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Batavia, Illinois



 
 
Batavia is a city in DuPage
DuPage County, Illinois

DuPage County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. Its county seat is the city of Wheaton, Illinois. This county is part of the Chicago metropolitan area....
 and Kane
Kane County, Illinois

Kane County is located in the U.S. state of Illinois. In 2000, the population of the county was 404,119. In 2007, its population was estimated at 501,021....
 Counties in the U.S. state
U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 state of the United States that share sovereignty with the federal government of the United States . Because of this shared sovereignty, an United States is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of Domicile ....
 of Illinois
Illinois

The State of Illinois is a U.S. state of the United States, the 21st to be admitted to the United States. Illinois is the most populous and demographically diverse Midwestern United States state and the fifth most populous state in the nation....
. The population was 23,866 at the 2000 census. Fermilab
Fermilab

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory , located in Batavia, Illinois near Chicago, Illinois, is a U.S. United States Department of Energy United States Department of Energy National Labs specializing in high-energy particle physics....
 is located in Batavia. A 2002 special census put the city's population at 25,246. Batavia is part of a Tri-Cities area, along with St. Charles
St. Charles, Illinois

St. Charles is an affluent city in Kane County, Illinois and DuPage County, Illinois counties of Illinois, United States, and is roughly west of Chicago, Illinois on Illinois Route 64....
 and Geneva
Geneva, Illinois

Geneva is a suburb of Chicago located in extreme eastern Kane County, Illinois. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 19,515....
.

via is located at 41°50'48" North
Latitude

Latitude, usually denoted symbolically by the Greek letter phi gives the location of a place on Earth north or south of the equator. Lines of Latitude are the horizontal lines shown running east-to-west on maps ....
, 88°18'30" West
Longitude

Longitude , symbolized by the Greek character lambda , is the geographic coordinate most commonly used in cartography and global navigation for east-west measurement....
 (41.846562, -88.308441).

According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau

The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data....
, the city has a total area of 9.2 square miles (23.8 kmē), of which, 9.1 square miles (23.4 kmē) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.4 kmē) of it (1.52%) is water.

f the census
Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population....
 of 2000, there were 23,866 people, 8,494 households, and 6,268 families residing in the city.






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Batavia is a city in DuPage
DuPage County, Illinois

DuPage County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. Its county seat is the city of Wheaton, Illinois. This county is part of the Chicago metropolitan area....
 and Kane
Kane County, Illinois

Kane County is located in the U.S. state of Illinois. In 2000, the population of the county was 404,119. In 2007, its population was estimated at 501,021....
 Counties in the U.S. state
U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 state of the United States that share sovereignty with the federal government of the United States . Because of this shared sovereignty, an United States is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of Domicile ....
 of Illinois
Illinois

The State of Illinois is a U.S. state of the United States, the 21st to be admitted to the United States. Illinois is the most populous and demographically diverse Midwestern United States state and the fifth most populous state in the nation....
. The population was 23,866 at the 2000 census. Fermilab
Fermilab

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory , located in Batavia, Illinois near Chicago, Illinois, is a U.S. United States Department of Energy United States Department of Energy National Labs specializing in high-energy particle physics....
 is located in Batavia. A 2002 special census put the city's population at 25,246. Batavia is part of a Tri-Cities area, along with St. Charles
St. Charles, Illinois

St. Charles is an affluent city in Kane County, Illinois and DuPage County, Illinois counties of Illinois, United States, and is roughly west of Chicago, Illinois on Illinois Route 64....
 and Geneva
Geneva, Illinois

Geneva is a suburb of Chicago located in extreme eastern Kane County, Illinois. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 19,515....
.

Geography

Batavia is located at 41°50'48" North
Latitude

Latitude, usually denoted symbolically by the Greek letter phi gives the location of a place on Earth north or south of the equator. Lines of Latitude are the horizontal lines shown running east-to-west on maps ....
, 88°18'30" West
Longitude

Longitude , symbolized by the Greek character lambda , is the geographic coordinate most commonly used in cartography and global navigation for east-west measurement....
 (41.846562, -88.308441).

According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau

The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data....
, the city has a total area of 9.2 square miles (23.8 kmē), of which, 9.1 square miles (23.4 kmē) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.4 kmē) of it (1.52%) is water.

Demographics

As of the census
Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population....
 of 2000, there were 23,866 people, 8,494 households, and 6,268 families residing in the city. The population density
Population density

Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans....
 was 2,638.4 people per square mile (1,018.2/kmē). There were 8,806 housing units at an average density of 973.5/sq mi (375.7/kmē). The racial makeup of the city was 93.21% White, 2.42% Black or African American
Race (United States Census)

Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the United States Census Bureau and the Federal Office of Management and Budget , are Self-concept data items in which residents choose the Race in the United States or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are of Hispanic or Latino origin ....
, 0.11% Native American, 1.35% Asian, none Pacific Islander, 1.53% from other races
Race (United States Census)

Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the United States Census Bureau and the Federal Office of Management and Budget , are Self-concept data items in which residents choose the Race in the United States or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are of Hispanic or Latino origin ....
, and 1.39% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.27% of the population.

There were 8,494 households out of which 41.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.0% were married couples
Marriage

Marriage is a social, spirituality, or law union of individuals. This union may also be called matrimony, while the ceremony that marks its beginning is usually called a wedding and the married status created is sometimes called wedlock....
 living together, 7.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.2% were non-families. 22.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.75 and the average family size was 3.27.

In the city the population was spread out with 31.3% under the age of 18, 6.0% from 18 to 24, 30.6% from 25 to 44, 22.2% from 45 to 64, and 9.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 94.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.4 males.

According to a 2007 estimate, the median income for a household in the city was $92,772, and the median income for a family was $102,818. Males had a median income of $55,913 versus $35,083 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income

Per capita income means how much each individual receives, in monetary terms, of the yearly income generated in the country. This is what each citizen is to receive if the yearly national income is divided equally among everyone....
 for the city was $27,783. About 2.5% of families and 3.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.1% of those under age 18 and 5.6% of those age 65 or over.

Batavia is the hometown of singer and Las Vegas headliner Nicholas Brooks. Singer-songwriter Jackie DeShannon
Jackie DeShannon

Jackie DeShannon , is an United States singer-songwriter with a string of hit record song credits from the 1960s onwards. She was one of the first female singer-songwriters of the Rock and Roll period....
 attended Batavia High School.

Schools

Batavia is served by . The district currently consists of six K-5 elementary schools, one 6-8 middle school, and Batavia High School.

Library

Batavia is served by , which was founded in 1882 as a township library. It converted to a district library in June 1975. The Library serves most of Batavia Township (Kane County) and portions of Winfield Township (DuPage County), Geneva Township (Kane County), and Blackberry Township (Kane County). Its current facility opened in January 2002.

See also

  • List of places named Batavia
    List of places named Batavia

    This is a list of places named Batavia, which includes geographic name features such as populated places, geographical features, and civil features....


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