DeKalb County is located in northern Illinois. The County Seat is Sycamore and the largest city is DeKalb. The Official Web Site is located at http://www.dekalbcounty.org/. The 2014 population estimate is 105,462 and the 2010 census population was 105,160. The land area is 631.31 square miles and there are 166.6 persons per square mile.
87.9% of the population is White, 7.1% is Black or African American, 10.6% is Hispanic or Latino, 2.8% is Asian, 0.4% is American Indian or Alaska Native, 0.1% is Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, and 1.7% is two or more races. 91.1% have a high school degree or higher, and 29.8% have a Bachelor degree or higher.
The median home value is $173,000, there are 37,844 households, an average of 2.59 persons per household. The per capita income is $23,696, the median household income is $53,375, and 19% of the persons in DeKalb County are considered below poverty level.
The total number of firms, at last estimate, was 7,815. Retail sales (in $1000) were $1,090,171, and sales per capita were $10,351. The percentage of black-owned firms is 2.1%, and the percentage of women-owned firms is 31.3%.
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| DeKalb County Your DeKalb County resource for government information, contacts, departments, schedules, events, business services, social services, and more. |
| Civil Process Status Use this site from the DeKalb County, Illinois Sheriff's office to search the civil process status. |
| Court Records | Civil DeKalb County Circuit Clerk civil court records. |
| Court Records | Criminal Pay Site DeKalb County Circuit Clerk traffic and criminal case records. |
| Crime of the Week Browse this Crime Stoppers listing of the Crime of the Week in DeKalb County and view details of suspect information and criminal activity. Each Crime of the Week for the current month is listed on this site. |
| Property & GIS Maps Use this Information Management Office of DeKalb County to search for property information by owner, street, parcel or address (click on GISWeb and follow instructions) and view interactive GIS Maps. Requires the use of Internet Explorer. |
| Property Tax Use this service provided by the DeKalb County Information Management, Treasurer and Assessor Offices to search the DeKalb County Treasurer's Office property database by name, parcel number or address. |
| Sheriff Sales Browse this list of properties available for Sheriff sale in DeKalb County. |
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