Hume Township (Illinois)

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Hume Township
Hume Township (Illinois)
Hume Township
Hume Township
Location in Illinois
Basic data
State : United States
State : Illinois
County : Whiteside County
Coordinates : 41 ° 43 ′  N , 89 ° 48 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 43 ′  N , 89 ° 48 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 411 (as of 2010)
Population density : 5.4 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 77.95 km 2  (approx. 30 mi 2 ) of
which 76.40 km 2  (approx. 29 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 193 m
Area code : +1 815
FIPS : 17-36581
GNIS ID : 429154
Map highlighting Hume Township, Whiteside County, Illinois.svg
Location of Hume Township in Whiteside County

The Hume Township is one of 22 townships in Whiteside County in the northwest of the US -amerikanischen state of Illinois . In 2010 the Hume Township had 411 residents.

geography

The Hume Township is located in northwest Illinois at the confluence of the Elkhorn River in the Rock River . The Mississippi , which forms the border with Iowa , is around 50 km to the east; the Wisconsin border is 90 km north.

The Hume Township is located at 41 ° 43'04 "north latitude and 89 ° 47'51" west longitude and extends over 77.95 km², which is spread over 76.4 km² of land and 1.55 km² of water.

The Hume Township is the Whiteside County in the southeastern center and is bordered to the north by the Hopkins Township , on the northeast by the Coloma Township , on the east by the Montmorency Township , on the southeast by the Hahnaman Township , on the south by the Tampico Township , on the west by the Prophetstown Township and in the northwest to the Lyndon Township .

traffic

The Interstate 88 , the Quad Cities with Chicago connecting leads in west-east direction by the angle of the northernmost Township. Illinois State Route 172 runs through the southwest of the township . All other roads are county roads or further subordinate and partly unpaved roads.

The Whiteside County Airport is a small airfield around 10 km east of the Hume Township. The nearest major airports are Chicago Rockford International Airport, around 95 km northeast, and Quad City International Airport, around 80 km southwest .

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census , there were 411 people in 156 households in Hume Township. The population density was 5.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 2.63 people in each of the 156 households.

The racial the population was composed of 99 percent white and 1 percent (four people) from other ethnic groups. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 3.2 percent of the population.

23.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 14.8 percent were 65 years or older. 47.7 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 42,353  USD . The per capita income was $ 16,167. 36.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

places

Apart from scattered settlements, there are no settlements in the Hume Township.

Individual evidence

  1. a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved July 5, 2012
  2. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed July 5, 2012

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