Como (Illinois)

Whiteside County

17-15950

Como is a settlement on community- free area, which is conducted for statistical purposes as a census-designated place (CDP). The place is located in Whiteside County in the U.S. state of Illinois. In 2010, Como had 567 inhabitants.

Geography

Como is located on the north bank of the Rock River in Hopkins Township in the northeastern center of Whiteside County. The town is located at 41 ° 45'59 " north latitude and 89 ° 46'01 " west longitude and extending over 2.99 km ². The Mississippi River, which forms the border with Iowa, is about 40 km to the west. The Wisconsin border runs approximately 85 km to the north.

Towns nearby Como are sterling ( 8.3 km east-northeast ), Rock Falls (7.2 km east), Lyndon ( 16.6 km west-southwest ), Morrison (19,2 km west-northwest ) and Agnew (5.1 km north-west ).

The nearest large towns are in Dubuque Iowa (134 km north-west ), Rockford ( 97.8 kilometers north-east ), Chicago (184 km east), Peoria (133 km south) and the Quad Cities ( 83.7 km west-southwest ).

Traffic

In the southwest of Como Como has connection to Interstate 88, which runs from the Quad Cities to Chicago. Along the northern Ortsrands of Como leads U.S. Highway 30 In addition, there are also a number of unpaved roadways and in-town roads.

With the Whiteside County Airport is a small airfield located 9.4 km west southwest of Como. The nearest major airports are located 96.5 km northeast of Como Chicago Rockford International Airport and 84.5 km south west Quad City International Airport.

Demographic data

According to the census in 2010 lived in Como 567 people in 228 households. The population density was 189.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 228 households lived statistically 2.49 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 97.7 percent white, 0.5 percent African Americans, 0.2 percent (one person) Native American, 0.4 percent Asian and 0.9 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 7.4 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

20.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 18.3 percent were 65 years or older. 50.3 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 60,530. The per capita income was $ 27,305. 5.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.