Kewanee
| Kewanee | |||
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| Nickname : Hog Capital of the World | |||
Location in Illinois
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1854 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Illinois | ||
| County : | Henry County | ||
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 15 ′ N , 89 ° 55 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 12,676 (as of 2013) | ||
| Population density : | 787.3 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 16.1 km 2 (approx. 6 mi 2 ) of which 16.1 km 2 (approx. 6 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 244 m | ||
| Postcodes : | 61443 | ||
| Area code : | +1 309 | ||
| FIPS : | 17-39727 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 411436 | ||
| Website : | cityofkewanee.com | ||
| Mayor : | Bruce Tossell | ||
Kewanee is a town in Henry County in the northwest of the US -amerikanischen state of Illinois . In 2013, Kewanee had 12,676 residents.
The word Kewanee comes from the Winnebago language and means prairie chicken .
geography
Kewanee is at 41 ° 14'44 "north latitude and 89 ° 55'29" west longitude. The city extends over 16.1 km², which consists almost entirely of land.
US Highway 34 runs through Kewanee and meets Illinois State Route 78 and Illinois State Route 81 in the city center .
A BNSF Railway line runs from Chicago to the southwest through Kewanee .
74 km northwest of Kewanee are the Quad Cities , where the Mississippi River forms the border between Illinois and Iowa . Chicago is 238 km east-northeast, Illinois' capital Springfield is 198 km to the south, Iowa's capital Des Moines is 349 km west of Kewanee.
Demographic data
The 12,944 residents of Kewanee, found in the 2000 census , lived in 5,353 households; among them were 3,377 families. The population density was 658.0 / km². 5,877 residential buildings were recorded in the village. Among the population were 90.3% White, 3.7% African American, 0.1% American Indian, 0.4% Asian, and 3.7% from other races; 2.0% said they belonged to several ethnic groups.
Of the 5,353 households, 28.5% had children under the age of 18; 47.0% were married couples living together. 32.2% of the households were single households. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 2.98.
The population was divided into 24.8% under 18 years of age, 8.9% from 18 to 24 years of age, 25.4% from 25 to 44 years of age, 20.5% from 45 to 64 years of age and 20.5% from 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years.
The median household income was $ 29,895 and the family income was $ 37,730. The per capita income in Kewanee was $ 15,746. 13.9% of the population lived below the poverty line .
sons and daughters of the town
- Neville Brand (1920–1992), actor
- Richard Estes (* 1932), painter
- Luke Short (1908-1975), writer
- Teresa A. Sullivan (* 1949), sociologist
Individual evidence
- ↑ US Postal Service - ZIP Codes
- ↑ Google Maps: Kewanee, IL - Moline, IL
- ↑ Google Maps: Kewanee, IL - Chicago, IL
- ↑ Google Maps: Kewanee, IL - Springfield, IL
- ↑ Google Maps: Kewanee, IL - Des Moines, IA
- ↑ US Census Bureau - Kewanee, Illinois