DuPage County, Illinois

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DuPage County (/ˌdˈp/) is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois. As of the 2020 census, the population was 932,877,[1] making it Illinois' second-most populous county. Its county seat is Wheaton.[2]

DuPage County has become mostly developed and suburbanized. Residents of Hinsdale, Naperville, and Oak Brook include some of the richest people in the Midwest, and in 2010, Midwest Living voted Hinsdale the Midwest's second-richest town.[3]

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  1. "QuickFacts: DuPage County, Illinois". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 14, 2023.
  2. "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
  3. Slodyosko, Brian. "Poverty rate rising in Downers Grove Township". www.triblocal.com. Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on 4 April 2017. Retrieved 22 March 2017.