Wauconda, Illinois

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The 2000 Census showed that Wauconda had a population of 9,448 people^<1>. This represents 0.08% of the total population of Illinois.

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

Wauconda had 3,822 Housing Units^<2> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Wauconda has an area^<3> of 3.86 square miles [10.01 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Wauconda had a 2000 population density of 2,444 people per square mile [944 people/km²], making it the state's 199th most densely populated area.

Lake County

The village of Wauconda is located in Lake County.

The county had a population of 648,174 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 9,448 people, Wauconda contained 1.46% of the Lake County total.

In addition, where the community of Wauconda has a population density of 2,444 people per square mile [944 people/km²], Lake County averages 1,448 people per square mile [559 people/km²].

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

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Wauconda and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Wauconda. 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 Wauconda, there are QuickFacts available for the following nearby communities:

	Community	Census QuickFact	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Mundelein	QF-1751349	E	6 mi [9.66 km]<5>	33,717	8.99% increase
	Crystal Lake	QF-1717887	W	10 mi [16.09 km]	41,797	9.99% increase
	Gurnee	QF-1732018	NE	11 mi [17.7 km]	30,608	6.15% increase
	Palatine	QF-1757225	SE	11 mi [17.7 km]	67,080	2.45% increase
	Buffalo Grove	QF-1709447	SE	12 mi [19.31 km]	42,972	0.15% increase
	Carpentersville	QF-1711358	SW	13 mi [20.92 km]	37,741	23.39% increase
	Arlington Heights	QF-1702154	SE	14 mi [22.53 km]	73,399	3.46% decrease
	Hoffman Estates	QF-1735411	S	14 mi [22.53 km]	53,641	8.38% increase

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

A Census Quickfact is available for Lake County (QF-17097).

Miscellaneous Information

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

Wauconda 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 Wauconda.

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Search for Local Businesses

People are finding 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) Wauconda. 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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