Amboy (Illinois)
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 Center of Amboy |
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| Location in Illinois | |||
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| Foundation : | 1854 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Illinois | ||
| County : | Lee County | ||
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 43 ′ N , 89 ° 20 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 2,500 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 156.3 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 16 km 2 (approx. 6 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 227 m | ||
| Postal code : | 61310 | ||
| Area code : | +1 779 815 | ||
| FIPS : | 17-01270 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 403478 | ||
| Website : | www.cityofamboy.org | ||
| Mayor : | Frank Makeel | ||
 The former Illinois Central Depot in Amboy, listed on the NRHP since 1992 |
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Amboy is a small town (with the status " City ") in Lee County in the north of the US -amerikanischen state of Illinois . In 2010 Amboy had 2500 inhabitants.
geography
Amboy lies at 41 ° 42'51 "north latitude and 89 ° 19'43" west longitude and extends over 16 km². The city is 80 km east of the Mississippi , which forms the border with Iowa . The Wisconsin border runs around 110 km north.
The city forms the center of the Amboy Township , but in part also extends into the Marion Township .
Neighboring towns to Amboy are Binghampton (2.1 km east), Sublette (11.7 km southeast), Harmon (20.2 km west) and Eldena (12.8 km northwest). Dixon , the administrative seat of Lee County, is 13 miles northwest.
The closest major cities are Rockford (86.6 km northeast), Chicago (152 km east), Peoria (141 lm south), the Quad Cities (124 km west southwest) and Dubuque , Iowa (176 km northwest).
traffic
US Highway 52 runs north-south through the Amboy metropolitan area. All other roads are subordinate, partly unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
The nearest airports are Chicago Rockford International Airport, 45 miles north-northeast, and Quad City International Airport, 125 km west-southwest of the city .
Demographic data
According to the 2010 census , Amboy had 2,500 people in 983 households. The population density was 156.3 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.47 people lived in each of the 983 households.
The racial the population was composed of 97.2 percent white, 0.8 percent African American, 0.1 percent Native American, 0.1 percent Asian and 0.5 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 3.8 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.
25.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.7 percent were 65 years or older. 50.7 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 36,250 USD . The per capita income was $ 18,530. 10.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 92001015.Retrieved July 16, 2012
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved July 16, 2012
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on July 16, 2012
