Boone Township, Boone County, Illinois

Coordinates: 42°22′14″N 88°44′59″W / 42.37056°N 88.74972°W / 42.37056; -88.74972
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Boone Township
CDT)
ZIP codes
61008, 61012, 61038, 61065
FIPS code17-007-07328

Boone Township is one of nine townships in Boone County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,993 and it contained 726 housing units.[1]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 24.03 square miles (62.2 km2), of which 23.94 square miles (62.0 km2) (or 99.63%) is land and 0.09 square miles (0.23 km2) (or 0.37%) is water.[2]

Cities

Unincorporated towns

Cemeteries

The township contains these four cemeteries: Capron, Chester, County Line and Long Prairie.

Major highways

  • Illinois State Route 173

Demographics

As of the

Latino
of any race were 31.51% of the population.

There were 694 households, out of which 50.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.92% were married couples living together, 11.38% had a female householder with no spouse present, and 24.35% were non-families. 18.30% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.23 and the average family size was 3.58.

The township's age distribution consisted of 30.5% under the age of 18, 9.3% from 18 to 24, 31.7% from 25 to 44, 21.7% from 45 to 64, and 6.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 30.5 years. For every 100 females, there were 123.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 120.7 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $80,000, and the median income for a family was $85,172. Males had a median income of $43,482 versus $24,364 for females. The

poverty line
, including 9.9% of those under age 18 and 13.6% of those age 65 or over.

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
20101,968
20201,9931.3%
U.S. Decennial Census[3]

School districts

  • North Boone Community Unit School District 200

Political districts

  • Illinois' 16th congressional district
  • State House District 69
  • State Senate District 35

References

  • "Boone Township, Boone County, Illinois". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved January 4, 2010.
  • United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
  • United States National Atlas
  1. ^ a b "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved January 22, 2023.
  2. ^ "Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1". United States Census. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved May 28, 2013.
  3. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.

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