Mount Carroll, Illinois

Carroll County

17-50881

Mount Carroll is a small town and the county seat of Carroll County in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Illinois near the east bank of the Mississippi River. In 2000, Mount Carroll had 1,832 inhabitants.

Geography

Mount Carroll is located at 42 ° 05'44 " north latitude and 89 ° 58'37 " west longitude. The city covers an area of 13.2 km ², which consists exclusively of land area.

Mount Carroll is 17 km east of Savanna, where the Mississippi River forms the border into Iowa.

St. Louis, Missouri is located 457 km to the south, Chicago 229 km to the east, Wisconsin's capital, Madison 159 km to the northeast, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 166 km to the west and the Quad Cities, Iowa and Illinois 97 km to the southwest.

Demographic data

In the census of 2000 a population of 1,832 was determined. These were distributed to 765 households in 501 families. The population density was 372.3 / km ². There were 855 buildings, which corresponds to a site density of 161.2 / km ².

The population was in 2000 from 98.53 % White, 0.16 % African American, 0.27 % Native Americans, 0.27 % Asian, and 0.33 % other. 0.44 % said to be descended from at least two of these groups. 1.31% of the population were Hispanics who belonged to the various of the aforementioned groups.

24.4% were under the age of 18, 7.9 % from 18 to 24, 26.0% 25-44, 21.9% from 45 to 64 and 19.7 % 65 and older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females were statistically 95.9 men in the over 18 year-olds was 88.7.

The average income per household was $ 34,861, the average family income is $ 40,511. Men's income averaged $ 29,292, and for women about $ 22,212. The per capita income amounted to $ 16,455. Around 5.1% of families and 8.5 % of the total population were below the poverty line income.