Andalusia Township, Rock Island County, Illinois

Rock Iceland County

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The Andalusia Township is one of 18 townships in the rock Iceland County in the northwest of the U.S. state of Illinois. In 2010, the Andalusia Township had 2299 inhabitants.

Geography

The Andalusia Township is located in northwestern Illinois, on the left bank of the Mississippi River, which forms the border with Iowa. The Wisconsin border runs some 140 km to the north, the south-west to Missouri around 170.

The Andalusia Township is located at 41 ° 26'11 " north latitude and 90 ° 43'16 " west longitude and extends over 40.4 km ², spread over 33,15,4 km ² land and 7.25 km ² water surface.

The Andalusia Township is located in the western center of the skirt Iceland County and borders separated by the Mississippi River in the north to the Muscatine and Scott County. Within the rock Iceland County the Andalusia Township is bordered on the east by the Blackhawk Township, to the southeast by the Bowling Township, on the south by Edgington Township and on the west by the Buffalo Prairie Township.

Traffic

Along the Mississippi runs the Illinois State Route 92 in west-east direction through the Andalusia Township. All other roads are County Roads or more subordinate and partly unpaved roadways.

The Quad City International Airport is 20 km to the east of Andalusia Township.

Demographic data

According to the census in 2010 lived in Andalusia Township 2299 people in 899 households. The population density was 69.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 899 households lived statistically 2.56 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 97.3 percent white, 1.0 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian and 0.4 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 2.2 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

22.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 62.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.0 percent were 65 years or older. 49.2 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 57,188. The per capita income was $ 28,804. 3.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places

In addition to scattered settlements, most residents of Andalusia Township live in Andalusia ( with a status of "Village" ).