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Burlington, IL
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Kane County, 48 miles W of the Loop. In 1851, Andrew Pingree platted Burlington, which had three cheese factories by 1878 and incorporated as a village in 1906. The last dairy plant closed in the 1970s. Burlington has been home to small plastics companies in recent decades and had a population of 452 in 2000.
| Burlington, IL (inc. 1906) | |||||
| Year |
Total
(and by category) |
Foreign Born | Native with foreign parentage | Males per 100 females | |
| 1930 | 224 | — | — | — | |
| 1960 | 360 | — | — | — | |
| 1990 | 400 | 1.0% | — | 92 | |
| 385 | White (96.3%) | ||||
| 2000 | 452 | 6.2% | — | 84 | |
| 438 | White alone (96.9%) | ||||
| 6 | Asian alone (1.3%) | ||||
| 1 | Some other race alone (0.2%) | ||||
| 7 | Two or more races (1.5%) | ||||
| 3 | Hispanic or Latino* (0.7%) | ||||
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