Cambridge (Illinois)

Henry County

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Cambridge is a village and the administrative seat of Henry County in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Illinois. In 2010, Cambridge had 2160 inhabitants.

Geography

Cambridge is located at 41 ° 18'12 " north latitude and 90 ° 11'36 " west longitude. The city covers more than 3.6 square kilometers, consisting almost entirely of land area.

Cambridge is located 44.2 km south east of the Mississippi River.

East of the village cross puts the running from North to South Illinois State Route 82 and the leading from East to West Illinois State Route 81 12.7 km to the west of Cambridge runs to Interstate 74, the shortest route from the Quad Cities (56 2 km in the northwest) to Indianapolis ( 461 km southwest of Cambridge ) forms. 17.3 km north of Cambridge runs Interstate 80 from the Quad Cities to Chicago (259 km to the east).

Demographic data

According to the census in 2010 lived in Cambridge in 2160 people in 839 households. The population density was 600 people per square kilometer. In the 839 households lived statistically 2.46 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 96.2 percent white, 1.6 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.6 percent Asian and 0.1 percent ( two people) from other ethnic groups; 1.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 2.1 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

24.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 14.8 percent were 65 years or older. 49.3 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 47,838. The per capita income was $ 22,299. 12.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

County Seat

Cambridge is home to the management of Henry County. The courthouse of Henry County, which was built by the architectural firm Thomas J. Tolan & Son, Architects designed from Fort Wayne in Indiana and from 1875-1878, dominates the town. The courthouse was in 2004 Inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places