Jewett (Illinois)

Cumberland County

17-38427

Jewett is a Village in Cumberland County in the U.S. state of Illinois. In 2000, Jewett had 232 inhabitants.

Geography

Jewett is located at 39 ° 12'30 " north latitude and 88 ° 14'43 " west longitude. The city covers an area of ​​2.6 km ², which consists exclusively of land area.

Jewett is 3.8 km west of the Embarras River.

By Jewett performs a railway line and parallel to U.S. Highway 40, and on the northern outskirts Interstate 70

St. Louis, Missouri is located 196 km southwest of Jewett, there are about 79.3 km away Terre Haute 194 km in a northeasterly direction to Indianapolis in Indiana, Springfield, capital of Illinois, 168 km in the north-west, Chicago is located 334 km in the north and Kentucky's largest city of Louisville 303 km to the southeast.

Demographic data

In the census of 2000 a population of 232 was determined. These were distributed among 83 households in 58 families. The population density was 88.7 / km ². There were 96 buildings, which corresponded to a housing density of 36.7 / km ².

The population consisted exclusively of whites in 2000.

30.2% were under the age of 18, 9.9 % from 18 to 24, 26.3% 25-44, 22.8 % from 45 to 64 and 10.8 % 65 and older. The average age was 32 years. For every 100 females were statistically 88.6 men in the over 18 -year-olds 86.2.

The average income per household was $ 30,313, the average family income is $ 42,083. Men's income averaged $ 24,375, and for women about $ 23,125. The per capita income amounted to $ 16,628. Around 15.7 % of families and 19.5 % of the total population were below the poverty line income.