Tilden (Illinois)

Randolph County

17-75263

Tilden is a village in Randolph County in the south of the U.S. state of Illinois near the Mississippi River. In 2000, the city had 922 inhabitants.

Geography

Tilden is located at 38 ° 12'45 " north latitude and 89 ° 41'00 " west longitude. The city covers an area of ​​2.5 km ², which consists almost exclusively of land area. Tilden is located 41 km east of the Mississippi River, which forms the border to Missouri.

By Tilden leads the Illinois State Route 13, which meets west of the town with the Illinois State Route 13.

After St. Louis are in a northwesterly direction 78 km. Illinois ' capital Springfield is located 193 km to the north. After Cairo, where the intersection of the states of Illinois, Missouri and Kentucky to the Ohio River flows into the Mississippi River, it is 164 km to the south.

Demographic data

In the census of 2000 a population was determined by 922 people. The population density was 367.0 people per km ². There were 394 housing units at an average 156.8 per km ². The population consisted of Tilden 99.13 % White, 0 % African American, 0.11 % Native American, 0 % Asian, 0 % Pacific Islander, 0 % said other races, and 0.76 % from two or more races. 1.52 % of the population to be Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Residents Tilden distributed to 362 households out of which 34.0% were living in children under 18 years. 53.3 % married couples living together, 12.2 % had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.3 % were non-families. 23.2% of households were made ​​up of individuals and someone lived in 11.0 % of all households aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.55 and the average family size is 2.96.

The population was spread out with 25.4 % under the, 10.8% of 18-24 year olds, 26.8 % 25 -44- year-old, 22.5% 45-64 year olds and 14.5 % under the age of 65 years or more. The average age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 100.4 males. In the over -18s accounted for 100 women 92.7 males.

The median household income in Tilden was 34,115 U.S. dollars and the median family income reached the height of 37,500 U.S. dollars. The average income of men was 28,125 U.S. dollars, compared to 19,688 U.S. dollars for women. The per capita income amounted to 14,738 U.S. dollars. 14.7 % of the population and 12.4% of families had affected an income below the poverty line, including 16.3 % of minors and 8.7 % of those age 65 or over.

When the ancestors of most of the residents there are mostly immigrants. In this group, the German -Russians make up the majority with 34,3 %. The other ancestry groups are:

• American 14.9%
• Irish 14.9%
• Other 14.1%
• English 7.8%
• French 2.6%
• Italian 2 %
• Dutch 2%
• Scots- Irish 1.9%
• Polish 1.7%
• Other European countries 1.2%
• Scottish 1.2%
• Welsh 0.5 %
• Arab countries 0.5 %
• Czech 0.3 %