Lockport
is a city in Will County, Illinois, United States that
incorporated in 1853. Lockport is located in northeastern
Illinois, 30 miles southwest of Chicago, and north of
Joliet, at locks connecting Chicago Sanitary and Ship
Canal with the Des Plaines River via the Lockport Powerhouse.
It also has locks of the old Illinois and Michigan Canal.
John Lane, a local farmer developed
a steel plow in 1833. Former University of Wisconsin-Madison
basketball star and Player of the year candidate Alando
Tucker is from Lockport.
According to real estate figures,
Lockport was one of the fastest growing communities
in Illinois in 2007. Although the population was 15,191
at the 2000 census (and then estimated it would be 22,161
in 2005), a special census[2] of 2003 counted 25,191
people, 13,599 households, and 12,137 families residing
in the city.
The population density was 2,144.3
people per square mile (828.4/km²). There were
5,835 housing units at an average density of 823.7/sq
mi (318.2/km²). The racial makeup of the city was
95.82% White, 1.11% African American, 0.22% Native American,
0.75% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.94% from other
races, and 1.15% from two or more races. Hispanic or
Latino of any race were 4.34% of the population.
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