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City
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1872
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Illinois
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Cook County
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Evanston
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Mayor
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Council-manager
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Lorraine H Morton
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74,239
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up
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137
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1990
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3,6986
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9,5841
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6523
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2250
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611
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609
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009
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019
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285
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60201, 60202, 60203, 60204, 60208, 60209
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847 & 224
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200
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78
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42
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247
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87
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4141
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33,645
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24582
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56,140
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293,900 ( 2000 )
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229,500
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(formerly Ridgeville, Illinois) is a city on
Lake Michigan located in
Cook County, Illinois directly north of
Chicago , east of
Skokie , and south of
Wilmette . The city was first settled in
1836 , and as of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 74,239. Evanston is part of Chicago's affluent
North Shore region.
After being chosen as the home for
Northwestern University , the city was incorporated in
1863 , and named after
John Evans , the University's founder. During the 1960s Northwestern University changed the city's shoreline with a 74 acre (300,000 m&
2) lakefill.
Today, the city is home to Northwestern University and other educational institutions as well as headquarters of
Alpha Phi International women's fraternity,
Rotary International , the
National Lekotek Center , the
Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, the
Sigma Chi Fraternity and the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union .
Evanston is also the birthplace of
Tinkertoy s,
Automobile Racing , and (allegedly) the
Ice Cream Sundae .
Evanston has a
Council-manager system of government and is divided into nine wards, each of which is represented by an Alderman, or member of the Evanston City Council. Its current mayor is Lorraine H. Morton. The city government has often had a shaky relationship with Northwestern University, which does not pay property taxes to the city. This is due to the founding charter of Northwestern University, signed in 1851, which granted the school a permanent exemption from paying property taxes. This shaky relationship has led to tension over building codes, law enforcement, and politics. Recently, factions of the city government have made efforts to divide Northwestern's campus into several different wards, possibly to dilute its students' voting potency.
The
CTA 's
Purple Line , part of the
Chicago 'L' sytem, runs through Evanston. From its terminal at
Howard in Chicago, the line heads north to the
South Blvd ,
Main ,
Dempster ,
Davis ,
Foster ,
Noyes , and
Central stations, before terminating at
Linden in Wilmette.
Metra 's North Line also serves Evanston, with stations at Main Street, Davis Street and Central Street. The CTA's
Yellow Line also runs through the city, though it only stops at Howard.
Evanston is located at 42°2'47" North, 87°41'41" West (42.046380, -87.694608) and is at an
Elevation of 600 ft.
According to the
United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 20.1
Km&2 (7.8
Mi&2 ). 20.0 km&
2 (7.8 mi&
2) of it is land and 0.1 km&
2 (0.04 mi&
2) of it is water. The total area is 0.26% water.
In , but this number appears to be incorrect. The 7.8
Mi&2 listed by the
United States Census Bureau is more accurate.
Evanston is one of the most forward-thinking suburbs in the United States, with a history of supporting candidates affiliated with the Democratic party in elections on all levels of government. In the 2004 Presidential Election, Democratic candidate John Kerry won 82% of Evanston's vote. His Republican opponent, George W. Bush, only won 17% of the vote in Evanston.
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Notable Evanstonians include
Actor s
Marlon Brando ,
John Cusack ,
Joan Cusack ,
Alicia Goranson ,
Charlton Heston ,
Michael Madsen ,
Jeremy Piven , and
Rosanne Arquette ,
Marilyn Dodds Frank ,
William Petersen ; comedian
Ruby Wax ; drama critic
Walter Kerr ; Hall of Fame baseball player
Freddie Lindstrom ; Hall of Fame football player
Paddy Driscoll ;
Inventor Laurens Hammond ; news anchor
Charles Gibson ; newspaper columnist
Drew Pearson ;
Politician s
Charles Gates Dawes and
Jim Kolbe ; Oscar-nominated screenwriter
John Lee Mahin ; Fox Searchlight President Nancy Utley; Secretary of Defense
Donald Rumsfeld ; temperance advocate and suffragist
Frances Willard ; author and columnist
Jack M. Silverstein ; and
Musician s
Fred Anderson , David Burge, John Nance, Liz Carroll, John Williams,
Frank Donaldson ,
Steve Goodman ,
Howard Levy ,
Bobby Short ,
Grace Slick , Forrest Buchtel, Sr., and his son, Forrest Buchtel, Jr., Fred Simon, David Onderdonk, Billy "The Bhudda" Dickens, Paul Nebenzahl,
Patrick Stump and
Eddie Vedder .
