Kane County is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 515,269, 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 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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History
Kane County was formed out of LaSalle County in 1836. The county was named in honor of Elias Kane, United States Senator from Illinois, and the first Secretary of State of Illinois.
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Geography
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. 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 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.
Adjacent counties
- McHenry County (north)
- Cook County (east)
- DuPage County (east)
- Will County (southeast)
- Kendall County (south)
- DeKalb County (west)
Forest preserves
Kane County has an extensive forest preserve program, with numerous nature preserves, historic sites, and trails.
Demographics
As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 515,269 people, 170,479 households, and 128,323 families residing in the county. 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). 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
- Delnor Hospital, Geneva
- Presence Mercy Medical Center, Aurora
- Presence Saint Joseph Hospital, Elgin
- Rush-Copley Medical Center, Aurora
Transportation
- Metra
- Pace
Airport
- Aurora Municipal Airport
Major highways
- Interstate 88
- Interstate 90
- U.S. Highway 20
- U.S. Highway 30
- U.S. Highway 34
- Illinois Route 19
- Illinois Route 25
- Illinois Route 31
- Illinois Route 38
- Illinois Route 47
- Illinois Route 56
- Illinois Route 58
- Illinois Route 62
- Illinois Route 64
- Illinois Route 68
- Illinois Route 72
- Illinois Route 110
Communities
Cities
- Aurora (mostly)
- Batavia (mostly)
- Elgin (mostly)
- Geneva
- St. Charles (mostly)
- Yorkville (part)
Villages
Census-designated place
- Prestbury
Other unincorporated communities
Townships
Politics
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 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, Illinois-bred 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.
Taxes
In May 2017, the Kane County Reporter reported that Kane County taxpayers would see a total of $223 million in state income tax increases if a tax bill passed by the Democrat-controlled Illinois State Senate became law. Kane County communities that would see the largest collective tax increases include West St. Charles ($19.4 million), Geneva ($17.6 million), Central St. Charles ($16.5 million), Batavia ($13.6 million) and Algonquin ($13.5 million).
See also
- Dundee Township Park District
- Fabyan Windmill
- Fermilab
- Fox River
- Golden Corridor
- Great Western Trail
- Illinois Prairie Path
- Illinois Technology and Research Corridor
- Kane-DuPage Regional Museum Association
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Kane County, Illinois
- Tri-Cities, Illinois
References
- General
- Forstall, Richard L. (editor) (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. CS1 maint: Extra text: authors list (link)
External links
- Kane County official government website
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