Carrollton (Illinois)
Greene County
17-11462
Carrollton is a town and the administrative seat of Greene County in the western part of the U.S. state of Illinois. In 2000, Carrollton had 2,605 inhabitants.
Geography
Carrollton is located at 39 ° 17'48 " north latitude and 90 ° 24'29 " west longitude. The city covers an area of 4.3 km ², which consists exclusively of land area.
Carrollton is located 17.8 km east of the Illinois River and 32.6 km east of the Mississippi River, which forms the border between Illinois and Missouri.
By Carrollton leads the running in the north-south U.S. Highway 67, the Illinois State Route 108 crosses in the center.
On the eastern edge of a railway line of the BNSF Railway runs.
85.6 km south of Carrollton from the bustling city of St. Louis in Missouri, Illinois ' 110 km distant capital of Springfield, there are 439 kilometers north-east to Chicago, the Quad Cities are located 282 km to the north and Iowa's capital Des Moines is 493 km to the northwest.
Demographic data
In the census of 2000 a population of 2,605 was determined. These distributed to 1,077 households in 724 families. The population density was 609.3 / km ². There were 1,166 residential buildings, which corresponded to a housing density of 272.7 / km ².
The population consisted in 2000 of 98.8 % White, 0.2 % Native Americans, 0.3 % Asian and 0.3 % other. 0.4 % said to be descended from at least two of these groups. 0.5 % of the population were Hispanics who belonged to the various of the aforementioned groups.
23.7% were under the age of 18, 8.2 % from 18 to 24, 24.3% 25-44, 22.1% from 45 to 64 and 21.7 % 65 and older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females were statistically 88.0 men in the over 18 -year-olds 83.8.
The average income per household was $ 30,154, the average family income is $ 37,368. The per capita income amounted to $ 16,340. Around 6.4 % of families and 9.0 % of the total population were below the poverty line income.
Memorable people
- Karen Allen - actress, born in Carrollton
- Major Marcus Albert Reno - battalion commander and participants of the Battle of the Little Bighorn, born in Carrollton
- Henry T. Rainey - Speaker of the House under President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who was born in Carrollton