Jordan Township, Whiteside County, Illinois

Whiteside County

17-38700

The Jordan Township is one of 22 townships in Whiteside County in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Illinois. In 2010, Jordan Township had 899 inhabitants.

Geography

The Jordan Township is located in northwestern Illinois, approximately 50 km east of the Mississippi River, which forms the border with Iowa. The border with Wisconsin is located about 70 km north.

The Jordan Township is located at 41 ° 53'17 " north latitude and 89 ° 41'31 " west longitude and extending over 92.71 km ². From north to south the township is drained by the Elkhorn River.

The Jordan Township is located in the extreme northeast of Whiteside County and is bordered to the north by the Carroll, on the northeast by the Ogle and on the east by the Lee County. Within the Whiteside County, the Jordan Township is bordered to the south on the Sterling Township, to the southwest by the Hopkins Township and on the west by the Genesee Township.

Traffic

Thanks to the southeast of the township, the Illinois State Route 40 leads All other roads are County Roads or more subordinate and partly unpaved roadways.

With the Whiteside County Airport is a small airport is around 15 km south of Jordan Township. The nearest major airports are located about 70 km northeast Chicago Rockford International Airport and 100 km south west Quad City International Airport.

Demographic data

According to the census in 2010 lived in Jordan Township 899 people in 343 households. The population density was 9.7 people per square kilometer. In the 343 households lived statistically 2.62 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 96.6 percent white, 0.3 percent African Americans, 0.1 percent (one person) Native American, 1.4 percent Asian and 0.8 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 4.1 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

24.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 56.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 18.9 percent were 65 years or older. 48.3 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 58,295. The per capita income was $ 22,306. 4.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places

In addition to scattered settlements exist in Jordan Township with a Penrose ( unincorporated ) settlement.