While looking at Census data for McHenry County Townships, a friend of McHenry County Blog found the following percentages of Latinos/Hispanics locally:
Townships are indicated on this map.
McHenry County – 11%
A press release from Mercy Health Systems:
Census data shows Crystal Lake hospital is needed now
Centegra plan must wait years until population grows
According to recent data released by the U.S. Census, increased residential growth in the most densely populated area in McHenry County demonstrates a significant need for a hospital to be built in Crystal Lake.
Meanwhile, a new hospital in Huntley would have to wait until the population there increases, census data confirms.
The 2010 figures released a few weeks ago shows that four of the five most populous communities in the county – Crystal Lake, Algonquin, Lake in the Hills and Cary escalated by a total of nearly 20,000 residents from 2000 for a combined total of nearly 125,000 people. A Crystal Lake Hospital would serve each of those communities, none of which currently has a hospital. The municipality with the fourth highest population in the county – McHenry – already has a hospital.
Mercy Health System has submitted a plan to state health officials to build a $200 million, 353-square-foot, state-of-the-art hospital in Crystal Lake, a project that would begin later this year.
According to Mercy Vice President Rich Gruber, building a hospital where the most people live only makes sense. Currently, the closest facilities for residents in those four areas are located in Woodstock, McHenry or Barrington.
“Families, women and seniors living in the most highly populated areas obviously have the greatest need and require the most care,” Gruber said. “They deserve a centralized, accessible facility that provides quality healthcare. A new hospital in Crystal Lake would meet the growing demand that shows no signs of slowing down.”
If its application wins approval, Mercy would break ground on a new hospital in Crystal Lake later this year.
Meanwhile, a competing bid from Centegra Health System would require the population in the southwest section of the county to grow in order to create a need before building begins. Even if approved by state regulators this year, Centegra’s planned facility in Huntley would not even open until 2016.
A Crystal Lake hospital would bring sorely needed jobs and spur economic growth beginning in 2011, Gruber added.
Pamphlet promoting Mercy's Crystal Lake hospital proposal.
“Not only do people need quality healthcare options where they live now, but we also need to create jobs for McHenry County and spur economic development to strengthen the financial well being of the area and the families who live here,” Gruber said.
One Lake in the Hills mother echoed the sentiments of many area families when she submitted comment to the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board in favor of a new hospital in Crystal Lake: “I have three kids and it would be great to have a hospital closer to where we live.”
Gruber noted that the rapid population growth also impacts development, which effects traffic congestion and ultimately increases the time emergency responders take to travel between accident scenes and the nearest emergency centers.
Building the hospital in Crystal Lake would significantly reduce travel time for EMS personal.
“In emergency situations, seconds count,” Gruber said. “Patients who require medical care and have sustained serious injuries can ill afford to suffer further with long wait times and delays in receiving quality healthcare.”
“It takes me 30 minutes or more to get to Woodstock or McHenry and it would be nice to have an ER closer with quality healthcare,” said Donald of Crystal Lake who wrote in support of a new Crystal Lake hospital to state health officials.
Here are the 
2010 population figures for municipalities at least part of which are in McHenry County along with their 2000 populations
The ten largest counties in Illinois.
Used to be that Rockford’s Winnebago County was a big brother to McHenry County.
No more.
Winnebago County’s official population is now 295,266.
McHenry’s is now 308,760.
That’s an increase of 18.7% over 2000′s 260,077.
From the over 200,000 person lead that Kane County has over McHenry County, it does not appear that local officials will have bragging rights about being “Number 5″ for a long, long time…if ever.
Map from NationalAtlas.gov.
The Census Bureau is scheduled to announce the state’s population counts on Tuesday.
From this it should be clear that Illinois’ share of the national people count declined.
The decline will result in one less U.S. House Representative for Illinois and one less vote in the Electoral College.
Ohio is expected to lose two.
The shift in population is towards red states and the Republicans will end up gaining quite a few House seats in the 2012 election and in the Electoral College voting.
Texas is expected to be one of the big winners. Arizona and Utah will each pick up a House seat while Iowa, New York, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania will lose one.
The shift will be from blue states to red states.
For the first time, California won’t gain a seat.
And, if the Democrats in Springfield decide to raise taxes a lot, Illinois’s population may be at a high water mark.
Looking at the mail today, I see that the Post Office is being used still again to encourage residents (I typed in “citizens” by mistake at first) to fill out the U.S. Census forms.
First a letter telling us the Census form was coming, then the form, next the post card reminding folks to send them and, probably for the entire period, the post mark you see above.
The envelop that arrived March 8, 2010
I sat down this afternoon all ready to fill out the U.S. Census form.
Looking at the envelope, that’s what I thought was within.
Pulling out its contents, however, showed it was a letter dated the very day it arrived, March 8th!
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March 8, 2010, letter from the Director of the U.S. Census, Robert M. Groves
What an efficient post office.
It was from some guy named Robert M. Groves. Wonder of wonder, he’s Director of the U.S. Census.
So, why sent everyone a letter a week before the census questionnaire is coming?
Beats me.
And, what are those other languages below the instructions in English?
12,831,970 in the middle of 2006 versus 12,765,427 for the 2000 census.
A growth of 66,543.
A growth rate of just a tiny bit over one-half of one percent.
But the nation as a whole grew almost twice as fast–one percent (0.98%).
Still the fifth largest state.
Only one state larger—New York—shrunk in population.
The larger northern states, like Illinois, were pretty stagnant.
