Albany Township, Whiteside County, Illinois

Whiteside County

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The Albany Township is one of 22 townships in Whiteside County in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Illinois. In 2010, the Albany Township had 1076 inhabitants.

Geography

The Albany Township is located in northwest Illinois on the Mississippi River, which forms the border with Iowa. The border with Wisconsin is located about 100 km north.

The Albany Township is located at 41 ° 43'59 " north latitude and 90 ° 13'29 " west longitude and extending over 33.15 km ², spread over 32.11 km ² land and 1.04 km ² water surface.

The Albany Township is located in the west of Whiteside County and is bordered to the north by the Mississippi separated at the Clinton County in Iowa. In the West, the Township is adjacent to the rock Iceland County. Within the Whiteside County Albany Township is bordered on the northeast by the Garden Plain Township, on the east by the Newton Township and to the southeast by the Erie Township.

Traffic

Along the Mississippi the Illinois section of the Great River Road forming Illinois State Route 84 runs through the Albany Township. All other roads are County Roads or more subordinate and partly unpaved roadways.

The nearest major airport is around 55 km south-west location, Quad City International Airport.

Demographic data

According to the census in 2010 lived in the Albany Township 1076 people in 450 households. The population density was 33.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 450 households lived statistically 2.39 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 98.3 percent white, 0.2 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.6 percent Asian and 0.2 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.7 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

21.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.7 percent were 65 years or older. 49.3 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 60,195. The per capita income was $ 27,045. 3.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places

In addition to scattered settlements exist in the Albany Township Albany with a separate municipality ( with a status of "Village" ).