & Deposits: $9,000
- Charges
- All Other: $2,057,000
Solid Waste Management: $0
- Construction
- Judicial & Legal: $15,000
- Current
Operations - Welfare - Other: $3,128,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $2,590,000
Police Protection: $1,633,000
Regular Highways: $1,458,000
Central Staff Services: $1,198,000
General - Other: $1,027,000
Corrections - Other: $963,000
Health Services - Other: $813,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $515,000
General Public Buildings: $412,000
Financial Administration: $337,000
- Federal
Intergovernmental - General Support: $1,052,000
- General
- Interest on Debt: $413,000
- Local
Intergovernmental - All Other: $181,000
- Long
Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $8,575,000
- Long
Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $8,190,000
- Long
Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $385,000
- Miscellaneous
- General Revenue, NEC: $2,271,000
Interest Earnings: $321,000
- Other
Capital Outlay - Corrections - Other: $1,425,000
Regular Highways: $1,160,000
Central Staff: $63,000
Welfare - Other: $20,000
- Other
Funds - Cash & Deposits: $15,576,000
- Sinking
Fund - Cash & Deposits: $461,000
- State
Intergovernmental - General Support: $2,922,000
Public Welfare: $1,214,000
Highways: $902,000
Health & Hospitals: $434,000
- Tax
- Property: $6,061,000
Total General Sales: $965,000
NEC: $659,000
- Total
Salaries & Wages: $6,884,000
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