Jonesboro (Illinois)

Union County

17-38635

Jonesboro is a small town and county seat of Union County in the south of the U.S. state of Illinois. In 2000 Jonesboro had 1,853 inhabitants.

Jonesboro was on 15 September 1858 of the venue of the third of the famous debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas.

Geography

Jonesboro is located at 37 ° 27'04 " north latitude and 89 ° 16'07 " west longitude. The city covers an area of ​​4.9 km ², which consists exclusively of land area.

Jonesboro is 17 km east of the Mississippi River, which forms the border to Missouri.

By Jonesboro leads the Illinois State Route 146 to the Illinois State Route 127 meets in the town center. East of only about 2 km away neighboring town Anna runs the U.S. Highway 51 a few kilometers to the east extends Interstate 57, the north-south direction leads from Chicago throughout Illinois and slightly behind Cairo at Ohio estuary in the neighboring state of Missouri in Interstate 55 opens.

St. Louis is located 187 km north- north-easterly direction, Illinois ' capital Springfield 296 km to the north, Kentucky's largest city of Louisville in an east - northeasterly direction 377 km, Tennessee capital of Nashville 302 km to the southeast, Memphis 317 km to the southwest and Missouri's capital Jefferson City 381 km to the northwest.

Demographic data

In the census of 2000 a population of 1,853 was determined. These were distributed to 740 households in 489 families. The population density was 374.6 / km ². There were 792 buildings, which corresponded to a housing density of 160.1 / km ².

The population was in 2000 from 96.87 % White, 0.65 % African American, 0.59 % Native Americans, 0.59 % Asian, and 0.76 % other. 0.54 % said to be descended from at least two of these groups. 1.19 % of the population were Hispanics who belonged to the various of the aforementioned groups.

24.1% were under the age of 18, 8.0 % from 18 to 24, 25.6% 25-44, 23.3% from 45 to 64 and 19.0 % 65 and older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females were statistically 89.9 men in the over 18 -year-olds 83.2.

The average income per household was 30 441 U.S. dollars ( USD), the average family income is $ 40,066. Men's income averaged $ 31,691, and for women about $ 24,464. The per capita income amounted to $ 15,372. Around 12.5 % of families and 17.1 % of the total population were income below the poverty line.