Genoa Township, DeKalb County, Illinois

History

Genoa Township is named after Genoa, New York.

Geography

According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Genoa Township has a total area of 36.14 sqmi, of which 36.05 sqmi (or 99.76%) is land and 0.09 sqmi (or 0.24%) is water.

Cities, towns, villages

• Genoa (east three-quarters)

Unincorporated towns

• New Lebanon at

Cemeteries

• Genoa
• Ney

Airports and landing strips

• Aero Lake Estates Airport
• Ramme Airport
• Richard C Watson Airport

Demographics

As of the 2020 census there were 5,527 people, 2,168 households, and 1,502 families residing in the township. The population density was 152.94 PD/sqmi. There were 2,166 housing units at an average density of 59.94 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the township was 81.76% White, 0.60% African American, 0.45% Native American, 0.63% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 6.12% from other races, and 10.44% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 16.83% of the population.

There were 2,168 households, out of which 29.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.84% were married couples living together, 8.81% had a female householder with no spouse present, and 30.72% were non-families. 26.60% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.50% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.64 and the average family size was 3.24.

The township's age distribution consisted of 15.8% under the age of 18, 15.1% from 18 to 24, 23.3% from 25 to 44, 28.4% from 45 to 64, and 17.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42.3 years. For every 100 females, there were 106.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 109.8 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $67,639, and the median income for a family was $73,889. Males had a median income of $49,391 versus $25,760 for females. The per capita income for the township was $32,914. About 8.5% of families and 8.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 8.5% of those under age 18 and 4.2% of those age 65 or over.

School districts

• Central Community Unit School District 301
• Community Unit School District 300
• Genoa-Kingston Community Unit School District 424

Political districts

• Illinois's 16th congressional district
• State House District 69
• State Senate District 35

References

• US Census Bureau 2009 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
• US National Atlas

References

1. {{GNIS. 429047
2. "Explore Census Data".
3. Gannett, Henry. (1905). "The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States". Govt. Print. Off..
4. "Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau.
5. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov.