Kane County, Illinois

Kane County is a located in the  of. As of 2000, the population was 404,119. As of 2005, the population is estimated at 482,113. Its is, and its largest city is. There are 3 major urban areas in the county, the Elgin Area, the Tri Cities (St. Charles, Geneva, and Batavia), and the Aurora Area.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,357 (524 ). 1,348 km² (520 sq mi) of it is land and 9 km² (4 sq mi) of it (0.69%) is water. Its largest cities are situated along the.

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History
Kane County was formed out of in. The County was named in honor of, from Illinois, and the first Secretary of State of Illinois.

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 404,119 people, 133,901 households, and 101,496 families residing in the county. The was 300/km² (776/sq mi). There were 138,998 housing units at an average density of 103/km² (267/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 79.27%, 5.76% or , 0.31% , 1.81% , 0.04% , 10.61% from , and 2.21% from two or more races. 23.74% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 133,901 households out of which 41.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.20% were living together, 10.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.20% were non-families. 19.60% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.70% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.97 and the average family size was 3.43.

In the county the population was spread out with 30.30% under the age of 18, 9.10% from 18 to 24, 31.90% from 25 to 44, 20.40% from 45 to 64, and 8.40% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 101.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.80 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $59,351, and the median income for a family was $66,558. Males had a median income of $45,787 versus $30,013 for females. The for the county was $24,315. About 4.90% of families and 6.70% of the population were below the, including 8.80% of those under age 18 and 5.00% of those age 65 or over.

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