Novelist, playwright and journalist Lawrence Gonzales has made Evanston his home for four decades.
Noted writer and critc Gary Wills lives and teaches in Evanston.
Rookie of the Year was filmed at Haven Middle School, as well as a commercial for Chevy in 2004, and parts of Curly Sue.
Also, Julius Ceaser (1950), The Princess Bride, She's Having a Baby... were shot in Evanston for parts of the movie(s).
All of Evanston (and part of the village of
Skokie ) is within the boundaries of Evanston Township High School District 202. The
District has a single
High School ,
Evanston Township High School (ETHS) with an enrollment of just over 3000, covering grades 9 through 12. The school's mascot is the Wildkit (a diminutive of Northwestern's Wildcats) and the school's colors are orange and blue. Its biggest rival is
New Trier High School in
Winnetka . ETHS's sister school is Kokusai Jouhou High School in
Niigata ,
Japan .
Evanston-Skokie Community Consolidated School District 65 , covering all of Evanston and part of Skokie, provides
Primary Education from pre-
Kindergarten through grade 8. The district has ten elementary schools (through fifth grade), three
Middle School s (grades 6 through 8), two
Magnet School s (K through 8) and three special schools or centers. Total district enrollment in 2004 was 6,622 students.
The region of Skokie served by Evanston schools is referred to colloquially as Skevanston.
In addition to the highly regarded
Public School s, Evanston offers a variety of other educational choices.
Roycemore School (640 Lincoln Street) is an independent coeducational college preparatory day school providing a liberal arts education to students from junior kindergarten through grade 12. Since the closing of St. George High School in 1969, there is no
Catholic high school in Evanston, but many Evanston residents attend
Co-educational Loyola Academy in
Wilmette , all-boys
Notre Dame High School For Boys in
Niles , all-girls
St. Scholastica Academy in
Chicago or
Regina Dominican High School in
Wilmette , and other area Catholic high schools.
There are also a variety of non-public primary schools in or near Evanston:
- Baker Demonstration School (2840 Sheridan Road) - independent; grades pre-k through 8
- The Barbereux School (3333 Culver St.) - independent; grades pre-k through 1
- Chiaravalle Montessori School (425 Dempster Street) - Montessori ; grades pre-k through 8
- Midwest Montessori School (2408 Orrington Avenue) - Montessori; grades pre-k through 3
- Pope John XXIII (1120 Washington Street) - Catholic; grades pre-k through 8
- Roycemore School (640 Lincoln Street) - independent; grades pre-k through 12
- St. Athanasius School (2510 Ashland Avenue) - Catholic; grades pre-k through 8
As of the
Census of 2000, there were 74,239 people, 29,651 households, and 15,952 families residing in the city. The
Population Density was 3,698.6/km&
2 (9,584.1/mi&
2). There were 30,817 housing units at an average density of 1,535.3/km&
2 (3,978.4/mi&
2). The racial makeup of the city was 65.23%
White , 22.50%
Black or
African American , 0.19%
Native American , 6.09%
Asian , 0.09%
Pacific Islander , 2.85% from
Other Races , and 3.05% from two or more races. 6.11% of the population were
Hispanic or
Latino of any race.
There were 29,651 households out of which 25.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.4% were
Married Couples living together, 10.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 46.2% were non-families. 36.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.27 and the average family size was 3.03.
In the city the population was spread out with 20.2% under the age of 18, 16.4% from 18 to 24, 32.0% from 25 to 44, 20.6% from 45 to 64, and 10.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 89.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.4 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $56,335, and the median income for a family was $78,886. Males had a median income of $51,726 versus $39,767 for females. The
Per Capita Income for the city was $33,645. 11.1% of the population and 5.1% of families were below the
Poverty Line . 8.3% of those under the age of 18 and 7.1% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line.
