Elgin was the eighth-biggest city in Illinois in 2000, and it was still No. 8 as of last April 1, according to the 2010 official census.
Although statewide totals had been announced in December, it wasn’t until Tuesday that the U.S. Census Bureau finally revealed the total populations, racial makeups and Hispanic populations for Illinois’ cities, villages and counties.
Elgin ended up with 108,188 people, an increase of 13,700 (about 14.5 percent) from 2000.
Aurora vaulted over Rockford to become the second-biggest city in Illinois, with a whopping 197,899 people. It grew by 54,909, or 38 percent, in just 10 years. Expanding by just 1.8 percent, Rockford — with a new population of 152,871 — had been almost 8,000 bigger than Aurora in 2000. Now it’s 45,000 smaller.
Cook County, of course, remained by far the largest county and Chicago by far the biggest city. But both have been shrinking. Cook County lost 182,00 people (3.4 percent) over the 10 years. That entire loss and then some came from the big city, as Chicago lost 200,400 (6.9 percent) to a new total of 2,695,598.
Kane County retains the No. 5 ranking among counties it had in 2000, having grown from 404,119 to 515,269, or 27.5 percent.
McHenry County passed up Rockford-area Winnebago County to become No. 6 among counties, with 308,760 people, up 18.7 percent. No. 2 is DuPage County with 916,924, followed by No. 3 Lake County with 703,462 and No. 4 Will County with 677,560.
Pingree Grove proved to be one of the fastest-growing municipalities in Illinois, zooming from a mere 124 people a decade ago to 4,532 — a growth rate of 3,555 percent.
It was almost rivaled by Gilberts, which exploded from 1,279 people to 6,879, or 438 percent.
Huntley more than quadrupled, from 5,730 to 24,291.
Hampshire approximately doubled, from 2,900 to 5,563.
Even as Carpentersville and West Dundee boomed, neighboring East Dundee and Sleepy Hollow actually lost population. Sleepy Hollow dropped 7 percent to 3,304. East Dundee lost 3 percent for a new figure of 2,860.
Some other new populations, with their change from 2000:
Burlington — 618, up 36.7 percent.
Carpentersville — 37,691, up 23 percent.
South Elgin — 21,985, up 37 percent.
West Dundee — 7,331, up 35 percent.
Although statewide totals had been announced in December, it wasn’t until Tuesday that the U.S. Census Bureau finally revealed the total populations, racial makeups and Hispanic populations for Illinois’ cities, villages and counties.
Elgin ended up with 108,188 people, an increase of 13,700 (about 14.5 percent) from 2000.
Aurora vaulted over Rockford to become the second-biggest city in Illinois, with a whopping 197,899 people. It grew by 54,909, or 38 percent, in just 10 years. Expanding by just 1.8 percent, Rockford — with a new population of 152,871 — had been almost 8,000 bigger than Aurora in 2000. Now it’s 45,000 smaller.
Cook County, of course, remained by far the largest county and Chicago by far the biggest city. But both have been shrinking. Cook County lost 182,00 people (3.4 percent) over the 10 years. That entire loss and then some came from the big city, as Chicago lost 200,400 (6.9 percent) to a new total of 2,695,598.
Kane County retains the No. 5 ranking among counties it had in 2000, having grown from 404,119 to 515,269, or 27.5 percent.
McHenry County passed up Rockford-area Winnebago County to become No. 6 among counties, with 308,760 people, up 18.7 percent. No. 2 is DuPage County with 916,924, followed by No. 3 Lake County with 703,462 and No. 4 Will County with 677,560.
Pingree Grove proved to be one of the fastest-growing municipalities in Illinois, zooming from a mere 124 people a decade ago to 4,532 — a growth rate of 3,555 percent.
It was almost rivaled by Gilberts, which exploded from 1,279 people to 6,879, or 438 percent.
Huntley more than quadrupled, from 5,730 to 24,291.
Hampshire approximately doubled, from 2,900 to 5,563.
Even as Carpentersville and West Dundee boomed, neighboring East Dundee and Sleepy Hollow actually lost population. Sleepy Hollow dropped 7 percent to 3,304. East Dundee lost 3 percent for a new figure of 2,860.
Some other new populations, with their change from 2000:
Burlington — 618, up 36.7 percent.
Carpentersville — 37,691, up 23 percent.
South Elgin — 21,985, up 37 percent.
West Dundee — 7,331, up 35 percent.
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