Bourbon Township, Douglas County, Illinois

Coordinates: 39°42′11″N 88°24′51″W / 39.70306°N 88.41417°W / 39.70306; -88.41417
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Bourbon Township
CDT)
ZIP codes
61910, 61911, 61953
FIPS code17-041-07458

Bourbon Township is one of nine townships in Douglas County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 4,099 and it contained 1,402 housing units.[2]

Geography

According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Bourbon Township has a total area of 43.12 square miles (111.68 km2), of which 43.11 square miles (111.65 km2) (or 99.96%) is land and 0.02 square miles (0.05 km2) (or 0.04%) is water.[3]

Cities, towns, villages

Unincorporated towns

Extinct towns

(These towns are listed as "historical" by the USGS.)

Cemeteries

The township contains these six cemeteries: Bourbon, Campbell, Fillmore, Miller, Yoder and Yoder.

Major highways

Demographics

As of the

Latino
of any race were 3.03% of the population.

There were 1,228 households, out of which 44.90% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 70.36% were married couples living together, 3.09% had a female householder with no spouse present, and 23.45% were non-families. 20.10% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.00% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.31 and the average family size was 3.94.

The township's age distribution consisted of 33.7% under the age of 18, 10.0% from 18 to 24, 22.2% from 25 to 44, 19.6% from 45 to 64, and 14.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 28.8 years. For every 100 females, there were 104.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.2 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $62,700, and the median income for a family was $66,968. Males had a median income of $37,083 versus $22,317 for females. The

poverty line
, including 12.2% of those under age 18 and 21.5% of those age 65 or over.

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
19302,095—
19402,2236.1%
19502,206−0.8%
19602,65420.3%
19702,8838.6%
19803,0435.5%
19903,3189.0%
20003,65810.2%
20104,12412.7%
20204,099−0.6%
U.S. Decennial Census[4]

School districts

  • Arcola Consolidated Unit School District 306
  • Arthur Community Unit School District 305

Political districts

  • State House District 110
  • State Senate District 55

References

  • "Bourbon Township, Douglas County, Illinois". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved January 17, 2010.
  • United States Census Bureau 2009 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
  • United States National Atlas
  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bourbon Township, Douglas County, Illinois
  2. ^ a b "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved January 22, 2023.
  3. ^ Bureau, US Census. "Gazetteer Files". Census.gov. Retrieved January 22, 2023.
  4. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.

External links

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