Shipman (Illinois)

Macoupin County

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Shipman is a small town in Macoupin County in the western part of the U.S. state of Illinois. In 2000, Shipman had 655 inhabitants.

Geography

Shipman is located at 39 ° 07'06 " north latitude and 90 ° 02'37 " west longitude. The city covers an area of ​​3.0 km ², which consists exclusively of land area.

Shipman is located east of the Mississippi River, which forms the border to Missouri. The nearest town on the river is 36.5 km from the town of Alton.

By Shipman leads the Illinois State Route 16, and a line of the BNSF Railway.

The city of St. Louis in Missouri is 69.5 kilometers south-southeast direction over Illinois ' 97 km from the capital of Springfield are there 418 km in a northeasterly direction to Chicago. The Quad Cities are located 316 km to the north and Indianapolis 374 km in the east.

Demographic data

In the census of 2000 a population of 655 was determined. These were distributed to 249 households in 181 families. The population density was 191.6 / km ². There were 273 buildings, which corresponds to a site density of 79.9 / km ².

The population was in 2000 from 97.86 % White, 0.76 % African American, 0.61 % Indians and 0.31 % Asian. 0.46 % said to be descended from at least two of these groups. 0.92 % of the population were Hispanics who belonged to the various of the aforementioned groups.

27.2% were under the age of 18, 9.9 % from 18 to 24, 26.1% 25-44, 23.8 % from 45 to 64 and 13.0 % 65 and older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females were statistically 105.3 men in the over 18 -year-olds 98.9.

The average income per household was $ 34,318, the average family income is $ 41,250. Men's income averaged $ 31,875, and for women about $ 21,786. The per capita income amounted to $ 15,139. Around 7.2 % of families and 14.6 % of the total population were below the poverty line income.