Kane County, Illinois

Kane County is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 516,522, making it the fifth-most populous county in Illinois. Its county seat is Geneva, and its largest city is Aurora. Kane County is one of the collar counties of the metropolitan statistical area designated "Chicago–Naperville–Elgin, IL–IN–WI" by the US census.

History Kane County was formed out of LaSalle County in 1836. The county was named in honor of Elias Kane, a United States senator and the first secretary of state of Illinois.

Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county's area was , of which is land and (0.8%) is water. Its largest cities are along the Fox River.

Climate

In recent years, average temperatures in the county seat of Geneva have ranged from a low of in January to a high of in July, although a record low of was recorded in January 1985 and a record high of was recorded in July 1936. The average monthly precipitation ranged from in February to in July.

Parks and recreation Deicke Park Fox River Trail Great Western Trail Illinois Prairie Path James "Pate" Philip State Park

Forest preserves Notable forest preserves include: Fabyan Windmill Hampshire Forest Preserve Raceway Woods

Demographics

2020 census As of the 2020 census, the county had a population of 516,522, the median age was 38.3 years, 24.7% of residents were under the age of 18, and 14.7% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 98.0 males overall and 95.9 males for every 100 females age 18 and over.

The racial makeup of the county was 60.0% White, 5.3% Black or African American, 1.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 4.2% Asian, <0.1% Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander, 16.2% from some other race, and 12.9% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino residents of any race comprised 32.8% of the population.

96.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 4.0% lived in rural areas.

There were 180,374 households in the county, of which 36.2% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 55.4% were married-couple households, 15.2% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 23.1% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 21.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

There were 188,510 housing units, of which 4.3% were vacant. Among occupied housing units, 73.7% were owner-occupied and 26.3% were renter-occupied. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.3% and the rental vacancy rate was 6.2%.

Racial and ethnic composition +Kane County, Illinois – Racial and ethnic compositionRace / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)Pop 1980Pop 1990Pop 2000Pop 2010 Pop 2020% 1980% 1990% 2000% 2010% 2020White alone (NH)235,709250,551273,390304,051282,30784.66%78.92%67.65%59.01%54.66%Black or African American alone (NH)13,43518,35322,47727,81926,2394.83%5.78%5.56%5.40%5.08%Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)4604975365915140.17%0.16%0.13%0.11%0.10%Asian alone (NH)1,6944,2277,14217,50521,1910.61%1.33%1.77%3.40%4.10%Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)xincluded in the Asian category in the 1980 Censusxincluded in the Asian category in the 1990 Census57130115xx0.01%0.03%0.02%Other race alone (NH)9893083385221,5210.36%0.10%0.08%0.10%0.29%Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)xnot an option in the 1980 Censusxnot an option in the 1990 Census4,2556,26115,040xx1.05%1.22%2.91%Hispanic or Latino (any race)26,11843,53595,924158,390169,5959.38%13.71%23.74%30.74%32.83%Total278,405317,471404,119515,269516,522 100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%

Racial / Ethnic Profile of places in Kane County, Illinois (2020 census) Racial / Ethnic Profile of places in Kane County, Illinois (2020 Census)Following is a table of towns and census designated places in Kane County, Illinois. Data for the United States (with and without Puerto Rico), the state of Illinois, and Kane County itself have been included for comparison purposes. The majority racial/ethnic group is coded per the key below. Communities that extend into and adjacent county or counties are delineated with a followed by an accompanying explanatory note. The full population of each community has been tabulated including the population in adjacent counties. Majority minority with no dominant groupMajority WhiteMajority BlackMajority HispanicMajority Asian

