DeKalb County, Illinois

DeKalb County is a located in the  of. As of 2000, the population was 88,969. Its is.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,645 (635 ). 1,642 km² (634 sq mi) of it is land and 2 km² (1 sq mi) of it (0.13%) is water.

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History
DeKalb County was formed in out of. The County was named in honor of a German (n) hero of the American. Kalb was with Gen. at. He was killed at the.

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 88,969 people, 31,674 households, and 19,954 families residing in the county. The was 54/km² (140/sq mi). There were 32,988 housing units at an average density of 20/km² (52/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 88.46%, 4.59% or , 0.22% , 2.35% , 0.07% , 2.74% from , and 1.57% from two or more races. 6.55% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 31,674 households out of which 32.50% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.90% were living together, 8.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.00% were non-families. 25.50% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.56 and the average family size was 3.11.

In the county the population was spread out with 23.10% under the age of 18, 22.00% from 18 to 24, 27.60% from 25 to 44, 17.40% from 45 to 64, and 9.80% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 28 years. For every 100 females there were 98.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.50 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $45,828, and the median income for a family was $58,194. Males had a median income of $41,111 versus $26,690 for females. The for the county was $19,462. About 5.10% of families and 11.40% of the population were below the, including 7.10% of those under age 18 and 4.50% of those age 65 or over.

Townships

 * Afton Township
 * Clinton Township
 * Cortland Township
 * DeKalb Township
 * Franklin Township
 * Genoa Township
 * Kingston Township
 * Malta Township
 * Mayfield Township
 * Milan Township
 * Paw Paw Township
 * Pierce Township
 * Sandwich Township
 * Shabbona Township
 * Somonauk Township
 * South Grove Township
 * Squaw Grove Township
 * Sycamore Township
 * Victor Township

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Pronunciation
Area residents pronounce the county name, as well as the name of city of as "dee-KALB" (dĭ-kālb') (]/di:'kaelb/) (the L sound is present), not as "dee-KABB"  (dĭ-kāb') ( /di:'kaeb/) or "dee-KAHB" (dĭ-kŏhb') ( /di:'ka:b/) with the L silent, which are common pronunciations for similarly spelled locations, mostly located in the southern US, such as in.