Batavia, Illinois

Batavia, Illinois

Chicagoland municipality
muni-name = Batavia
muni = City
date = 1833
state = Illinois
county = Kane
county2 = Dupage
township = Batavia
tcounty = Kane
township3 = Winfield
tcounty2 = DuPage
|gov = Council-manager
head_label = Mayor
gov_head = Jeffrey D. Schielke
pop = 23,866
status = up
percent = 39.8
prevyear = 1990
density-km = 1,019
density-mi = 2,638.4
white = 93.2
black = 2.4
hispanic = 5.3
asian = 1.3
islander = 0.0
native = 0.1
other = 1.5
zips = 60510
acode = 630 and 331
area-km = 24
area-mi = 9.2
pci = 27,783
mhi = 68,656
mnhv = 212,024
geocode = 04078
mhv = 199,200
website = www.cityofbatavia.net

Batavia is a city in DuPage and Kane Counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. The population was 23,866 at the 2000 census. Fermilab is located in Batavia. A 2002 special census put the city's population at 25,246. [cite web |url=http://www.cityofbatavia.net/content2/CCArchive/BandC/PandF/Commission/2004/10-12-04m.pdf |title= Batavia Board of Fire and Police Commissioners Meeting Minutes, October 12, 2004 |accessdate=2008-05-14 |format= PDF] Batavia is part of a Tri-Cities area, along with St. Charles and Geneva.

Geography

Batavia is located at 41°50'48" North, 88°18'30" West (41.846562, -88.308441)GR|1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 9.2 square miles (23.8 km²), of which, 9.1 square miles (23.4 km²) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.4 km²) of it (1.52%) is water.

Demographics

As of the censusGR|2 of 2000, there were 23,866 people, 8,494 households, and 6,268 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,638.4 people per square mile (1,018.2/km²). There were 8,806 housing units at an average density of 973.5/sq mi (375.7/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 93.21% White, 2.42% Black or African American, 0.11% Native American, 1.35% Asian, none Pacific Islander, 1.53% from other races, 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 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.

The median income for a household in the city was $68,656, and the median income for a family was $81,689. Males had a median income of $55,913 versus $35,083 for females. The per capita income 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 attended Batavia High School.

chools

Batavia is served by [http://www.bps101.net/ Batavia Community Unit School District 101] . The district currently consists of six K-5 elementary schools, one 6-8 middle school, and Batavia High School.

Library

Batavia is served by [http://www.bataviapubliclibrary.org/ Batavia Public Library District] , 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. [cite web |url=http://www.batavia.lib.il.us/About%20the%20library/history.htm |title= Batavia Pulic Library History |accessdate=2008-09-12]

References

External links

* [http://www.bataviapubliclibrary.org/ Batavia Public Library]
* [http://www.cityofbatavia.net/ City of Batavia]
* [http://www.neighborsofbatavia.com/ Neighbors of Batavia]


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