Eldorado (Illinois)
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Location in Illinois
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| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Illinois | ||
| County : | Saline County | ||
| Coordinates : | 37 ° 49 ′ N , 88 ° 26 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 4,122 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 687 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 6 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) of which 6 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) are land |
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| Height : | 119 m | ||
| Postal code : | 62930 | ||
| Area code : | +1 618 | ||
| FIPS : | 17-23009 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 407845 | ||
Eldorado is a small town (with the status " City ") in Saline County in southern US -amerikanischen state of Illinois . In 2010 Eldorado had 4122 inhabitants.
geography
Eldorado is located at 37 ° 48'49 "north latitude and 88 ° 26'17" west longitude and extends over 6 km². The place is the center of the East Eldorado Township .
Neighboring towns to Eldorado are Broughton (15.1 km north), Omaha (20.8 km northeast), Ridgway (17.5 km east), Equality (12.6 km southeast), Harrisburg (13.7 km southwest) and Raleigh (8.7 km west). The place Beulah Heights was incorporated into Eldorado in 1946.
The nearest major cities are St. Louis , Missouri (208 km northwest), Louisville , Kentucky (273 km east-northeast), Evansville , Indiana (86.9 km east) and Tennessee's capital, Nashville (289 km southeast).
traffic
In the Eldorado metropolitan area, US Highway 45 crosses Illinois State Route 142 . All other roads are subordinate routes as well as inner-city connecting roads.
Eldorado is the eastern terminus of a railway line of the former Illinois Central Railroad , which is now part of the Canadian National Railway network.
The nearest airport is Harrisburg-Raleigh Airport , 11.9 km to the west ; the nearest major airport is Lambert-Saint Louis International Airport, 226 km north-west .
Demographic data
According to the 2010 census , Eldorado had 4122 people in 1796 households. The population density was 687 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.21 people lived in 1796 households.
The racial the population was composed of 97.3 percent white, 0.8 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.1 percent Asian and 0.6 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.3 percent of the population, regardless of ethnicity.
22.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 20.1 percent were 65 years or older. 52.4 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 24,855 USD . The per capita income was $ 14,737. 29.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved January 7, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed January 7, 2013