DePue is a village in Bureau County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,633 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Ottawa Micropolitan Statistical Area. History DePue, originally called Trenton, was laid out in 1853. The site had long been used as a port and ice harvesting center on the Illinois River. The present name is of an early French fur trader by the name of De Pue. The Mineral Point Zinc Company started a plant to produce slab zinc for automobile and appliances in DePue in 1905 to take advantage of the nearby coalfields and trained labor force of the LaSalle-Peru zinc processing center. The plant was shortly after acquired by New Jersey Zinc and finally closed in 1990. Geography DePue is located at (41.326112, -89.301184). According to the 2010 census, De Pue has a total area of , of which (or 91.36%) is land and (or 8.64%) is water. Demographics According to the 2010 census, DePue had a population of 1,838. The people identified their race as being 41.7% non-Hispanic white, 0.4% non-Hispanic black, 0.6% Hispanic black, 0.8% Native American, 1.8% Asian and 26.0% from some other race. 54.7% of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race, with 49.8% of the population saying they were Mexican by ethnicity. As of the census of 2000, there were 1,842 people, 658 households, and 452 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 721 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 42.36% White, 0.11% African American, 0.49% Native American, 2.06% Asian, 0.11% Pacific Islander, 11.51% from other races, and 3.37% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 45.77% of the population. There were 658 households, out of which 33.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.4% were married couples living together, 11.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.2% were non-families. 27.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.78 and the average family size was 3.42. In the village, the population was spread out, with 29.0% under the age of 18, 9.5% from 18 to 24, 25.6% from 25 to 44, 18.5% from 45 to 64, and 17.3% who were 65 years