DeKalb County (Illinois)

DeKalb County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. In 2010, the County had 105 160 inhabitants and a population density of 64 inhabitants per square kilometer. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Sycamore.

DeKalb County is part of the Chicago metropolitan area.

Geography

The County is located in the western suburbs of Chicago in northern Illinois. It has an area of 1645 square kilometers, of which two square kilometers of water surfaces. At the DeKalb County borders the following Nachbarcountys:

History

The area of present-day DeKalb County was formerly inhabited by the tribe of the Kishwaukee. An area with huge trees, fertile soil and abundant wildlife. After the beginning of colonization, mainly by settlers from Kentucky and wounded and deserters from the troops of General Winfield Scott in search of Black Hawk in 1832, was formed on March 4, 1837 DeKalb County from the Kane County. It was named after Johann de Kalb, a German - American general during the American Revolution. Due to the massacre of Black Hawk, the stories came in the press and others heard in this way from the fertile ground on which the settlement made ​​rapid progress.

Demographic data

According to the census in 2010 lived in DeKalb County 105 160 people in 37 825 households. The population density was 64 people per square kilometer. In the 37 825 households lived statistically 2.52 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 88.3 percent white, 6.8 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 2.7 percent Asian, 0.1 percent Polynesians as well as other ethnic groups; 1.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 10.5 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

21.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 68.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 10.1 percent were 65 years or older. 50.2 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was $ 54,002. The per capita income was $ 24,179. 14.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Villages in DeKalb County

Citys

  • DeKalb
  • Genoa
  • Sandwich3
  • Sycamore

Towns

  • Cortland

Villages

  • Hinckley
  • Kingston
  • Kirkland
  • Lee1
  • Malta
  • Maple Park2
  • Shabbona
  • Somonauk4
  • Waterman

Unincorporated communities

  • Afton Center
  • Charter Grove
  • Clare
  • Colvin Park
  • East Paw pAW1
  • Elva
  • Esmond
  • Fairdale
  • Five Points
  • Franks
  • McGirr
  • Roller blind
  • Shabbona Grove
  • Wilkinson

1 - partly in Lee County 2 - mostly in Kane County 3 - partly in Kendall and LaSalle County 4 - partly in LaSalle County

Structure

DeKalb County is divided into 19 townships:

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