Albany (Illinois)

Whiteside County

17-00516

Albany is a village in Whiteside County in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Illinois on the east bank of the Mississippi. In 2010, Albany had 891 inhabitants

Geography

Albany is located at 41 ° 47'18 " north latitude and 90 ° 13'09 " west longitude. The city covers more than 2.6 square kilometers, which consist exclusively of land area.

Albany is located on the eastern shore of the Mississippi River, which forms the border to Iowa. By Albany runs the leading along the Mississippi River Illinois State Route 84, meet in Albany some secondary roads.

The closest cities, 12 km north Fulton (Illinois ) and lying across the river Clinton ( Iowa).

The Quad Cities are located 42 km to the southwest, to Peoria, there are 164 km to the southeast, Chicago is 237 kilometers away and Madison, the capital of the neighboring state Wisconsin is located 210 km to the northeast.

Demographic data

According to the census in 2010 lived in Albany 891 people in 383 households. The population density was 342.7 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 383 households lived statistically 2.33 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 98.3 percent White, 0.1 percent (one person) Black or African American, 0.2 percent ( two people) Native American, 0.3 percent ( three people) and Asians 0.6 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 2.2 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

21.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 18.0 percent were 65 years or older. 50.4 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 61,146. The per capita income was $ 28,540. 5.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.