Prairie Grove, Illinois

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The 2000 Census showed that Prairie Grove had a population of 960 people^<1>.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Prairie Grove had 308 Housing Units^<2> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Prairie Grove has an area^<3> of 4.63 square miles [12 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Prairie Grove had a 2000 population density of 207.2 people per square mile [80 people/km²].

McHenry County

The village of Prairie Grove is located in McHenry County.

The county had a population of 261,870 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 960 people, Prairie Grove contained 0.37% of the McHenry County total.

In addition, where the community of Prairie Grove has a population density of 207.2 people per square mile [80 people/km²], McHenry County averages 433.9 people per square mile [167.5 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for McHenry County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Prairie Grove and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Prairie Grove. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<4>

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Although they haven't created a QuickFact for Prairie Grove, there are QuickFacts available for the following nearby communities:

	Community	Census QuickFact	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Crystal Lake	QF-1717887	SW	4 mi [6.44 km]<5>	41,797	9.99% increase
	Carpentersville	QF-1711358	S	10 mi [16.09 km]	37,741	23.39% increase
	Mundelein	QF-1751349	E	13 mi [20.92 km]	33,717	8.99% increase
	Palatine	QF-1757225	SE	15 mi [24.14 km]	67,080	2.45% increase
	Elgin	QF-1723074	S	16 mi [25.75 km]	106,330	12.53% increase
	Hoffman Estates	QF-1735411	SE	16 mi [25.75 km]	53,641	8.38% increase
	Buffalo Grove	QF-1709447	SE	18 mi [28.97 km]	42,972	0.15% increase
	Gurnee	QF-1732018	E	18 mi [28.97 km]	30,608	6.15% increase

For more about neighboring communities, please visit our Neighborhood Page for Prairie Grove.

A Census Quickfact is available for McHenry County (QF-17111).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border McHenry County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Walworth (WI)	QF-55127	N	100,749	9.01% increase
	Kenosha (WI)	QF-55059	NE	164,465	9.59% increase
	Lake	QF-17097	E	712,453	9.92% increase
	Cook	QF-17031	SE	5,294,664	1.53% decrease
	Kane	QF-17089	S	507,579	24.55% increase
	DeKalb	QF-17037	SW	106,321	19.03% increase
	Boone	QF-17007	W	54,142	28.74% increase

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Prairie Grove:

Prairie Grove is located in Census Region #2 (the Midwest Region) and in Division #3 (the East North-Central Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Prairie Grove.

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Search for Local Businesses

People have found Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Prairie Grove. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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