Rock Falls (Illinois)

Whiteside County

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Rock Falls is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) in Whiteside County in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Illinois. In 2010, Rock Falls had 9266 inhabitants

Geography

Rock Falls is located on the south bank of the Rock River, approximately 45 km east of the Mississippi. The Wisconsin border runs approximately 85 km to the north. The town is located at 41 ° 46'47 " north latitude and 89 ° 41'20 " west longitude and extending over 9 km ². Rock Falls is the center of Coloma Township.

Rock Falls is located across from Sterling, lying on the opposite bank of the Rock River. Other neighboring towns are Nelson (9.6 miles west), Tampico (23 km southwest) and Prophetstown ( 26.3 km west-southwest ).

The nearest large towns are Rockford ( 92.1 kilometers north-east ), Chicago (186 km east), Peoria (126 km south) and the Quad Cities ( 92.6 km west-southwest ).

Traffic

South of the city extends in a west-east direction Interstate 88 in the city of Rock Falls of U.S. Highway 30 crosses the Illinois State Route 40, which comes via a bridge from the direction of the northern neighboring town Sterling Rock Falls after. All other roads are subordinate partly unpaved driveways and local roads.

The nearest airport is the Whiteside County Airport on the southern outskirts of Rock Falls; The nearest major airports are located 82 km north-east Chicago Rockford International Airport and 93.4 km south west Quad City International Airport.

Demographic data

According to the census in 2010 lived in Rock Falls 9266 people in 3809 households. The population density was 1029.6 people per square kilometer. In the 3809 households lived statistically 2.41 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 91.5 percent white, 1.5 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and 3.3 percent from other ethnic groups; 3.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 15.1 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

25.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.7 percent were 65 years or older. 51.7 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 36,553. The per capita income was $ 18,931. 18.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

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