Aurora (Illinois)

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Aurora
Aurora (Illinois)
Aurora
Aurora
Location in Illinois
Basic data
Foundation : 1834
State : United States
State : Illinois
Counties : Kane County
DuPage County
Will County
Kendall County
Coordinates : 41 ° 46 ′  N , 88 ° 18 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 46 ′  N , 88 ° 18 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Inhabitants :
-  Metropolitan Area :		 197,899 (status: 2010)
9,572,572 (status: 2010)
Population density : 1,983 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 102.1 km 2  (approx. 39 mi 2 ) of
which 99.8 km 2  (approx. 39 mi 2 ) are land
Height : 207 m
Postcodes : 60502, 60503, 60504, 60505, 60506
Area code : +1 630 331
FIPS : 17-03012
GNIS ID : 403732
Website : www.aurora-il.org
Mayor : Tom Weisner

Aurora is a city in Illinois . The 2010 census showed a population of 197,899; this makes Aurora the second largest city in Illinois after Chicago , just ahead of Rockford . About 110,000 of the residents live in Kane County , about 42,000 in DuPage County , while only a few thousand inhabit Will and Kendall Counties, respectively .

The city, which is part of the Chicago metropolitan area, also uses the nickname "City of Lights" because it was one of the first municipalities to switch entirely to electric street lighting (in 1881; the nickname only came into use in 1908). The meteorologist Tom Skilling , who over the Chicago Tribune and WGN-TV is known, from Aurora and a graduate of West Aurora High School . The characters of Wayne Campbell and Garth Algar ( portrayed by Mike Myers and Dana Carvey ), who first appeared on the television program Saturday Night Live , and then in two Wayne's World films, are also from Aurora; most of their adventures took place there too. (The films were not shot there, however.) The town is also mentioned in a song by the Alkaline Trio as the site of a car accident.

geography

Aurora is located at 41 ° 45'36 "North, 88 ° 17'55" West (41.759879, -88.298482). According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of ​​102.1 km² .

Although the city is commonly assigned to Kane County (the center is in fact entirely within that county), Aurora is one of only two cities in Illinois that has territories in four counties: Kane, Kendall County , Will County, and DuPage County .

The city is the terminus of a Metra (Metropolitan Transit Authority) line, which provides commuter traffic to Chicago on the tracks of the BNSF Railway .

Demographics

The 2000 census showed a population density of 1433 per km². 48,797 households were counted with an average density of 489 per km².

Population development

year Residents¹
1980 81,293
1990 99,581
2000 143.002
2010 197,952
2016 201.110

¹ 1980–2010: census results; 2016: US Census Bureau estimate

sons and daughters of the town

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