Kenosha, Wisconsin

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The city of Kenosha is located in Kenosha County and is the county seat.

Kenosha is 190 feet [57.91 m] above sea level.^<1>

Time Zone: Kenosha lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time.

We searched for American and Canadian communities that also have the name of Kenosha, but it seems to be unique to this community.

At the time of the 2000 Census, Kenosha had a population of 90,352 people^<2> (or 60.2% of the total population of Kenosha County). The population of Kenosha represented 1.68% of the total of Wisconsin, making it the state's 4th most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Kenosha had a population of 96,950 people. This is an increase of 7.3% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Kenosha.

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance<3>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Grayslake (IL)	SW	19 mi [30.58 km]	21,735	17.45% increase
	Gurnee (IL)	S	15 mi [24.14 km]	30,608	6.15% increase
	Lindenhurst (IL)	SW	14 mi [22.53 km]	14,695	17.19% increase
	North Chicago (IL)	S	18 mi [28.97 km]	32,608	9.22% decrease
	Round Lake Beach (IL)	SW	18 mi [28.97 km]	27,855	7.72% increase
	Waukegan (IL)	S	14 mi [22.53 km]	90,788	3.28% increase

To learn more about neighboring communities, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Kenosha.

Website for Kenosha

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The Commemorative Quarter for Wisconsin<4>

Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be 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) Kenosha. 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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