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Addison, Illinois

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Addison is a village in DuPage County, Illinois, United States. The population was 35,702 at the 2020 Census.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> It is part of the Chicago metropolitan area.

History

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The village was incorporated in 1884, at which time it had a population of 400.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> The community itself was originally named Dunkley's Grove after the settler Hezekiah Dunklee,<ref name="Several">Template:Cite news Template:Open access</ref> and was renamed after a town in England<ref name="Several" /> or Addison, New York.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> In 1832, Winfield Scott built Army Trail Road on top of a Potawatomi trail in Addison, in order to allow 50 broad-tired wagons to fight Black Hawk and his warriors.<ref>Stimley, Margot (1997). Chronicle of a Prairie Town: Arlington Heights, Illinois. Arlington Heights Historical Society.</ref> In 1864, the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod moved its teacher training to the village from Fort Wayne, Indiana, and established the Addison Teachers Seminary; it remained in Addison until 1913, when it was relocated to River Forest, Illinois, as Concordia Teachers College (now Concordia University Chicago).<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> The town was also home to the Kinderheim home for children, which made up more than half its population prior to suburbanization.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The town began to suburbanize in the 1960s when developers started to build homes on what was farmland. The population grew from just under a thousand in 1930 to 35,000 people in 1990.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Adventureland amusement park was located in Addison (Lake and Medinah) during the 1960s and 1970s. The Addison Industrial District was the proposed location for the reconstruction of Comiskey Park in the late 1980s before this was voted down.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Geography

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The Village of Addison lies on Salt Creek, a tributary of the Des Plaines River.

According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Addison has a total area of Template:Convert, of which Template:Convert (or 98.29%) is land and Template:Convert (or 1.71%) is water.<ref name="gaz2021">Template:Cite web</ref>

Demographics

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Template:US Census populationAs of the 2020 census<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> there were 35,702 people, 12,799 households, and 9,165 families residing in the village. The population density was Template:Convert. There were 12,682 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert. The racial makeup of the village was 47.69% White, 3.45% African American, 1.71% Native American, 8.10% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 22.96% from other races, and 16.05% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 45.61% of the population.

There were 12,799 households, out of which 34.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.47% were married couples living together, 12.74% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.39% were non-families. 23.23% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.84% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.40 and the average family size was 2.86.

The village's age distribution consisted of 22.7% under the age of 18, 9.3% from 18 to 24, 26.6% from 25 to 44, 25.8% from 45 to 64, and 15.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37.8 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.8 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $68,534, and the median income for a family was $79,011. Males had a median income of $42,038 versus $30,828 for females. The per capita income for the village was $30,202. About 10.3% of families and 13.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 26.3% of those under age 18 and 8.4% of those age 65 or over.

Addison village, Illinois – Racial and ethnic composition
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Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>Template:Cite web</ref> Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Partial<ref name=2020CensusP2>Template:Cite web</ref> % 2000 % 2010 Template:Partial
White alone (NH) 21,540 17,562 14,710 59.98% 47.54% 41.20%
Black or African American alone (NH) 874 1,355 1,166 2.43% 3.67% 3.27%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) 44 55 40 0.12% 0.15% 0.11%
Asian alone (NH) 2,836 2,706 2,867 7.90% 7.32% 8.03%
Pacific Islander alone (NH) 5 3 3 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
Other race alone (NH) 35 48 107 0.10% 0.13% 0.30%
Mixed race or Multiracial (NH) 382 400 524 1.06% 1.08% 1.47%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 10,198 14,813 16,285 28.40% 40.10% 45.61%
Total 35,914 36,942 35,702 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%

Economy

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Top employers

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According to Addison's 2022 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,<ref>2022 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report Village of Addison, Illinois</ref> the top employers in the city were:

# Employer # of Employees
1 United Parcel Service 1,700
2 The Pampered Chef 788
3 Parts Town LLC 579
4 Walmart 272
5 Veritiv Operating Company 250
6 Porter Pipe 235
7 Insight 222
8 SWD, Inc 200
9 Republic Services 200
10 Option Care 191

Arts and culture

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Government

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Rich Veenstra is the mayor of Addison. Other elected officials include village trustees Sam Nasti, Tom Hundley, Bill Lynch, Cathy Kluczny, Dawn O'Brien, and Jay DelRosario, and village clerk Lucille Zucchero. The town of Triggiano, Italy, is the sister city of Addison.

In the Illinois Senate, Addison is represented by Don Harmon (D-Oak Park)<ref name=LD39>Template:Cite web</ref> and Seth Lewis (R-Bartlett).<ref name=LD23>Template:Cite web</ref> In the Illinois House of Representatives it is represented by Jennifer Sanalitro (R-Hanover Park),<ref name=LD23 /> Diane Blair-Sherlock (D-Villa Park).<ref name=LD23 /> and Norma Hernandez (D-Melrose Park).<ref name=LD39 />

In the U.S. Congress, Addison is represented within three congressional districts by representatives Sean Casten (IL-06), Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL-08), and Delia Ramirez (IL-03), as well as senators Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Education

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Addison is home to Addison Trail High School and to Indian Trail Junior High School. The elementary schools are: Ardmore, Wesley Elementary, Lake Park Elementary, Fullerton Elementary, Army Trail Elementary, Lincoln Elementary, and Stone Elementary. St. Philip the Apostle, a private Catholic school and parish, is located in Addison and serves students from pre-kindergarten through 8th grade. Driscoll Catholic High School was located in Addison before closing in 2009. DeVry University and Chamberlain College of Nursing also call Addison home. Addison also has an Early Learning Center for 3-5-year-old students in Pre-K.

Transportation

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Pace provides bus service on Routes 711 and 715 connecting Addison to Wheaton and other destinations.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In the 1990s, Addison was one of six communities that competed to receive a prototype personal rapid transit system that the Regional Transit Authority was planning to build.<ref name="Washburn19March">Template:Cite web</ref> A proposal by Rosemont was instead selected,<ref name="April161993">Template:Cite web</ref> and such a system was ultimately never built.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Notable people

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References

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