Mount Sterling (Illinois)

Brown County

17-51154

Mount Sterling is a city and county seat of Brown County in the western part of the U.S. state of Illinois. In 2000, Mount Sterling hatt 2,070 inhabitants.

Geography

Mount Sterling is located at 39 ° 59'12 " north latitude and 90 ° 45'55 " west longitude. The city covers an area of 2.8 km ², which consists exclusively of land area.

Mount Sterling is 86 km east of the Mississippi River, which forms the border to Missouri.

By Mount Sterling leads the running in the east-west U.S. Highway 24, which meets the Illinois State Routes 99 and 107 in the center of the city.

Illinois ' capital Springfield is located 105 km to the east, St. Louis 192 km to the south, and the Quad Cities 193 km to the north.

Demographic data

In the census of 2000 a population of 2,070 was determined. These were distributed to 934 households in 535 families. The population density was 740.0 / km ². There were 1,048 buildings, which corresponded to a housing density of 374.7 / km ².

The population was in 2000 from 98.55 % White, 0.14 % African American, 0.34 % Asian, and 0.33 % other. 0.19 % said to be descended from at least two of these groups. 0.97 % of the population were Hispanics who belonged to the various of the aforementioned groups.

23.0% were under the age of 18, 8.2 % from 18 to 24, 28.4 % 25-44, 19,35 from 45 to 64 and 21.0% were 65 and older. The average age was 38 years. For every 100 females were statistically 92.2 men in the over 18 -year-olds 89.5.

The average income per household was $ 27,434, the average family income is $ 40,363. Men's income averaged $ 29,333, and for women about $ 19,258. The per capita income amounted to $ 15,755. Around 4.7 % of families and 10.9 % of the total population were below the poverty line income.

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