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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,[2] making it the fifth-most populous county in Illinois. Its county seat is Geneva,[3] 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.

Kane County
County
The Fabyan Windmill in Geneva is on the National Register of Historic Places in Kane County, Illinois.
The Fabyan Windmill in Geneva is on the National Register of Historic Places in Kane County, Illinois.
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Official seal of Kane County
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Map of Illinois highlighting Kane County
Location within the U.S. state of Illinois
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Coordinates: 41°57′N 88°26′W / 41.95°N 88.43°W / 41.95; -88.43
Country United States
State Illinois
FoundedJanuary 16, 1836
Named forElias Kane
SeatGeneva
Largest cityAurora
Area
 • Total
524 sq mi (1,360 km2)
 • Land520 sq mi (1,300 km2)
 • Water4.1 sq mi (11 km2)  0.8%
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
516,522
 • Estimate 
(2023)
514,982 Decrease
 • Density990/sq mi (380/km2)
Time zoneUTC−6 (Central)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional districts8th, 11th, 14th
Websitecountyofkane.org
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History

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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.[4]

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    Kane County from the time of its creation to 1837, when DeKalb County was split off
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    Kane County between 1837 and 1841
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    Kane County in 1841, reduced to its present size

Geography

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According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county's area was 524 square miles (1,360 km2), of which 520 square miles (1,300 km2) is land and 4.1 square miles (11 km2) (0.8%) is water.[5] Its largest cities are along the Fox River.

Climate

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Geneva, Illinois
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In recent years, average temperatures in the county seat of Geneva have ranged from a low of 10 °F (−12 °C) in January to a high of 84 °F (29 °C) in July, although a record low of −26 °F (−32 °C) was recorded in January 1985 and a record high of 111 °F (44 °C) was recorded in July 1936. The average monthly precipitation ranged from 1.52 inches (39 mm) in February to 4.39 inches (112 mm) in July.[6]

Adjacent counties

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Parks and recreation

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Forest preserves

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Kane County has an extensive forest preserve program, with numerous nature preserves, historic sites, and trails.[7]

Demographics

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Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
18406,501—
185016,703156.9%
186030,06280.0%
187039,09130.0%
188044,93915.0%
189065,06144.8%
190078,79221.1%
191091,86216.6%
192099,4998.3%
1930125,32726.0%
1940130,2063.9%
1950150,38815.5%
1960208,24638.5%
1970251,00520.5%
1980278,40510.9%
1990317,47114.0%
2000404,11927.3%
2010515,26927.5%
2020516,5220.2%
2023 (est.)514,982[8]−0.3%
U.S. Decennial Census[9]
1790–1960[10] 1900–1990[11]
1990–2000[12] 2010–2019[2]
 
2000 census age pyramid for Kane County
Kane County, Illinois – Racial and ethnic composition
Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.
Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) Pop 2000[13] Pop 2010[14] Pop 2020[15] % 2000 % 2010 % 2020
White alone (NH) 273,390 304,051 282,307 67.65% 59.01% 54.66%
Black or African American alone (NH) 22,477 27,819 26,239 5.56% 5.40% 5.08%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) 536 591 514 0.13% 0.11% 0.10%
Asian alone (NH) 7,142 17,505 21,191 1.77% 3.40% 4.10%
Pacific Islander alone (NH) 57 130 115 0.01% 0.03% 0.02%
Other race alone (NH) 338 522 1,521 0.08% 0.10% 0.29%
Mixed race or Multiracial (NH) 4,255 6,261 15,040 1.05% 1.22% 2.91%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 95,924 158,390 169,595 23.74% 30.74% 32.83%
Total 404,119 515,269 516,522 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%

As of the 2010 census, there were 515,269 people, 170,479 households, and 128,323 families residing in the county.[16] The population density was 990.8 inhabitants per square mile (382.6/km2). There were 182,047 housing units at an average density of 350.1 per square mile (135.2/km2).[5] 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.[16]

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.[17]

Education

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Infrastructure

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Health care

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There are several hospitals serving the county:

Transportation

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Transit

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Airport

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Major highways

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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

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Cities

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Villages

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Census-designated place

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Other unincorporated communities

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Townships

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Government

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Kane County Board

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Kane County services are overseen by a 24 member Board which is elected every two years. The Board's chair is elected every four years. The Board sets the County's budget. Corrine Michelle Pierog is the current County Board Chair. There are currently 16 Democrats and 8 Republicans on the Board.

