Schaumburg Township is one of 29

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. As of the 2020 census, its population was 134,809. It is in the north west corner of Cook County.

Geography

According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Schaumburg Township has a total area of , of which (or 99.31%) is land and (or 0.69%) is water.

Cities, towns, villages

Elk Grove Village Elk Grove Village is a village in Cook and DuPage counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. Per the 2020 census, the population was 32,812. Located northwest of Chicago along the Golden Corridor, the Village of Elk Grove Village was incorpor ...

(small portion) * Hanover Park (half) *

Hoffman Estates Hoffman Estates is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. It is a suburb of Chicago. Per the 2020 census, the population was 52,530. The village previously served as the headquarters for Sears and is one of the American headquarter ...

(half) *

Rolling Meadows Rolling Meadows is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States. It is a suburb of Chicago. Per the 2020 census, the population was 24,200. History In 1836, Orrin Ford became the first landowner in the area that is now Rolling Meadows, stak ...

(south edge) * Roselle (upper third) *

Schaumburg Schaumburg is a district (''Landkreis'') of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (clockwise from the north) the districts of Nienburg, Hanover and Hameln-Pyrmont, and the state of North Rhine-Westphalia (districts of Lippe and Minden-Lübb ...

(mostly) * Streamwood

Adjacent townships

* Palatine Township (north) * Elk Grove Township (east) * Addison Township, DuPage County (southeast) * Bloomingdale Township, DuPage County (south) * Wayne Township, DuPage County (southwest) * Hanover Township (west) * Barrington Township (northwest)

Cemeteries

The township contains Greve Cemetery.

Major highways

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* Interstate 290 * US 20

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Illinois Route 19 Illinois Route 19 (abbreviated IL-19, or simply Illinois 19) is a major east–west arterial state highway in northeastern Illinois, United States. It runs from Illinois Route 25 (Liberty St.) in Elgin, to Lake Shore Drive (U.S. Route 41) on ...

Illinois Route 53 Illinois Route 53 (IL 53) is an arterial north–south state highway in northeast Illinois. IL 53 runs from Main Street west of historic U.S. Route 66 (US 66) in Gardner to IL 83 in Long Grove, a distance of . It mainly c ...

Illinois Route 58 Illinois Route 58 (IL 58, Illinois 58), also known as Golf Road for most of its route, is a state highway in northeast Illinois. It runs from Illinois Route 25 (Liberty Street) in Elgin east to U.S. Route 41 (Skokie Boulevard) in Skokie. This ...

Illinois Route 72 Illinois Route 72 is an east–west state highway in northern Illinois. It runs from the intersection with Illinois Route 73 north of Lanark east to Illinois Route 43 (Harlem Avenue) in Chicago. This is a distance of . Route description ...

Airports and landing strips

* Marriott Heliport * Schaumburg Helistop * Schaumburg Regional Airport

Lakes

* George Lake * Merkle Lake * Moon Lake * Unity Lake * Volkening Lake

Landmarks

* Wintrust Field * Schaumburg Regional Airport * Spring Valley Nature Center

Demographics

As of the 2020 census there were 134,809 people, 48,588 households, and 33,895 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 52,646 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the township was 56.38%

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, 4.53%

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, 0.61% Native American, 23.57% Asian, 0.02%

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, 6.53% from other races, and 8.37% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 14.88% of the population. There were 48,588 households, out of which 32.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.75% were married couples living together, 10.25% had a female householder with no spouse present, and 30.24% were non-families. 25.10% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.80% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.65 and the average family size was 3.22. The township's age distribution consisted of 23.0% under the age of 18, 6.7% from 18 to 24, 29.1% from 25 to 44, 26% from 45 to 64, and 15.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38.6 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.7 males. The median income for a household in the township was $83,909, and the median income for a family was $94,590. Males had a median income of $56,219 versus $41,337 for females. The

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for the township was $38,698. About 4.2% of families and 5.4% of the population were below the

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, including 6.7% of those under age 18 and 5.5% of those age 65 or over.

Political districts

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* State House District 44 * State House District 56 * State House District 66 * State Senate District 22 * State Senate District 28 * State Senate District 33

References

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United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles

United States National Atlas

External links

Schaumburg Township official website

Township Officials of Illinois

Cook County official site
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