Wheeling Township is one of 29 townships in Cook County,

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, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 157,487. It is the northeasternmost and most populated of the six northwest Cook County townships that form the panhandle.

Geography

According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Wheeling Township has a total area of , of which (or 99.66%) is land and (or 0.34%) is water.

Cities, towns, villages

* Arlington Heights * Buffalo Grove (only part in Cook County) * Des Plaines (northwestern edge) * Glenview (western edge) * Mount Prospect (northern edge) * Northbrook (western edge) *

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(east of Hwy 53) * Prospect Heights (vast majority) * Rolling Meadows * Wheeling (vast majority)

Adjacent townships

* Vernon Township, Lake County (north) * West Deerfield Township, Lake County (northeast) * Northfield Township (east) * Maine Township (southeast) * Elk Grove Township (south) * Palatine Township (west) * Ela Township, Lake County (northwest)

Cemeteries

The township contains these seven cemeteries: English, Memory Gardens, Randhill Park, Saint Marys, Saint Pauls Evangelical Lutheran, Shalom Memorial Park and Wheeling.

Major highways

* U.S. Route 12 * U.S. Route 14 * U.S. Route 45 * Illinois Route 21 * Illinois Route 68 *

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* Illinois Route 53 * Lake Cook Road * Milwaukee Ave

Airports and landing strips

* Chicago Executive Airport

Lakes

* Potawatomi Lake

High schools

* John Hersey High School * Prospect High School * Buffalo Grove High School * Wheeling High School

Demographics

As of the 2020 census there were 157,487 people, 60,514 households, and 40,901 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 64,965 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the township was 69.44%

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, 1.57%

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, 0.66% Native American, 12.31% Asian, 0.02%

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, 7.77% from other races, and 8.24% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 16.63% of the population. There were 60,514 households, out of which 28.70% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.30% were married couples living together, 7.45% had a female householder with no spouse present, and 32.41% were non-families. 27.90% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.20% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 3.10. The township's age distribution consisted of 21.8% under the age of 18, 5.5% from 18 to 24, 26.4% from 25 to 44, 27.1% from 45 to 64, and 19.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42.1 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.0 males. The median income for a household in the township was $88,847, and the median income for a family was $111,443. Males had a median income of $60,411 versus $41,961 for females. The

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for the township was $45,691. About 3.7% of families and 5.8% of the population were below the

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, including 5.7% of those under age 18 and 8.6% of those age 65 or over.

Politics

Political districts

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* State House District 53 * State House District 57 * State House District 59 * State House District 66 * State Senate District 27 * State Senate District 29 * State Senate District 30 * State Senate District 33

Elected officials

* Maria Zeller Brauer ( Democratic) - Supervisor * Joanna Gauza ( Republican) - Clerk * Kenneth Jochum (Republican) - Assessor * Austin Mejdrich (Democratic) - Trustee * Lorri Grainawi (Democratic) - Trustee * Sheri Williams (Democratic) - Trustee * John Geier (Democratic) - Trustee

References

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United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles

United States National Atlas

External links

Wheeling Township official website

Township Officials of Illinois

Cook County official site
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