STICKNEY, ILLINOIS

'Stickney' is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 6,148 at the 2000 census.
The largest wastewater treatment plant in the world, the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant (Stickney WRP), is located within the village. This facility is operated by the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago.

Contents

Geography

Demographics

Government

Education

References

External links

Geography

Stickney is located at (41.816982, -87.786755).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 5.1 km² (2.0 mi²). 5.0 km² (1.9 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.04 mi²) of it (1.53%) is water.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 6,148 people, 2,253 households, and 1,516 families residing in the village. The population density was 1,229.9/km² (3,189.5/mi²). There were 2,334 housing units at an average density of 466.9/km² (1,210.8/mi²). The racial makeup of the village was 90.78% White, 0.42% African American, 0.23% Native American, 1.09% Asian, 6.31% from other races, and 1.17% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 21.52% of the population, including 18.7% of Mexican descent.
The top five non-Hispanic ancentries reported in Stickney as of the 2000 census were Polish (19.5%), Czech (16.2%), German (14.0%), Italian (9.2%) and Irish (8.9%).^[1]
There were 2,253 households out of which 27.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.5% were married couples living together, 12.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.7% were non-families. 28.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 3.10.
In the village the population was spread out with 22.8% under the age of 18, 8.7% from 18 to 24, 29.5% from 25 to 44, 20.7% from 45 to 64, and 18.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 98.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.4 males.
The median income for a household in the village was $42,772, and the median income for a family was $52,614. Males had a median income of $30,684 versus $29,444 for females. The per capita income for the village was $19,109. About 2.4% of families and 5.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2.1% of those under age 18 and 7.0% of those age 65 or over.

Government

Stickney is in Illinois' 3rd congressional district.

Education

Stickney has two public elementary schools, Home School and Edison School, part of Lyons Elementary School District 103, both serving grades K-5.
Students attend George Washington Middle School in Lyons for grades 6-8 then Morton West High School in Berwyn which is part of J. Sterling Morton High School District 201.
The village had previously hosted Haley School which was closed in 1980 and later demolished with its land converted to parkland, and MacArthur School which was closed when Haley School was opened and later demolished. St Pius X Church had an elementary school which was closed in the 1990s.

References

1. . U.S. Census Bureau. Accessed 2007-04-06.

External links

★ Village of Stickney