Hampshire is a village in Kane and McHenry counties, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 7,667.
Geography
Hampshire is located in northwestern Kane County. Most of the village is in Hampshire Township, and a small portion extends east into Rutland Township as well north into Coral Township in McHenry Country. The village is bordered to the northeast by Huntley and to the southeast by Pingree Grove. It is bordered to the southwest by Burlington.
Illinois Route 72 passes through the southern part of the village, leading east to Starks and west to Genoa. U.S. Route 20 passes through the northeastern outskirts of the village, leading northwest to Marengo and southeast to Elgin. Hampshire is northwest of the center of Chicago.
According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Hampshire has a total area of , all land.
Demographics
Racial and ethnic composition
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+Hampshire village, Illinois – Racial and ethnic composition<br><small></small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(NH = Non-Hispanic)</small>
!Pop 2000
!Pop 2010
!
!% 2000
!% 2010
!
|-
|White alone (NH)
|2,802
|4,787
|style='background: #ffffe6; |5,832
|96.62%
|86.05%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |76.07%
|-
|Black or African American alone (NH)
|3
|66
|style='background: #ffffe6; |177
|0.10%
|1.19%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.31%
|-
|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)
|6
|6
|style='background: #ffffe6; |8
|0.21%
|0.11%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.10%
|-
|Asian alone (NH)
|4
|99
|style='background: #ffffe6; |169
|0.14%
|1.78%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.20%
|-
|Pacific Islander alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.05%
|-
|Other race alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |16
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.21%
|-
|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)
|15
|56
|style='background: #ffffe6; |248
|0.52%
|1.01%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.23%
|-
|Hispanic or Latino (any race)
|70
|549
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,213
|2.41%
|9.87%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |15.82%
|-
|Total
|2,900
|5,563
|style='background: #ffffe6; |7,667
|100.00%
|100.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%
|}
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Hampshire had a population of 7,667. The median age was 35.6 years. 28.3% of residents were under the age of 18 and 11.4% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 97.0 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 93.8 males age 18 and over.
94.8% of residents lived in urban areas, while 5.2% lived in rural areas.
There were 2,664 households in Hampshire, including 1,458 families. Of those households, 42.8% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 59.9% were married-couple households, 13.2% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 19.5% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 17.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
- Jake Goebbert, former San Diego Padres player, graduate of Hampshire High School.