Genoa is a city in the north-east corner of DeKalb County, Illinois, United States. It is located on the historic Galena-Chicago stagecoach route. At the 2020 census the city had a population of 5,298, up from 5,193 in 2010.
History
Genoa was settled in 1836 by Thomas Madison, an American Revolutionary War soldier from Ashtabula County, Ohio. He named Genoa after a town of the same name in New York. Genoa was incorporated as a village in 1876 and as a city on September 9, 1911.
Geography
According to the 2010 census, Genoa has a total area of , of which (or 97.93%) is land and (or 2.07%) is water.
Demographics
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Genoa had a population of 5,298, with 1,922 households and 1,251 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 1,993 housing units at an average density of .
The median age was 36.2 years. 25.9% of residents were under the age of 18 and 11.2% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 107.9 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 104.6 males age 18 and over.
Of the 1,922 households in Genoa, 38.1% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 52.2% were married-couple households, 18.2% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 20.7% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 24.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.