Carlinville, Illinois

Macoupin County

17-11202

Carlinville is a city and the administrative seat of Macoupin County in the U.S. state of Illinois. In 2000, Carlinville had 5,685 inhabitants.

Carlinville is located on the northeastern edge of the conurbation of Metro East, which includes the located in Illinois part of the metropolitan area of St. Louis in Missouri.

Geography and transport

Carlinville is located at 39 ° 16'54 " north latitude and 89 ° 52'55 " west longitude. The city covers an area of 6.2 km ², which consists exclusively of land area.

In the center of Carlinville which runs from east to west, Illinois State Route 108 intersect and leading from North to South Illinois State Route 4 20.8 km east of Carlinville extends Interstate 55, which is the shortest route from Chicago to St. Louis.

Also, a railway line that runs from St. Louis to Springfield, runs through Carlinville. About the Route National Rail freight trains several times daily passenger trains from Amtrak between St. Louis and Chicago.

St. Louis is located 89.8 km south west of Carlinville, in the north- north-easterly direction there are 68.9 km in Illinois ' capital, Springfield.

History

Carlinville is named after Thomas Carlin, the seventh Governor of Illinois. This has operated as a Member of the Illinois General Assembly, the formation of Macoupin County.

The historically important building of Carlinville is the built in 1870 courthouse.

In the early 20th century, many Sears Catalog Homes were built in Carlinville, ie prefabricated houses, which could be ordered in the mail order catalog company of Sears. One of the nation's selling models received the designation " Carlin ," which still exist today 152 of the original 156 buildings. The city was founded in 1918 complemented by a settlement for the oil workers of the former Standard Oil of Indiana.

Demographic data

In the census of 2000 a population of 5,685 was determined. These distributed to 2,125 households in 1,393 families. The population density was 922.0 / km ². There were 2,289 buildings, which corresponded to a housing density of 371.3 / km ².

The population in 2000 was 97.0 % White, 1.5 % African American, 0.2% Native Americans, 0.3 % Asian and 0.2 % other. 0.7 % said to be descended from at least two of these groups. 0.8% of the population were Hispanics who belonged to the various of the aforementioned groups.

23.4% were under 18, 12.8 % from 18 to 24, 25.1% 25-44, 19.4% from 45 to 64 and 19.4 % 65 and older. The average age was 37 years. For every 100 females were statistically 89.7 men in the over 18 -year-olds 84.1.

The average income per household was $ 34,259, the average family income is $ 39,693. Men's income averaged $ 35,137, and for women about $ 21,286. The per capita income amounted to $ 16,663. Around 9.0 % of families and 12.5 % of the total population were income below the poverty line.