Virginia (Illinois)

Cass County

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Virginia is a city and county seat of Cass County in the western part of the U.S. state of Illinois. In 2000, Virginia had 1,728 inhabitants.

Geography

Virginia is located at 39 ° 56'56 " north latitude and 90 ° 12'42 " west longitude. The city covers an area of 2.8 km ², which consists almost exclusively of land area.

Virginia is located 21.3 km east of the Illinois River.

In Virginia, the Illinois State Route 78 and the Illinois State Route 125 intersect also meet a number of minor roads in the city together.

Illinois ' capital Springfield is located 52.7 km to the southeast, St. Louis 170 km to the south, Kansas City 463 km to the west, Iowa's capital, Des Moines 431 km to the northwest, the Quad Cities 206 km to the north and Chicago 361 km to the northeast.

Carnival

Every year on the first weekend of the Virginia Bar-B -Que will be held in June, a festival with barbecue, live music, flea market, and removals.

Demographic data

In the census of 2000 a population of 1,728 was determined. These were distributed to 724 households in 453 families. The population density was 617.8 / km ². There were 794 buildings, which corresponded to a housing density of 283.9 / km ².

The population was in 2000 from 98.84 % White, 0.12 % African American, 0.17 % Native Americans, 0.23 % Asian, and 0.12 % other. 0.52 % said to be descended from at least two of these groups. 0.87 % of the population were Hispanics who belonged to the various of the aforementioned groups.

23.7% were under the age of 18, 7.6 % from 18 to 24, 24.4% 25-44, 22.3% from 45 to 64 and 21.9 % 65 and older. The average age was 41 years. For every 100 females were statistically 87.6 men in the over 18 -year-olds 79.6.

The average income per household was $ 35,741, the average family income is $ 41,292. Men's income averaged $ 30,688, and for women about $ 22,639. The per capita income amounted to $ 17,979. About 6.6 % of families and 7.7 % of the total population were income below the poverty line.

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