Morrison (Illinois)

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Morrison
Morrison Il Downtown1.jpg
Location in Illinois
Morrison (Illinois)
Morrison
Morrison
Basic data
State : United States
State : Illinois
County : Whiteside County
Coordinates : 41 ° 49 ′  N , 89 ° 58 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 49 ′  N , 89 ° 58 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 4,188 (as of 2010)
Population density : 761.5 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 5.5 km 2  (approx. 2 mi 2 ) of
which 5.5 km 2  (approx. 2 mi 2 ) are land
Height : 207 m
Postcodes : 61270
Area code : +1 615
FIPS : 17-50530
GNIS ID : 413843
Website : www.morrisonil.org
Mayor : Roger Drey

Morrison is a small town (with the status " City ") and the administrative center of Whiteside County in the northwest of the US -amerikanischen state of Illinois . In 2010 , Morrison had 4,188 residents.

geography

Morrison is at 41 ° 48'33 "north latitude and 89 ° 58'05" west longitude. The city extends over an area of ​​5.5 km², which consists exclusively of land.

Morrison is 11.5 miles east of the Mississippi River , which forms the border with Iowa .

The Quad Cities are 69 km southwest of Morrison, Wisconsin's capital Madison is 190 km north-northeast. After Cedar Rapids , Iowa, it is 156 km to the west and Chicago is located 211 km to the east.

traffic

US Highway 30 and Illinois State Route 78 meet in Morrison . All other streets are subordinate or urban streets.

A Union Pacific Railroad line runs through the city .

The nearest airfield is Whiteside County Airport at Rock Falls (17 miles southeast); the nearest major airport is Quad City International Airport, 75.1 km southwest .

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census , Morrison had 4,188 people in 1,713 households. The population density was 761.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.29 people lived in 1713 households.

The racial the population was composed of 96.8 percent white, 0.8 percent African American, 0.6 percent Native American, 0.1 percent Asian and 0.7 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.6 percent of the population regardless of ethnicity.

21.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 21.4 percent were 65 years or older. 51.2 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 43,886  USD . The per capita income was $ 23,676. 8.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. US Postal Service - ZIP Codes
  2. a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved June 18, 2012
  3. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on June 18, 2012

Web links

Commons : Morrison, Illinois  - Collection of images, videos, and audio files