Eureka (Illinois)

Woodford County

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Eureka is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) and the administrative seat of Woodford County in the northern center of the U.S. state of Illinois. In 2010, Eureka had 5295 inhabitants.

Geography

Eureka is located at 40 ° 42'56 " north latitude and 89 ° 16'31 " west longitude. The city covers more than 7.1 square kilometers, spread over 7.0 km ² land and 0.1 km ² water surface.

In the center of Eureka, the running east -west U.S. Highway 24 and Illinois State Route 117 intersect 11.2 km south of the city extends Interstate 74, which is the shortest route from the Quad Cities to Indianapolis.

A railway line of the Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway runs in east-west direction through Eureka.

The nearest large town is located 29.4 km west of Peoria.

Illinois ' capital Springfield is located 135 km south-southwest of Eureka, Chicago is located 221 km to the northeast.

Demographic data

According to the census in 2010 lived in Eureka 5295 people in 1889 households. The population density was 7.1 people per square kilometer. In the 1889 households lived statistically 2.47 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 97.3 percent white, 0.5 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and 0.4 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 2.1 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

23.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.9 percent were 65 years or older. 52.1 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 48,915. The per capita income was $ 21,706. 14.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Memorable people

  • Donald Attig - sailors, boat builders, attended Eureka College
  • Ronald Reagan - 40th President of the United States, attended Eureka College
  • Andy Studebaker - American professional football player in the NFL, was born in Eureka
  • Ben Zobrist - Major League professional baseball in the Tampa Bay Rays, who grew up in Eureka
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