Troy (Illinois)
Madison County
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Troy is a city in Madison County in the western part of the U.S. state of Illinois. In 2000, Troy had 8,524 inhabitants.
The city is part of the Metro - East region called that includes the eastern part of Illinois lying in the metropolitan area of St. Louis in Missouri.
Geography
Troy is located at 38 ° 43'45 " north latitude and 89 ° 53'30 " west longitude. The city covers 10.7 square kilometers, which consist exclusively of land area.
Troy is located 27.9 km east of the Mississippi River, which forms the border with Missouri.
Through the center of Troy leads the Illinois State Route 162, which opens in the southwest of the city running east -west U.S. Highway 40. On the western and northern outskirts of Troy extend Interstate 55, which is the shortest route from St. Louis and Chicago and Interstate 70 from St. Louis to Indianapolis.
St. Louis is located 35.7 km west-southwest of Troy, Illinois ' capital Springfield is located 127 km to the north, to Indianapolis, there are 362 kilometers to the northeast and Kentucky's largest city, Louisville is located 405 km to the east, Tennessee capital of Nashville is 481 km in Southeast and Memphis is located 492 km south.
Demographic data
In the census of 2000 a population of 8,524 was determined. These were distributed to 3,100 households in 2,356 families. The population density was 961.0 / km ². There were 3,129 residential buildings, which corresponded to a housing density of 292.4 / km ².
The population consisted in 2000 of 95.5 % White, 1.5 % African American, 0.3% Native Americans, 0.7 % Asian and 0.4 % other. 1.6 % said to be descended from at least two of these groups. 1.5% of the population were Hispanics who belonged to the various of the aforementioned groups.
30.2% were under the age of 18, 8.6 % from 18 to 24, 34.3% 25-44, 19.2% from 45 to 64 and 7.7 % 65 and older. The average age was 33 years. For every 100 females were statistically 96.0 men in the over 18 -year-olds 91.5.
The average income per household was $ 53,720, the average family income is $ 59,643. The average income of men was $ 41,705, the women $ 27,542. The per capita income amounted to $ 21,174. Approximately 2.1 % of families and 3.4 % of the total population were income below the poverty line.
Memorable people
- Paul M. Simon - Senator from Illinois, lived in Troy and was the youngest editor of the Troy Tribune (now Troy Times - Tribune)