In addition to the Board chair, there are nine county officeholders elected countywide every four years. These positions are the Auditor, Circuit Clerk, County Clerk, Coroner, Recorder, Regional Office of Education Superintendent, Sheriff, State's Attorney, and Treasurer.

Current elected officials

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Kane County Board Members, 2022-2024[18]
Party District Board Member City/town
Chair Corinne Pierog Batavia
1 Myrna Molina Aurora
2 Dale Berman North Aurora
3 Anita Lewis Aurora
4 Mavis Bates Aurora
5 Bill Lenert Sugar Grove
6 Ron Ford Aurora
7 Monica Silva Aurora
8 Michelle Gumz Aurora
9 Gary Daughtery Gilberts
10 Bill Tarver Batavia
11 Leslie Juby Geneva
12 Bill Roth St. Charles
13 Michael Linder St. Charles
14 Mark Davoust St. Charles
15 David Young Elgin
16 Michael Kenyon South Elgin
17 Deborah Allan Elgin
18 Rick Williams Geneva
19 Mohammad "Mo" Iqbal Elgin
20 Cherryl Fritz Strathmann Elgin
21 Clifford Surges Gilberts
22 Verner (Vern) Tepe Elgin
23 Chris Kious Algonquin
24 Jarett Sanchez Carpentersville
Countywide Officeholders, 2022-2024[19][20]
Party Office Name Party Serving Until
Kane County Clerk John "Jack" A. Cunningham Republican 2026
Sheriff Ron Hain Democratic 2026
Treasurer Chris Lauzen Republican 2026
Board Chair Corinne M. Pierog Democratic 2024
Circuit Clerk Theresa Barreiro Democratic 2024
Auditor Penny Wegman Democratic 2024
Coroner L. Robert Russell Republican 2024
Recorder Sandy Wegman Republican 2024
State's Attorney Jamie Mosser Democratic 2024

16th Circuit

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Kane County is coterminous with the 16th Judicial Circuit. The 16th Judicial Circuit is divided into four subcircuits. The first subcircuit consists of the majority of Aurora Township. The second subcircuit consists of most of Elgin and Dundee townships. The fourth subcircuit consists the tri-cities area of Batavia, Geneva, and Saint Charles. The third subcircuit consists of all territory not included in the other three subcircuits, which corresponds to an area of roughly the western two thirds of the county.[21]

Politics

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As one of the Yankee-settled and prosperous suburban "collar counties", Kane County was a stronghold of the Free Soil Party in its first few elections, being one of nine Illinois counties to give a plurality to Martin van Buren in 1848. Kane County then unsurprisingly became solidly Republican for the century and a half following that party's formation. It voted for the GOP presidential nominee in every election between 1856 and 2004 except that of 1912 when the Republican Party was mortally divided and Progressive candidate Theodore Roosevelt carried the county with a majority of the vote over conservative incumbent William Howard Taft.

The gradual shift of the GOP towards white Southern Evangelicals, however, has led the generally moderate electorate of Kane and the other "collar counties" to trend towards the Democratic Party. In 2008, Senator Barack Obama became the first Democrat to carry Kane County since Franklin Pierce in 1852, and the first ever to win an absolute majority of the county's vote (the previous two Democratic winners, Pierce and James K. Polk in 1844 had both gained only pluralities due to strong Free Soil votes). Obama won a plurality in 2012, and Hillary Clinton improved upon Obama's showing to become the second Democrat to win a majority in 2016. In 2020, Joe Biden had the best performance ever by a Democrat in the county, even besting Obama's 2008 victory.

