Sterling (Illinois)
| sterling | |||
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 Residential District of Sterling |
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| Location in Illinois | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1838 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Illinois | ||
| County : | Whiteside County | ||
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 47 ′ N , 89 ° 42 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 15,370 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 1,182.3 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 13 km 2 (approx. 5 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 201 m | ||
| Postal code : | 61081 | ||
| Area code : | +1 815 | ||
| FIPS : | 17-72546 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 419104 | ||
| Website : | ci.sterling.il.us | ||
| Mayor : | Skip Lee | ||
Sterling is a city (with the status " City ") in Whiteside County in the northwest of the US -amerikanischen state of Illinois . In 2010 , Sterling had 15,370 residents.
geography
Sterling is at 41 ° 47'19 "north latitude and 89 ° 46'41" west longitude and extends over 13 km². The place forms the center of the Sterling Township .
Sterling is on the Rock River across from the neighboring town of Rock Falls . Other neighboring towns are Dixon (20.9 km east-northeast), Tampico (22.3 km southwest), Round Grove (18.6 km west) and Palmyra (14.2 km northeast).
The closest major cities are Rockford (87.4 km northeast), Chicago (187 km east), Peoria (128 km south), and the Quad Cities (92.3 km southwest).
traffic
Illinois State Route 2 runs through the city along the Rock River in a west-east direction . In the center the llinois & State Route 40 crosses and then crosses the river over a bridge in a southerly direction to Rock Falls. All other roads are subordinate, partly unpaved roads as well as inner-city roads.
Several Union Pacific Railroad and BNSF Railway lines cross in Sterling, as well as a route from Amtrack west of Chicago.
The nearest airfield is Whiteside County Airport on the southern outskirts of Rock Falls (6 km south); the nearest major airports are Chicago Rockford International Airport, 81.2 km northeast, and Quad City International Airport, 93 km southwest .
Demographic data
According to the 2010 census , there were 15,370 people in 6303 households in sterling. The population density was 1182.3 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.38 people lived in each of the 6303 households.
The racial the population was composed of 82.5 percent white, 3.0 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 0.7 percent Asian and 9.3 percent from other ethnic groups; 4.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 24.2 percent of the population.
25.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 16.5 percent were 65 years or older. 52.5 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 39,184 USD . The per capita income was $ 19,902. 14.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Known residents
- Terry Brooks (born 1944) - fantasy writer
- Paul Flory (1910–1985) - chemist and Nobel Prize winner
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved June 18, 2012
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on June 18, 2012