+Racial and ethnic composition of places in Kane County, Illinois (2020 Census) (NH = Non-Hispanic)PlaceDesignationTotal PopulationWhite alone (NH)%Black or African American alone (NH)%Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)%Asian alone (NH)%Pacific Islander alone (NH)%Other race alone (NH)%Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)%Hispanic or Latino (any race)%United States of America (50 states and D.C.) x331,449,281191,697,64757.84%39,940,33812.05%2,251,6990.68%19,618,7195.92%622,0180.19%1,689,8330.51%13,548,9834.09%62,080,04418.73% x334,735,155191,722,19557.28%39,944,62411.93%2,252,0110.67%19,621,4655.86%622,1090.19%1,692,3410.51%13,551,3234.05%65,329,08719.52% State 12,812,508 7,472,751 58.32% 1,775,612 13.86% 16,561 0.13% 747,280 5.83% 2,959 0.02% 45,080 0.35% 414,855 3.24% 2,337,410 18.24% County 516,522 282,307 54.66% 26,239 5.08% 514 0.10% 21,191 4.10% 115 0.02% 1,521 0.29% 15,040 2.91% 169,595 32.83% Aurora also in DuPage, Kendall, and Will counties City 180,542 61,017 33.80% 18,930 10.49% 207 0.11% 19,659 10.89% 61 0.03% 655 0.36% 5,032 2.79% 74,981 41.53% Batavia partly in DuPage county City 26,098 21,479 82.30% 608 2.33% 11 0.04% 583 2.23% 2 0.01% 77 0.30% 944 3.62% 2,394 9.17% Elgin also in Cook county City 114,797 42,261 36.81% 7,207 6.28% 150 0.13% 7,285 6.35% 27 0.02% 392 0.34% 3,015 2.63% 54,460 47.44% Geneva City 21,393 18,392 85.97% 128 0.60% 10 0.05% 485 2.27% 3 0.01% 55 0.26% 758 3.54% 1,562 7.30% St. Charles City 33,081 26,099 78.89% 562 1.70% 25 0.08% 1,440 4.35% 4 0.01% 102 0.31% 1,125 3.40% 3,724 11.26% Algonquin also in McHenry county Village 29,700 22,327 75.18% 704 2.37% 27 0.09% 2,143 7.22% 7 0.02% 85 0.29% 1,048 3.53% 3,359 11.31% Barrington Hills also in Cook, McHenry, and Lake counties Village 4,114 3,369 81.89% 39 0.95% 4 0.10% 348 8.46% 0 0.00% 18 0.44% 124 3.01% 212 5.15% Bartlett Village 41,105 26,377 64.17% 995 2.42% 31 0.08% 7,345 17.87% 6 0.01% 95 0.23% 1,309 3.18% 4,947 12.04% Big Rock Village 1,104 984 89.13% 3 0.27% 1 0.09% 5 0.45% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 37 3.35% 74 6.70% Burlington Village 535 460 85.98% 1 0.19% 0 0.00% 1 0.19% 0 0.00% 1 0.19% 23 4.30% 49 9.16% Campton Hills Village 10,885 9,480 87.09% 91 0.84% 6 0.06% 257 2.36% 0 0.00% 22 0.20% 413 3.79% 616 5.66% Carpentersville Village 37,983 11,477 30.22% 2,152 5.67% 40 0.11% 1,971 5.19% 3 0.01% 126 0.33% 843 2.22% 21,371 56.26% East Dundee small part in Cook county Village 3,152 2,241 71.10% 177 5.62% 0 0.00% 74 2.35% 0 0.00% 4 0.13% 86 2.73% 570 18.08% Elburn Village 6,175 5,324 86.22% 50 0.81% 0 0.00% 119 1.93% 0 0.00% 7 0.11% 196 3.17% 479 7.76% Gilberts Village 8,366 5,284 63.16% 257 3.07% 4 0.05% 1,065 12.73% 1 0.01% 33 0.39% 310 3.71% 1,412 16.88% Hampshire Village 7,667 5,832 76.07% 177 2.31% 8 0.10% 169 2.20% 4 0.05% 16 0.21% 248 3.23% 1,213 15.82% Hoffman Estates mostly in Cook county with a very small part in Kane county Village 52,530 26,014 49.52% 2,472 4.71% 69 0.13% 13,733 26.14% 2 0.00% 183 0.35% 1,579 3.01% 8,478 16.14% Huntley partly in McHenry county Village 27,740 22,223 80.11% 450 1.62% 24 0.09% 1,516 5.47% 1 0.00% 60 0.22% 883 3.18% 2,583 9.31% Kaneville Village 452 386 85.40% 2 0.44% 1 0.22% 8 1.77% 0 0.00% 4 0.88% 16 3.54% 35 7.74% Lily Lake Village 1,032 902 87.40% 19 1.84% 1 0.10% 7 0.68% 0 0.00% 6 0.58% 34 3.29% 63 6.10% Maple Park partly in DeKalb county Village 1,433 1,259 87.86% 2 0.14% 0 0.00% 10 0.70% 0 0.00% 6 0.42% 42 2.93% 114 7.96% Montgomery partly in Kendall county Village 20,262 9,929 49.00% 1,901 9.38% 11 0.05% 640 3.16% 4 0.02% 77 0.38% 832 4.11% 6,868 33.90% North Aurora Village 18,261 12,191 66.76% 1,010 5.53% 11 0.06% 910 4.98% 8 0.04% 48 0.26% 577 3.16% 3,506 19.20% Pingree Grove Village 4,532 3,050 67.30% 104 2.29% 1 0.02% 294 6.49% 1 0.02% 5 0.11% 81 1.79% 996 21.98% Sleepy Hollow Village 3,214 2,603 80.99% 52 1.62% 1 0.03% 72 2.24% 0 0.00% 9 0.28% 89 2.77% 388 12.07% South Elgin Village 23,865 14,935 62.58% 821 3.44% 14 0.06% 2,117 8.87% 5 0.02% 85 0.36% 926 3.88% 4,962 20.79% Sugar Grove Village 9,278 7,778 83.83% 150 1.62% 10 0.11% 163 1.76% 1 0.01% 26 0.28% 343 3.70% 807 8.70% Virgil Village 289 257 88.93% 5 1.73% 3 1.04% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 4 1.38% 20 6.92% Wayne Village 2,286 1,861 81.41% 15 0.66% 2 0.09% 167 7.31% 0 0.00% 11 0.48% 47 2.06% 183 8.01% West Dundee Village 7,686 5,461 71.05% 261 3.40% 9 0.12% 500 6.51% 0 0.00% 26 0.34% 270 3.51% 1,159 15.08% Prestbury CDP 1,657 1,456 87.87% 16 0.97% 1 0.06% 14 0.84% 0 0.00% 1 0.06% 49 2.96% 120 7.24%

