Mount Prospect, Illinois
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Mount Prospect, part of Elk Grove Township and Wheeling Township, is a village located in Cook County, Illinois about 22 miles northwest of downtown Chicago, Illinois. The area that would become the first 160 acres (650,000 m²) of the future village was purchased in 1848 as farmland by Friedrich Busse. After the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, many people began to move from the city to this area, which also includes Arlington Heights and Park Ridge. When Mount Prospect finally reached the requisite population of 300 with the birth of Norman Pohlman, it officially incorporated in 1917. As of the 2000 census, the village had a total population of 56,265.
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Trivia
The "Bluesmobile" in the 1980 Blues Brothers movie was made up to be an old Mount Prospect police car. Dan Aykroyd later said that he used the village's police department because he heard that in the early days, "they were a tough group that did not take any attitude from folks from the big city."
In 1962, Randhurst Mall was built, which was the largest enclosed air conditioned space in America at the time. It included a bomb shelter which was designed to hold the entire population of Mount Prospect.
Mount Prospect is the central location of the first few books of the Left Behind series of novels.
Geography
Mount Prospect is located at 42°3'56" North, 87°56'10" West (42.065427, -87.936217)Template:GR.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 26.5 km² (10.2 mi²). 26.4 km² (10.2 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.04 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 0.39% water.
Demographics
As of the censusTemplate:GR of 2000, there were 56,265 people, 21,585 households, and 15,152 families residing in the village. The population density was 2,127.7/km² (5,513.1/mi²). There were 21,952 housing units at an average density of 830.1/km² (2,151.0/mi²). The racial makeup of the village was 80.58% White, 1.82% African American, 0.20% Native American, 11.18% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 4.14% from other races, and 2.02% from two or more races. 11.77% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There were 21,585 households out of which 30.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.7% were married couples living together, 7.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.8% were non-families. 25.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.60 and the average family size was 3.14.
In the village the population was spread out with 23.0% under the age of 18, 8.2% from 18 to 24, 31.3% from 25 to 44, 22.7% from 45 to 64, and 14.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 98.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.4 males.
The median income for a household in the village was $57,165, and the median income for a family was $67,262. Males had a median income of $44,585 versus $32,218 for females. The per capita income for the village was $26,464. 4.6% of the population and 3.1% of families were below the poverty line. 6.2% of those under the age of 18 and 3.7% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line.