Kane County is represented in the United States House of Representatives by Democrats Bill Foster (11th District), Raja Krishnamoorthi (8th District), and Lauren Underwood (14th District).[22]

United States presidential election results for Kane County, Illinois[23]
Year Republican Democratic Third party(ies)
No.  % No.  % No.  %
2020 96,775 41.74% 130,166 56.14% 4,935 2.13%
2016 82,734 41.43% 103,665 51.91% 13,288 6.65%
2012 88,335 48.61% 90,332 49.71% 3,058 1.68%
2008 83,963 43.42% 106,756 55.21% 2,644 1.37%
2004 92,065 55.03% 73,813 44.12% 1,419 0.85%
2000 76,996 54.45% 60,127 42.52% 4,282 3.03%
1996 54,375 47.41% 47,902 41.77% 12,416 10.83%
1992 55,684 43.52% 44,568 34.84% 27,686 21.64%
1988 66,283 64.10% 36,366 35.17% 763 0.74%
1984 72,655 69.09% 31,875 30.31% 629 0.60%
1980 64,106 61.77% 29,015 27.96% 10,663 10.27%
1976 59,275 62.15% 34,057 35.71% 2,042 2.14%
1972 64,546 69.87% 27,525 29.80% 306 0.33%
1968 54,144 61.94% 26,609 30.44% 6,667 7.63%
1964 46,391 53.27% 40,703 46.73% 0 0.00%
1960 55,389 63.84% 31,279 36.05% 93 0.11%
1956 56,009 72.82% 20,848 27.10% 59 0.08%
1952 50,801 67.78% 24,058 32.10% 96 0.13%
1948 39,284 64.41% 21,176 34.72% 532 0.87%
1944 38,689 62.16% 23,362 37.54% 185 0.30%
1940 41,949 61.77% 25,676 37.81% 289 0.43%
1936 33,491 52.55% 28,187 44.23% 2,051 3.22%
1932 32,934 56.15% 24,638 42.00% 1,084 1.85%
1928 38,236 69.94% 16,184 29.60% 253 0.46%
1924 32,717 76.34% 3,517 8.21% 6,624 15.46%
1920 26,832 82.82% 4,323 13.34% 1,243 3.84%
1916 23,868 67.71% 9,875 28.01% 1,506 4.27%
1912 2,415 12.67% 4,394 23.05% 12,257 64.29%
1908 12,840 70.29% 4,316 23.63% 1,111 6.08%
1904 12,638 75.64% 2,799 16.75% 1,271 7.61%
1900 12,031 67.55% 5,259 29.53% 521 2.93%
1896 12,133 69.94% 4,852 27.97% 362 2.09%
1892 7,977 53.80% 5,778 38.97% 1,072 7.23%

See also

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Notable people

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References

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  1. ^ "Kane County". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ a b "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
  3. ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
  4. ^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 172. Retrieved October 18, 2015.
  5. ^ a b "Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 – County". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
  6. ^ a b "Monthly Averages for Geneva, Illinois". The Weather Channel. Archived from the original on October 23, 2012. Retrieved January 27, 2011.
  7. ^ "Forest Preserves". Forest Preserve District of Kane County. Archived from the original on December 15, 2018. Retrieved December 13, 2018.
  8. ^ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved April 2, 2024.
  9. ^ "U.S. Decennial Census". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved April 16, 2015.
  10. ^ "Historical Census Browser". University of Virginia Library. Archived from the original on August 11, 2012. Retrieved July 6, 2014.
  11. ^ "Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on April 24, 2014. Retrieved July 6, 2014.
  12. ^ "Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 18, 2014. Retrieved July 6, 2014.
  13. ^ "P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Kane County, Illinois". United States Census Bureau.
  14. ^ "P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Kane County, Illinois". United States Census Bureau.
  15. ^ "P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Kane County, Illinois". United States Census Bureau.
  16. ^ a b "DP-1 Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
  17. ^ "DP03 SELECTED ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS – 2006–2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
  18. ^ "Pages - Board Members". www.countyofkane.org. Retrieved December 3, 2023.
  19. ^ "2020 General Election Contest Results - Kane County Elections". electionresults.kanecountyil.gov. Retrieved December 3, 2023.
  20. ^ "2022 General Election Contest Results - Kane County Elections". electionresults.kanecountyil.gov. Retrieved December 3, 2023.
  21. ^ Kane County Clerk (April 22, 2022). "Judicial Subcircuts Created by P.A. 97-0585". Retrieved April 22, 2022.
  22. ^ "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. July 12, 2022. Retrieved December 3, 2023.
  23. ^ Leip, David. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Archived from the original on March 23, 2018. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
General
  • Forstall, Richard L., ed. (1996). Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790 to 1990: From the Twenty-One Decennial Censuses. United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Population Division. ISBN 0-934213-48-8.
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