All neighboring states grew more than Illinois (+0.52%), except Wisconsin, which tied.
So, what happened in McHenry County?
Seventeen municipalities grew faster than the state average. Six grew less.
Crystal Lake is still the largest–by a lot–41,533.
Almost tied for second place are Algonquin and Lake in the Hills at under 30,000.
McHenry is fourth at almost 25,000, while Woodstock is fifth at almost 23,000. Huntley is next at 20,000. Cary is a bit under 20,000.
The rest are much smaller, with the next being Harvard, which is under 10,000.
The fastest growing, using actual people, was Huntley, which added 2,376 residents.
Here’s the ranking of those where more than 100 people were added:
By those figures, you can guess where school bond referendums have been or will be held, except for Wonder Lake, which gained population by adding already built subdivisions.
A look at percentage growth for those increasing more than 1% might give an idea of which villages and cities might have the greatest challenges in providing additional services:
Find your town. Here are the differences, estimated 2006 population listed first, 2000 second, difference third, percentage increase last. Towns growing faster than the state average are shown in boldface type.
Algonquin 29,886 vs. 29,022: +884, +3%
Barrington Hills 4,320 vs. 4,264: +56, +1.3%
Cary 19,633 vs. 19,170: +463, +2.4%
Crystal Lake 41,533 vs. 41,075: +458, +1.1%
Fox River Grove 5,144 vs. 5,098: +46, +0.9%
Greenwood 249 vs. 248: Essential no change
Harvard 9,694 vs. 9,145: +549, +6%
Hebron 1,204 vs. 1,145: +59, +5.2%
Holiday Hills 815 vs. 816: Essentially no change
Huntley 20,047 vs. 17,671: +2,376, +13.4%
Island Lake 8,533 vs. 8,447: +86, +1%
Lake in the Hills 29,359 vs. 28,786: +573, +2%
Lakewood 3,623 vs. 3,513: +110, +3.1%
Marengo 7,499 vs. 7,404: +95, +1.2%
McHenry 25,884 vs. 24,974: +910, +3.6%
Oakwood Hills 2,375 vs. 2,365: +10, +0.4%
Prairie Grove 1,884 vs. 1,819: +65, +3.6%
Richmond 2,288 vs. 2,222: +66, +3%
Ringwood 493 vs. 492: Essentially no change
Trout Valley 609 vs. 609: No change
Union 582 vs. 580: Essentially no change
Woodstock 22,777 vs. 22,083: +694, +3.1%
Wonder Lake (remember, this is only the incorporated area) 3,036 vs. 2,785: + 251, +9%
12,831,970 in the middle of 2006 versus 12,765,427 for the 2000 census.
A growth of 66,543.
A growth rate of just a tiny bit over one-half of one percent.
But the nation as a whole grew almost twice as fast–one percent (0.98%).
Still the fifth largest state.
Only one state larger—New York—shrunk in population.
The larger northern states, like Illinois, were pretty stagnant.
All neighboring states grew more than Illinois (+0.52%), except Wisconsin, which tied.
So, what happened in McHenry County?
Seventeen municipalities grew faster than the state average. Six grew less.
Crystal Lake is still the largest–by a lot–41,533.
Almost tied for second place are Algonquin and Lake in the Hills at under 30,000.
McHenry is fourth at almost 25,000, while Woodstock is fifth at almost 23,000. Huntley is next at 20,000. Cary is a bit under 20,000.
The rest are much smaller, with the next being Harvard, which is under 10,000.
The fastest growing, using actual people, was Huntley, which added 2,376 residents.
Here’s the ranking of those where more than 100 people were added:
By those figures, you can guess where school bond referendums have been or will be held, except for Wonder Lake, which gained population by adding already built subdivisions.
A look at percentage growth for those increasing more than 1% might give an idea of which villages and cities might have the greatest challenges in providing additional services:
Find your town. Here are the differences, estimated 2006 population listed first, 2000 second, difference third, percentage increase last. Towns growing faster than the state average are shown in boldface type.
Algonquin 29,886 vs. 29,022: +884, +3%
Barrington Hills 4,320 vs. 4,264: +56, +1.3%
Cary 19,633 vs. 19,170: +463, +2.4%
Crystal Lake 41,533 vs. 41,075: +458, +1.1%
Fox River Grove 5,144 vs. 5,098: +46, +0.9%
Greenwood 249 vs. 248: Essential no change
Harvard 9,694 vs. 9,145: +549, +6%
Hebron 1,204 vs. 1,145: +59, +5.2%
Holiday Hills 815 vs. 816: Essentially no change
Huntley 20,047 vs. 17,671: +2,376, +13.4%
Island Lake 8,533 vs. 8,447: +86, +1%
Lake in the Hills 29,359 vs. 28,786: +573, +2%
Lakewood 3,623 vs. 3,513: +110, +3.1%
Marengo 7,499 vs. 7,404: +95, +1.2%
McHenry 25,884 vs. 24,974: +910, +3.6%
Oakwood Hills 2,375 vs. 2,365: +10, +0.4%
Prairie Grove 1,884 vs. 1,819: +65, +3.6%
Richmond 2,288 vs. 2,222: +66, +3%
Ringwood 493 vs. 492: Essentially no change
Trout Valley 609 vs. 609: No change
Union 582 vs. 580: Essentially no change
Woodstock 22,777 vs. 22,083: +694, +3.1%
Wonder Lake (remember, this is only the incorporated area) 3,036 vs. 2,785: + 251, +9%
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