Taylorville, Illinois
Christian County
17-74574
Taylorsville is a city and county seat of Christian County in the center of the U.S. state of Illinois. In 2000 Taylorsville had 11,427 inhabitants; up to the 2009 estimate, the population had risen to 12,142.
The city is the birthplace of Edward Mills Purcell, a physicist and discoverer of the resonance absorption phenomena of nuclear magnetism.
Geography
Taylorsville is located at 39 ° 32'27 " north latitude and 89 ° 17'17 " west longitude and extends over 25.9 km ², which is 25.9 km ², which is 20.9 km ² on land and 5.0 km ² water surface spread.
In the center of Taylorsville, the Illinois State Routes take 29, 48 and 104 together.
The City of Taylorsville is located 41 km south-east of Springfield, 106 km north-east of Alton, 128 kilometers northeast of St. Louis, 43 miles south-west of Decatur, 110 km south-west of Champaign, and 80 km northwest of Effingham.
Demographic data
In the official census of 2000 a population of 11,427 was determined. These distributed to 4,856 households in 3,039 families. The population density was 546.7 inhabitants per square kilometer. There were 5,162 residential buildings, which corresponded to a housing density of 247.0 per square kilometer buildings.
The population was in 2000 from 97.7 percent white, 0.7 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native Americans, 0.5 percent Asian and 0.4 percent other. 0.6 percent said to be descended from at least two of these groups. 0.7 percent of the population consisted of Hispanics who belonged to the various of the aforementioned groups.
24.1 percent were under the age of 18, 7.3 percent from 18 to 24, 26.9 percent of 25-44, 21.9 percent from 45 to 64 and 19.8 percent 65 and older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females were statistically 88.6 men in the over 18 -year-olds 82.3.
The median income per household was 34,235 U.S. dollars ( USD), the median family income $ 43,223. The median income for men was $ 35,655, and for women about $ 23,647. The per capita income amounted to $ 18,162. Around 6.8 percent of families and 10.1 percent of the total population were below the poverty line income.