Hoffman Estates, Illinois
Listed since 1980 in the NRHP
Cook County Kane County
17-35411
Hoffman Estates is a village in Cook and to a lesser extent in Kane County in the northeast of the U.S. State of Illinois and part of the Chicago metropolitan area. In 2000, Hoffman Estates had 49,495 inhabitants; to the census in 2010, the population increased to 51 895.
Geography
Hoffman Estates is located at 42 ° 3'47 " north latitude and 88 ° 7'9 " west longitude and extending over 51.54 km ², spread over 51.02 km ² land and 0.52 km ² water surface.
Hoffman Estates is located approximately 50 kilometers northeast of downtown Chicago.
Immediately adjacent to Hoffman Estates Schaumburg municipalities in the south, in the west of Elgin, South Barrington in the northwest, Barrington and Inverness in the north, the northeast and Palatine Mount Prospect in the East.
The O'Hare International Airport, the largest airport of Chicago, located 27.4 km south east of Hoffman Estates.
The western shore of Lake Michigan is located approximately 50 km east of Hoffman Estates.
North of the center of Hoffman Estates runs in an east-west direction of the toll Interstate 90, which further develops the shortest route from Chicago to Rockford and from there to the west. Further south of the Interstate crossing the Illinois State Routes 58 and 72
History
After the completion of the highway in 1958 Hoffman Estates was founded a year later than typical satellite town for commuters to the nearby metropolis of Chicago. At the beginning of the 1960s expanded the municipal area to the north of the highway beyond.
An attempt to rename the place in East Barrington, failed at the beginning of the 1980s, the vote of the residents.
In the 1990s the industrial estate Prairie Stone Business Park was opened. The development quickened as the Sears moved its headquarters from the former Sears Tower in Chicago to Hoffman Estates. In the following years, other companies were added.
In addition to a number of companies also a location of Northern Illinois University was founded. In 2005, the Sears Centre a modern arena for different sports has been opened.
Economy
In Hoffman Estates are the corporate headquarters of Sears Holdings Corporation, the regional organization of AT & T for the Midwest and the U.S. subsidiary of the Japanese machine tool manufacturer Mori Seiki.
Sports
In the Sears Centre, a more than 10,000 -seat sports hall, carry the Indoor Football League team Chicago Slaughter and the Legends Football League team Chicago Bliss of their home games. In the season 2011/ 12, the sports venue also served as the venue for home games of the Hockey Teams Chicago Express of the ECHL.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Hoffman Estates 51 895 people in 17,971 households. The population density was 1,017.5 inhabitants per square kilometer.
The racial the population was composed of 64.1 percent white, 4.8 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 22.7 percent of Asians and other ethnic groups; 2.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 14.1 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
In the 17,971 households lived statistically 2.83 per person.
25.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 65.6 percent were between 18 and 64, and 9.4 percent were 65 years or older. 50.7 percent of the population was female.
The median income for a household was $ 75,506. The per capita income was $ 32,454. 6.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.