Keithsburg, Illinois
Mercer County
17-39298
Keithsburg is a small town in Mercer County in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Illinois on the east bank of the Mississippi River. In 2000, Keith Castle had 714 inhabitants.
Geography
Keith castle is located at 41 ° 06'00 " north latitude and 90 ° 56'14 " west longitude. The city extends over 8.2 square kilometers, spread over 6.7 km ² land and 1.5 km ² water surface.
Keith Castle located on the east bank of the Mississippi River, which forms the border to Iowa. By Keithsburg no road that is of State or national importance.
About 76 km from the Quad Cities to Chicago, there are 347 km to the northeast of Peoria is located 152 km to the southeast, Iowa's capital, Des Moines is located 284 km to the northwest and St. Louis in Missouri is located 338 km to the south.
Flood
During the Mississippi flood of 1993 Keith castle was badly damaged. Meanwhile, the city was rebuilt and returned to normal life back before the flood.
In another flood in 2008 broke two dams near the city, which was now flooded again.
Demographic data
In the census of 2000 a population of 714 was determined. These were distributed to 278 households in 199 families. The population density was 106.9 / km ². There were 306 buildings, which corresponds to a site density of 45.8 / km ².
The population was in 2000 from 98.32 % White, 0.28 % African American, 0.18 % Indians and 1.40% half-breeds. 0.42% of the population were Hispanics who belonged to the various of the aforementioned groups.
26.9 % were under the age of 18, 7.7 % from 18 to 24, 26.6 % 25-44, 22.1% from 45 to 64 and 16.7 % 65 and older. The average age was 36 years. For every 100 females were statistically 91.4 men in the over 18 -year-olds 88.4.
The average income per household was $ 32,500, the average family income is $ 40,781. Men's income averaged $ 27,000, and for women about $ 16,619. The per capita income amounted to $ 14,008. Around 10.3 % of families and 14.0 % of the total population were below the poverty line income.