Somonauk Township is one of nineteen

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. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,006 and it contained 823 housing units.

Geography

According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Somonauk Township has a total area of , of which (or 99.57%) is land and (or 0.43%) is water.

Cities, towns, villages

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(partial) * Somonauk (partial)

Unincorporated towns

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Cemeteries

* Oak Mound * Oakridge * Van Olindas

Airports and landing strips

* George Airport * Warren Landing Strip

Lakes

* Buck Lake

Demographics

As of the 2020 census there were 2,006 people, 786 households, and 528 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 823 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the township was 90.23%

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, 0.40%

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, 0.70% Native American, 0.25%

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, 0.00%

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, 2.39% from

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, and 6.03% from two or more races.

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of any race were 6.68% of the population. There were 786 households, out of which 28.40% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.51% were married couples living together, 8.65% had a female householder with no spouse present, and 32.82% were non-families. 27.00% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.70% 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 3.21. The township's age distribution consisted of 21.9% under the age of 18, 9.3% from 18 to 24, 20.2% from 25 to 44, 29.5% from 45 to 64, and 19.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43.7 years. For every 100 females, there were 88.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.7 males. The median income for a household in the township was $76,944, and the median income for a family was $87,045. Males had a median income of $48,750 versus $26,830 for females. The

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for the township was $35,866. About 1.1% of families and 5.5% of the population were below the

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, including 2.9% of those under age 18 and 3.8% of those age 65 or over.

School districts

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Somonauk Community Unit School District 432 Somonauk is a village in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. The population was 1,786 at the 2020 Census, down from 1,893 at the 2010 Census. The DeKalb County portion of Somonauk is part of the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin ...

Political districts

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* State House District 70 * State Senate District 35

References

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US Census Bureau 2009 TIGER/Line Shapefiles

US National Atlas

External links

Township Officials of Illinois

DeKalb County Official Site
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