Karnak (Illinois)
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Location in Illinois
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| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Illinois | ||
| County : | Pulaski County | ||
| Coordinates : | 37 ° 18 ′ N , 88 ° 59 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 499 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 99.8 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 5 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 104 m | ||
| Postal code : | 62956 | ||
| Area code : | +1 618 | ||
| FIPS : | 17-39077 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 411312 | ||
Karnak is a small town (with the status " City ") in Pulaski County in the south of the US -amerikanischen state of Illinois . In 2010 , Karnak had 499 inhabitants.
geography
Karnak is located at 37 ° 17'37 "north latitude and 88 ° 58'31" west longitude and extends over 5 km². The place is 8 km north of the Ohio River , which forms the border with Kentucky . The confluence of the Ohio into the Mississippi , which separates Illinois from Missouri , is about 40 km southwest. The Indiana border runs 140 km east.
Neighboring towns to Karnak are New Grand Chain (8.4 km southwest), Cypress (12 km northwest), Belknap (4.8 km northeast) and Boaz (6.9 km east).
The nearest major cities are St. Louis , Missouri (234 km northwest), Louisville , Kentucky (376 km east-northeast), Tennessee's capital Nashville (270 km southeast) and Tennessee's largest city, Memphis (302 km southwest).
traffic
In a west-east direction, Illinois State Route 169 runs through central Karnak. All other roads in Karnak are subordinate roads or inner-city connecting roads.
A railway line that is connected to the network of the BNSF Railway runs parallel to IL 169 .
With the Metropolis Municipal Airport there is a small airfield 27.1 km southeast of Karnak. The nearest major airports are Lambert-Saint Louis International Airport (255 km north-northwest), Nashville International Airport (279 km southeast), and Memphis International Airport (318 km south-southwest).
Demographic data
According to the 2010 census , Karnak had 499 people in 227 households. The population density was 99.8 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.13 people lived in each of the 227 households.
The racial the population was composed of 93.8 percent white, 4.2 percent African American, 0.2 percent (one person) Native American, and 0.6 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.0 percent of the population.
30.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 49.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 20.2 percent were 65 years or older. 54.3 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 36,563 USD . The per capita income was $ 18,016. 17.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved August 1, 2012
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed August 1, 2012