POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=88 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" background="22dfd5a3.jpg"> <div> Wells of Justice<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" >     |     </FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Wells of Justice"><U>Home</U></A></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="purpose.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Our Purpose"><U><B>Our Purpose</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="cases.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Cases"><U><B>Cases</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="decisions.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Court Decisions"><U><B>Court Decisions</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="bpps.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bankruptcy Petition Preparers"><U><B>Bankruptcy Petition Preparers</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="victims.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="For Victims"><U><B>For Victims</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="articles.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Articles"><U><B>Articles</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="letters.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Letters to Public Officials"><U><B>Letters to Public Officials</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="info.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Information"><U><B>Information</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="reports.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Reports"><U><B>Reports</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="rockford.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About Rockford"><U><B>About Rockford</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="sitemap.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Site Map"><U><B>Site Map</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="links.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Informative Links"><U><B>Informative Links</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="contact.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact"><U><B>Contact</B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" background="22ed2043.jpg"> <div> <I><B>ABOUT ROCKFORD</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>New! </B></I></div> <div> <A HREF="badapple.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bad Apple"><U><B>One Bad Apple</B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Cronyism in Rockford hinders justice</B></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>New!</B></I></div> <div> <A HREF="utopia.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Utopia"><U><B>Utopia</B></U></A></div> <div>  --------------------------------------------</div> <div> <A HREF="rockford.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About Rockford"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dc99000000.png" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Power and Authority in the hands of a few</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="rockford.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About Rockford"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dc99000000.png" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Power and Authority in the hands of a few</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.wellsofjustice.com/example.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.wellsofjustice.com/example.ht"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dc99000000.png" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">An Example of Court Shenanigans in Rockford</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.wellsofjustice.com/unemployment.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.wellsofjustice.com/unemployme"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dc99000000.png" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Unemployment in Rockford</B></U></A></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dc99000000.png" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">CNN Money Magazine </B><A HREF="ranking.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ranking"><U><B>Ranks Rockford</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="wages.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ROCKFORD WAGES"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dc99000000.png" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Wages and Income</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="population.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dc99000000.png" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Population and Education</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="denial.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Denial, Propaganda or Both?"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dc99000000.png" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Denial, Propaganda, or Both?</B></U></A></div> <div> <B>____________________</B></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=392 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >  </FONT><B><U>POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS</U></B><B><U> AND EDUCATION</U></B></div> <div> 2006 Rockford Population:  152,200</div> <div> Based on the year 2006 Statistics, the city of Rockford has a population of 152,200</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">73% White</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">17% African Americans</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">0.32%  or 474 are Native American</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">2% Asian</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">8% Other/mixed</div> <bR> <bR> <div> Based on 1998 census, (9 years ago), the following figures are the educational attainment of Rockford's population aged 25 years of older.</div> <bR> <div> Less than 9th grade education      8.9%</div> <div> 9th to 12th, no diploma                 16.3%</div> <div> High School graduate                   32.4%</div> <div> Some college, no degree             18.2%</div> <div> Associate degree                            5.5%</div> <div> Bachelor's degree                         12.7%</div> <div> Graduate degree                             6.0%</div> <bR> <div> Based on these figures, 25.2%, or about 1/4 of Rockford's population is considered uneducated or under educated.  CNN Money Magazine for 2006 "Best Places" reports that reading test scores for Rockford are 23.3% below the state average, and math test scores are 24.7% below the state average.</div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>