Henry (Illinois)
Marshall County
17-34163
Henry is a city in Marshall County, in the north of the U.S. state of Illinois. In 2000, Henry had 2540 inhabitants.
Geography
Henry is located at 41 ° 06'47 " north latitude and 89 ° 21'37 " west longitude. The city covers more than 3.6 square kilometers, which consist exclusively of land area.
Henry is located on the Illinois River 55.4 km north-northeast of Peoria.
On the western edge of the Henry running from North to South Illinois State Route 29, which leads into the leading through the city center Illinois State Route 18 runs.
By Henry there are east- northeasterly direction 199 km to Chicago, Illinois ' 173 km distant capital of Springfield, there are 333 kilometers to St. Louis, the Quad Cities are located 140 km west- north-westerly direction.
History
1834, the town was founded and named after the Henry General James D. Henry. For the settlement of the plant has a location high above the Illinois River site was chosen so that no flood could threaten the town.
1854 the site of the City status was awarded.
Demographic data
In the census of 2000 a population of 2,540 was determined. These distributed to 1,014 households in 678 families. The population density was 713.8 / km ². There were 1,114 residential buildings, which corresponded to a housing density of 313.1 / km ².
The population consisted in 2000 of 97.7 % White, 0.5 % African American, 0.2% Native Americans, 0.2 % Asian and 0.1 % other. 1.3 % said to be descended from at least two of these groups. 0.6% of the population were Hispanics who belonged to the various of the aforementioned groups.
23.9 % were under the age of 18, 6.9 % from 18 to 24, 24.1% 25-44, 23.0% from 45 to 64 and 22.1 % 65 and older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females were statistically 88.1 men in the over 18 -year-olds 87.1.
The median income per household was $ 40,236, the median family income $ 50,375. The median income for men was $ 39,919, and for women about $ 18,621. The per capita income amounted to $ 18,473. About 5.7 % of families and 5.6% of the population were below the poverty line income.