Hampshire, Illinois

Template:Geobox Hampshire is a village in Kane County, Illinois, United States.

Geography

Hampshire is located at 42°05′56″N 88°31′33″W.

According to the 2010 census, Hampshire has a total area of 8.95 square miles (23.18 km²), all land.

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1880	483		—
1890	696		44.1%
1900	760		9.2%
1910	697		−8.3%
1920	618		−11.3%
1930	656		6.1%
1940	757		15.4%
1950	970		28.1%
1960	1,309		34.9%
1970	1,611		23.1%
1980	1,735		7.7%
1990	1,843		6.2%
2000	2,900		57.4%
2010	5,563		91.8%
2015 (est.)	6,130		10.2%
U.S. Decennial Census

As of the 2010 census, there were 5,563 people and 2,031 housing units in Hampshire, a population spike of 123% from the 2000 census.

As of the census of 2000, there were 2,490 people, 1,015 households, and 792 families residing in the village. There were 1,051 housing units at an average density of 215.5 per square mile (83.2/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 98.21% White, 0.10% African American, 0.38% Native American, 0.14% Asian, and 0.62% from other races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.41% of the population.

There were 1,015 households out of which 42.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.6% were married couples living together, 7.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.9% were non-families. 17.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.86 and the average family size was 3.28.

In the village the population was spread out with 29.7% under the age of 18, 6.8% from 18 to 24, 32.1% from 25 to 44, 20.2% from 45 to 64, and 11.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 92.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.8 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $58,519, and the median income for a family was $65,069. Males had a median income of $42,217 versus $29,934 for females. The per capita income for the village was $22,143. About 2.3% of families and 2.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2.5% of those under age 18 and 9.2% of those age 65 or over.

Education

Hampshire's mascot is the Whip-Pur. A Whip-Pur is a cat-like creature whose name derives from the school colors, white and purple. The Hampshire school system consists of Hampshire High School, Hampshire Middle School, Hampshire Elementary School, and Gary D. Wright Elementary.

Notable people

• Annabel Marsh, long distance runner and the oldest woman to run across the United States from Boston to San Francisco
• Landwer, Manessa, US Army SPC Iraq War recipient of the Global War on Terrorism Ribbon, Army Accommodation Medal, Army Achievement Medal and 5 Certificates of Achievement.
• Daniel Souvigny, "Human Jukebox", 2012 Junior Division of the World Championship Old-Time Piano Playing Contest

External links

• Village of Hampshire
• Hampshire Area Chamber of Commerce