Aurora, Illinois

The 2000 Census showed that Aurora had a population of 142,990 people^<1>. This represents 1.15% of the total population of Illinois, making it the state's 3rd most populous community.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Below is a list of similarily sized communities (while rank is based on the 2000 Census, the population shown is estimated for 2008):

Rank in 2000	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
1	Chicago	E	31 mi [49.89 km]	2,853,114	1.48% decrease
2	Rockford	NW	52 mi [83.7 km]	157,272	4.77% increase
-3-	Aurora			171,782	20.14% increase
4	Naperville	E	6 mi [9.66 km]	143,117	11.5% increase
5	Peoria	SW	98 mi [157.7 km]	114,114	1.04% increase
6	Springfield	SW	154 mi [247.8 km]	117,352	5.29% increase
7	Joliet	SE	18 mi [28.97 km]	146,125	37.57% increase

Aurora had 48,797 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Aurora has an area^<4> of 38.53 square miles [99.8 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Aurora had a 2000 population density of 3,711 people per square mile [1,433 people/km²], making it the state's 104th most densely populated area.

DuPage County

The city of Aurora is primarily located in DuPage County. A portion of Aurora extends into Kane County, Kendall County and Will County.

The county had a population of 906,665 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 142,990 people, Aurora contained 15.77% of the DuPage County total.

In addition, where the community of Aurora has a population density of 3,711 people per square mile [1,433 people/km²], DuPage County averages 2,717 people per square mile [1,049 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for DuPage County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Aurora and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Aurora. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Although they don't create QuickFacts for all communities, they do have one for Aurora. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Aurora, it also contains a comparison between Aurora and the state of Illinois.

Click here for the Aurora QuickFact (QF-1703012).

The following communities are nearby Aurora and also have Census QuickFacts:

	Community	Census QuickFact	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Naperville	QF-1751622	E	6 mi [9.66 km]	143,117	11.5% increase
	Bolingbrook	QF-1707133	SE	10 mi [16.09 km]	70,823	25.75% increase
	Wheaton	QF-1781048	NE	11 mi [17.7 km]	54,465	1.72% decrease
	Woodridge	QF-1783245	E	12 mi [19.31 km]	34,130	10.33% increase
	Carol Stream	QF-1711332	NE	13 mi [20.92 km]	40,004	1.07% decrease
	Bartlett	QF-1704013	N	14 mi [22.53 km]	42,209	14.99% increase
	Downers Grove	QF-1720591	E	14 mi [22.53 km]	49,250	1.08% increase
	Glendale Heights	QF-1729730	NE	15 mi [24.14 km]	31,847	0.26% increase

For more about neighboring communities, please visit our Neighborhood Page for Aurora.

A Census Quickfact is available for DuPage County (QF-17043).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border DuPage County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Cook	QF-17031	E	5,294,664	1.53% decrease
	Kane	QF-17089	W	507,579	24.55% increase
	Kendall	QF-17093	SW	103,460	87.4% increase
	Will	QF-17197	S	681,097	34.07% increase

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Aurora:

Aurora is located in Census Region #2 (the Midwest Region) and in Division #3 (the East North-Central Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Aurora.

The Commemorative Quarter for Illinois<6>

Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Aurora. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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