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Stephenson County
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county in Illinois, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Illinois
- Named after
- Benjamin Stephenson
- Seat
- Freeport
- Largest city
- Freeport
- Total
- 565 sq mi (1,460 km )
- Land
- 565 sq mi (1,460 km )
- Water
- 0.5 sq mi (1.3 km ) 0.09%
- Estimate 2025
- 43,220
- Density
- 79.0/sq mi (30.5/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional districts
- 16th , 17th
- Website
- www .co .stephenson .il .us
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Benjamin Stephenson
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Illinois
- Capital
- Freeport
- Population
- 44630
- Area
- 1463
- Shares border with
- Winnebago County
- Official website
- www.co.stephenson.il.us
- Image
- Stephenson County Courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 19741
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- water as percent of area
- 0.09
- native label
- Stephenson County
- Commons category
- Stephenson County, Illinois
- topic's main category
- Category:Stephenson County, Illinois
- different from
- Stephens County
- inception
- 1837-00-00
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Stephenson County, Illinois
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Stephenson County, Illinois
- per capita income
- 28893
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Encyclopedic overview
Stephenson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 United States census, it had a population of 44,630. Its county seat is Freeport. Stephenson County is included in the Freeport, IL Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Rockford-Freeport-Rochelle, IL Combined Statistical Area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Stephenson County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.