Morrison (Illinois)

Whiteside County

17-50530

Morrison is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) and the administrative seat of Whiteside County in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Illinois. In 2010, Morrison had 4188 inhabitants

Geography

Morrison is located at 41 ° 48'33 " north latitude and 89 ° 58'05 " west longitude. The city covers an area of ​​5.5 km ², which consists exclusively of land area.

Morrison is located 18.5 km east of the Mississippi River, which forms the border with Iowa.

The Quad Cities are located 69 km south-west of Morrison, Wisconsin's capital, Madison is located 190 km north- north-easterly direction. According to Cedar Rapids in Iowa there are 156 kilometers to the west and Chicago is located 211 km to the east.

Traffic

In Morrison of U.S. Highway 30 and Illinois State Route 78 meet together. All other roads are minor or local roads.

Through the city runs a railway line of the Union Pacific Railroad.

The nearest airport is the Whiteside County Airport in Rock Falls ( 27.7 km southeast); the nearest major airport is 75.1 km south west Quad City International Airport.

Demographic data

According to the census in 2010 lived in Morrison 4188 people in 1713 households. The population density was 761.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 1713 households lived statistically 2.29 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 96.8 percent white, 0.8 percent African American, 0.6 percent Native American, 0.1 percent Asian and 0.7 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 2.6 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

21.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 21.4 percent were 65 years or older. 51.2 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 43,886. The per capita income was $ 23,676. 8.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.