household in the city was $50,214, and the median income for a family was $57,209. Males had a median income of $41,298 versus $26,317 for females. The per capita income for the city was $22,225. About 3.9% of families and 4.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.4% of those under age 18 and 5.5% of those age 65 or over. Notable people David Boies, lawyer and Chairman of Boies, Schiller & Flexner, and lawyer for Al Gore in Bush v. Gore Jack D. Franks, Former Illinois State Representative, Current McHenry County Board Chairman. Carl Lundgren, pitcher for the Chicago Cubs (1902–1909); born in Marengo Edward D. Shurtleff, Illinois state legislator, jurist; served as mayor of Marengo Shane Singh, journalist and former Executive Editor of Playboy magazine Sherman E. Smalley, Wisconsin state assemblyman and jurist; born in Marengo Carrie Adell Strahorn, American pioneer, explorer, and author Egbert Van Alstyne, songwriter Media The Marengo-Union Times is the newspaper of record in Marengo, IL. It has a circulation of 6,300 and is mailed to every home and business in the greater Marengo and Union, Illinois area. References External links The Marengo-Union Times newspaper website Chicago metropolitan area Cities in Illinois Cities in McHenry County, Illinois Populated places established in 1835