Hennepin (Illinois)

Putnam County

17-34098

Hennepin is a municipality ( with a status of "Village" ) and the administrative seat of Putnam County in north-central of the U.S. state of Illinois. In 2010, Hennepin had 757 inhabitants

Geography

Hennepin is located on the left bank of the Illinois River at 41 ° 15'24 " north latitude and 89 ° 19'48 " west longitude and extends over 14.6 km ², ² which is 13.6 km ² land and 1.0 km of water surface distribute. The location is the center of the township of the same name.

Towns nearby Hennepin are Granville (11,3 km to the east ), McNabb (17,8 km southeast), Henry (21,9 km to the south) and Bureau Junction (10 km north-west ).

The nearest major cities are Chicago (185 km east-northeast ), Illinois ' capital Springfield (198 km south) and the Quad Cities (133 miles west).

Traffic

The oldest traffic route of the place is the Illinois River, which creates a navigable route from Lake Michigan to the Mississippi as part of the Illinois Waterway.

In Hennepin Interstate 180 begins, a feeder road to Interstate 80, as one of the longest highways in the country both coasts together. At the beginning of the Interstate Highway Illinois State Routes 26 and 71 meet together. All other roads are subordinate within city roads.

The nearest airfield is located 31.2 km northeast Illinois Valley Regional Airport; The nearest major airports are the O'Hare International Airport in Chicago (186 km northeast), the Chicago Rockford International Airport in Rockford (140 km north ) and the Quad City International Airport in Moline (122 miles west).

Demographic data

According to the census in 2010 lived in Hennepin 757 people in 326 households. The population density was 55.7 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 326 households lived statistically 2.32 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 97.4 percent White, 0.1 percent (one person) Black or African American, 0.3 percent ( two people) and Asians 0.7 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 4.2 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

13.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 67.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 19.4 percent were 65 years or older. 50.3 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 44,750. The per capita income was $ 26,526. 5.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.