McLeansboro, Illinois

Hamilton County

17-45824

McLeansboro is a small town and county seat of Hamilton County in the south of the U.S. state of Illinois. In 2000, McLeansboro had 2945 inhabitants.

The town is named after William B. McLean, the owner of the donated the land for the city's founding available.

Geography

McLeansboro is located at 38 ° 5'35 " north latitude and 88 ° 32'10 " west longitude and extending over 5.9 km ², which consist exclusively of land area.

In McLeansboro the Illinois State Routes take 14, 142 and 242 together. Also a railway line passes through the town.

19.5 km north of the city extends in a west-east direction of Interstate 64, the shortest route from St. Louis, Missouri (174 miles west) to Louisville in Kentucky (276 km east) forms.

36.2 km west of McLeansboro extends Interstate 57 This connects Chicago ( 493 km to the north ) with Memphis in Tennessee (416 km to the south ).

Demographic data

In the census of 2000 a population of 2,945 was determined. These distributed to 1,265 households in 747 families. The population density was 502.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. There were 1,435 residential buildings, which corresponded to a housing density of 224.8 per square kilometer buildings.

The population was in 2000 from 98.1 percent white, 0.8 percent African American, 0.2 percent Asian and 0.2 % other. 0.7 percent said to be descended from at least two of these groups. 0.4 percent of the population consisted of Hispanics who belonged to the various of the aforementioned groups.

22.8 percent were under 18 years, 8.3 percent between 18 to 24, 22.7 percent of 25-44, 20.6 percent from 45 to 64 and 25.7 percent 65 and older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females were statistically 81.3 men in the over 18 -year-olds 74.4.

The median income per household was 22,183 U.S. dollars ( USD), the median family income $ 35,296. The median income for men was $ 35,114, and for women about $ 18,125. The per capita income amounted to $ 15,354. Around 11.9 percent of families and 19.7 percent of the total population were income below the poverty line.