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Schaumburg Township
Schaumburg Township
Township
	Seal
	Location in Cook County
	Cook County's location in Illinois
	Coordinates: 42°01′41″N 88°05′19″W / 42.02806°N 88.08861°W
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Cook
Area
• Total	30.96 sq mi (80.2 km2)
• Land	30.74 sq mi (79.6 km2)
• Water	0.22 sq mi (0.6 km2) 0.69%
Elevation	787 ft (240 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	134,809
• Density	4,400/sq mi (1,700/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes	60007, 60008, 60010, 60067, 60103, 60107, 60169, 60172, 60173, 60193, 60194, 60195
FIPS code	17-031-68016
Website	www.schaumburgtownship.org

Schaumburg Township is one of 29 townships in Cook County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 134,809.^[2] It is in the north west corner of Cook County.

Geography edit

According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Schaumburg Township has a total area of 30.96 square miles (80.19 km²), of which 30.74 square miles (79.62 km²) (or 99.31%) is land and 0.22 square miles (0.57 km²) (or 0.69%) is water.^[3]

Cities, towns, villages edit

Elk Grove Village (small portion)
Hanover Park (half)
Hoffman Estates (half)
Rolling Meadows (south edge)
Roselle (upper third)
Schaumburg (mostly)
Streamwood

Adjacent townships edit

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 edit

The township contains Greve Cemetery.

Major highways edit

Airports and landing strips edit

Marriott Heliport
Schaumburg Helistop
Schaumburg Regional Airport

Lakes edit

George Lake
Merkle Lake
Moon Lake
Unity Lake
Volkening Lake

Landmarks edit

Busse Woods Forest Preserve
Schaumburg Regional Airport

Demographics edit

As of the 2020 census^[2] there were 134,809 people, 48,588 households, and 33,895 families residing in the township. The population density was 4,355.00 inhabitants per square mile (1,681.47/km²). There were 52,646 housing units at an average density of 1,700.73 per square mile (656.66/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 56.38% White, 4.53% African American, 0.61% Native American, 23.57% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 6.53% from other races, and 8.37% from two or more races. Hispanic 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 per capita income for the township was $38,698. About 4.2% of families and 5.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.7% of those under age 18 and 5.5% of those age 65 or over.

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1900	1,003	—
1910	954	−4.9%
1920	869	−8.9%
1930	804	−7.5%
1940	860	7.0%
1950	1,080	25.6%
1960	10,587	880.3%
1970	50,995	381.7%
1980	103,920	103.8%
1990	127,625	22.8%
2000	134,114	5.1%
2010	131,288	−2.1%
2020	134,809	2.7%
U.S. Decennial Census^[4]

Political districts edit

Illinois's 8th congressional district
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 edit

"Schaumburg Township, Cook County, Illinois". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved January 10, 2010.
United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
United States National Atlas

^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Schaumburg Township, Cook County, Illinois
^ ^a ^b "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved January 22, 2023.
^ Bureau, US Census. "Gazetteer Files". Census.gov. Retrieved January 22, 2023.
^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.