Washington (Illinois)
Tazewell County
17-79033
Washington is a town in Tazewell County in the northern center of the U.S. state of Illinois. In 2000, Washington had 10,841 inhabitants; until the official estimate in 2009, the population increased to 14,292.
Geography
Washington covers 19.42 km ², which consist exclusively of land area.
The city is located 12 km east of the Illinois River, a left tributary of the Mississippi.
On the northern outskirts of Washington runs in east-west direction of the U.S. Highway 24, a few kilometers south of the city runs parallel to Interstate 74, which is the shortest connection between the Quad Cities and Indianapolis. In the center of Washington leads from the southwest, take the llinois State Route 8, meet the there some secondary roads.
Through the center of Washington leads a line of BNSF Railway in east-west direction.
The nearest large towns are Peoria (18,3 km to the west ), Illinois ' capital Springfield (120 km south), Bloomington ( 56.1 km southeast), Chicago (239 km northeast) and the Quad Cities (172 km north-west ).
On November 17, 2013 F4 large parts of the city were destroyed by a tornado the stage. At least three people died.
Demographic data
In the official census in 2000 a population of 10,841 was determined. These distributed to 4,189 households in 3,091 families. The population density was 558.1 inhabitants per square kilometer. There were 4,451 residential buildings, which corresponded to a housing density of 229.1 per square kilometer buildings.
The population was in 2000 from 98.4 percent white, 0.3 percent African American, 0.1 percent Native Americans, Asians 0.4 percent and 0.3 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.
26.0 percent were under 18 years, 7.9 percent between 18 to 24, 29.7 percent of 25-44, 23.3 percent from 45 to 64 and 13.0 percent 65 and older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females were statistically 95.3 men in the over 18 -year-olds 90.5.
The median income per household was 52,210 U.S. dollars ( USD), the median family income $ 61,184. The median income for men was $ 44,896, and for women about $ 26,035. The per capita income amounted to $ 24,231. About 2.8 percent of families and 4.1 percent of the total population were below the poverty line income.