2010 census As of the 2010 census, there were 515,269 people, 170,479 households, and 128,323 families residing in the county. The population density was . There were 182,047 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the county was 74.6% white, 5.7% black or African American, 3.5% Asian, 0.6% American Indian, 13.0% from other races, and 2.6% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 30.7% of the population. In terms of ancestry, 24.3% were German, 13.0% were Irish, 7.9% were Polish, 7.4% were Italian, 7.1% were English, and 2.4% were American.

Of the 170,479 households, 42.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.2% were married couples living together, 11.0% had a female householder with no husband present, 24.7% were non-families, and 19.8% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.98 and the average family size was 3.45. The median age was 34.5 years.

The median income for a household in the county was $67,767 and the median income for a family was $77,998. Males had a median income of $53,833 versus $39,206 for females. The per capita income for the county was $29,480. About 7.0% of families and 9.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 13.5% of those under age 18 and 5.7% of those age 65 or over.

Education Aurora University Elgin Community College Judson University Waubonsee Community College

Infrastructure

Health care There are several hospitals serving the county: Advocate Sherman Hospital, Elgin Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital, Geneva Presence Mercy Medical Center, Aurora Presence Saint Joseph Hospital, Elgin Rush-Copley Medical Center, Aurora

Transportation Transit Metra BNSF Line Milwaukee District West Line Union Pacific West Line Pace Pace I-90 Express

Airport Aurora Municipal Airport

Major highways

Kane county has an extensive county highway system that includes federal, state and county maintained routes. During the years that the county was represented by Dennis Hastert it received many federal earmarks for highway improvements to respond to population growth. In addition, the county has entered into an agreement with the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority to operate a limited access toll bridge on the Longmeadow Parkway that is not connected to any other tollway.

Communities Cities Aurora (mostly) Batavia (mostly) Elgin (mostly) Geneva St. Charles (mostly)

Villages

Algonquin (part) Barrington Hills (part) Bartlett (part) Big Rock Burlington Campton Hills Carpentersville East Dundee (mostly) Elburn Gilberts Hampshire Hoffman Estates (part) Huntley (part) Kaneville Lily Lake Maple Park (part) Montgomery (mostly) North Aurora Pingree Grove Sleepy Hollow South Elgin Sugar Grove Virgil Wayne (part) West Dundee

Census-designated place Prestbury

Other unincorporated communities

Allens Corners Almora Bald Mound Bowes Five Island Park Freeman La Fox Mooseheart North Plato Nottingham Woods