Washington (Iowa)

Washington County

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Washington is a small town and the administrative seat of Washington County in the southeast of the U.S. state of Iowa. In 2000, Washington had 7,047 inhabitants.

Geography

Washington is located at 41 ° 18'00 " north latitude and 91 ° 41'21 " west longitude. The city covers an area of 12.6 km ², which consist exclusively of land area.

The city is located 55 km west of the Mississippi River, which forms the border to Illinois.

Washington is located at the intersection of Iowa Highway 1 with the Iowa Highway 92 and 14 kilometers west of U.S. Highway 218

In north- northeasterly direction 52 km it to Iowa City, east- north-easterly direction until it is Davenport 112 km, to Chicago in the same direction, there are 390 kilometers. Iowa's capital Des Moines is located 186 km to the west and to St. Louis, there are 389 kilometers to the south.

History

Washington was founded in 1839. To mark its centenary, a fountain was inaugurated, which has been overhauled in 1995.

In Washington became the first County Hospital (English about: District Hospital ) west of the Mississippi River. It was founded in 1912 as Washington County Hospital and Washington County Hospital since 1998 & Clinics is called ( WCHC ). 2006, despite many objections, the original three -storey building was demolished to build a new hospital.

Demographic data

In the census of 2000 a population of 7,047 was determined. These distributed to 12,928 households in 1,903 families. The population density was 561.0 / km ². There were 3,132 buildings, which corresponds to a site density of 249.3 / km ².

The population was in 2000 from 95.20 % White, 0.57 % African American, 0.11 % Native Americans, 0.35 % Asian, and 2.76% other. 0.99 % said to be descended from at least two of these groups. 4.71% of the population were Hispanics who belonged to the various of the aforementioned groups.

22.8 % were under the age of 18, 7.2 % from 18 to 24, 24.9% 25-44, 21.6% from 45 to 64 and 23.5 % 65 and older. The average age was 42 years. For every 100 females were statistically 85.1 men in the over 18 -year-olds 82.8.

The average income per household was $ 36,067, the average family income is $ 44,497. Men's income averaged $ 29,961, and for women about $ 20,706. The per capita income amounted to $ 18,145. Around 5.4 % of families and 9.3 % of the total population were below the poverty line income.