DeKalb County

Also known as DeKalb County, Illinois, De Kalb County, De Kalb County, Illinois, DeKalb County, IL

county in Illinois, United States

Key facts

Country: United States
State: Illinois
Founded: March 4, 1837
Named after: Johann de Kalb
Seat: Sycamore
Largest city: DeKalb
Total: 635 sq mi (1,640 km )
Land: 631 sq mi (1,630 km )
Water: 3.4 sq mi (8.8 km ) 0.5%
Estimate 2025: 101,835
Density: 159/sq mi (61.4/km )
Time zone: UTC−6 ( Central )
Summer dst: UTC−5 ( CDT )
Congressional districts: 11th , 14th , 16th
Website: www .dekalbcounty .org

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Wikidata facts

Named after: Johann de Kalb
Country: United States
Located in: Illinois
Capital: Sycamore
Population: 100420
Area: 1645
Shares border with: Ogle County
Official website: dekalbcounty.org
Image: Sycamore Dek cty gov leg center.jpg
Households: 38616

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Commons category: DeKalb County, Illinois
topic's main category: Category:DeKalb County, Illinois
inception: 1837-03-04
category of associated people: Category:People from DeKalb County, Illinois
different from: DeKalb County
water as percent of area: 0.5
native label: DeKalb County
per capita income: 29780

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Encyclopedic overview

DeKalb County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 100,420. Its county seat is Sycamore. DeKalb County is part of the Chicago–Naperville–Elgin, IL–IN–WI Metropolitan Statistical Area.

History

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “DeKalb County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.