St. John Township is one of eleven
townships in
Lake County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 66,741 and it contained 25,691 housing units.
History
St. John Township was established in 1848. It was named for John Hack, the first German settler.
Geography
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 99.57%) is land and (or 0.43%) is water.
The township includes the towns of
Dyer,
Schererville
Schererville is a town in St. John Township, Lake County, Indiana, United States. The population was 29,646 at the 2020 census It is a suburb of Chicago located just 30 miles south of the city
History
Long before Indiana became a state ...
and
St. John as well as the unincorporated areas of these towns.
Zip codes in the township include 46307, 46311, 46319, 46373, and 46375. The
State House
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districts are IN-11 and IN-15, and the
State Senate districts are IN-1, IN-6, and a small portion of IN-2.
Demographics
The racial makeup of the township is 82.1% non-Hispanic White, 11.3% Hispanic, 2.73% African American, 2.23% Asian, 0.58% from other races, and 1.13% from two or more races. The percentages of Hispanic and African American residents are, respectively, 5.4 and 22.6 percent lower than Lake County as a whole.
Native-born citizens make up 91.9% of the population. Naturalized citizens are 5.3% of the population, while 1.9% are not citizens. The top ten countries of birth for foreign-born residents are
Mexico,
India,
Croatia,
Poland,
Serbia,
Greece,
Macedonia
Macedonia most commonly refers to:
* North Macedonia, a country in southeastern Europe, known until 2019 as the Republic of Macedonia
* Macedonia (ancient kingdom), a kingdom in Greek antiquity
* Macedonia (Greece), a traditional geographic reg ...
,
Philippines,
Germany, and
Bosnia and Herzegovina. The most common self-reported ancestries are:
German
German(s) may refer to:
* Germany (of or related to)
**Germania (historical use)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law
**Ger ...
(23.1%),
Polish
Polish may refer to:
* Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe
* Polish language
* Poles, people from Poland or of Polish descent
* Polish chicken
*Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin screenwr ...
(17%),
Irish (15.9%),
Mexican
Mexican may refer to:
Mexico and its culture
*Being related to, from, or connected to the country of Mexico, in North America
** People
*** Mexicans, inhabitants of the country Mexico and their descendants
*** Mexica, ancient indigenous people ...
(8.72%), Unclassified/Unreported (8.5%),
Italian (8.1%),
English (7.3%),
Dutch (5.6%),
American
American(s) may refer to:
* American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America"
** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America
** American ancestry, pe ...
(4.7%), and
Serbian
Serbian may refer to:
* someone or something related to Serbia, a country in Southeastern Europe
* someone or something related to the Serbs, a South Slavic people
* Serbian language
* Serbian names
See also
*
*
* Old Serbian (disambiguat ...
(2.8%).
References
External links
Indiana Township AssociationUnited Township Association of Indiana
Townships in Lake County, Indiana
Townships in Indiana
populated places established in 1848
1848 establishments in Indiana
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