Versailles (Illinois)

Brown County

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Versailles is a village in Brown County in the western part of the U.S. state of Illinois. In 2000 it had 567 inhabitants.

Geography

The site covers an area of 2.3 km ² which consists almost exclusively of land area.

Versailles is located 11 km west of the Illinois River and 72 km east of the Mississippi River, which forms the border to Missouri.

Through the village leads the Illinois State Route 99, open out some secondary roads in the village in the.

Illinois ' capital Springfield is located 103 km to the east, St. Louis 177 km to the south, Kansas City 428 km to the west, the Quad Cities and Chicago 207 km 395 km to the northeast.

Demographic data

In the census of 2000 a population of 567 was determined. These were distributed to 241 households in 156 families. The population density was 238.0 / km ². There were 259 buildings, which corresponded to a housing density of 108.7 / km ².

The population was in 2000 from 99.65 % White and 0.35% other.

24.7% were under the age of 18, 9.3 % from 18 to 24, 24.5% 25-44, 25.4% from 45 to 64 and 16.0 % 65 and older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females were statistically 96.9 men in the over 18 -year-olds 91.5.

The average income per household was $ 32,813, the average family income is $ 42,083. Men's income averaged $ 31,000, and for women about $ 26,250. The per capita income amounted to $ 14,876. Around 12.2 % of families and 12.5 % of the total population were income below the poverty line.