Breese Township, Clinton County, Illinois

Coordinates: 38°36′38″N 89°32′09″W / 38.61056°N 89.53583°W / 38.61056; -89.53583
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Breese Township
CDT)
ZIP codes
62216, 62230, 62231, 62245, 62293
FIPS code17-027-07926

Breese Township is one of fifteen townships in Clinton County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 5,594 and it contained 2,410 housing units.[1]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 37.43 square miles (96.9 km2), of which 37.41 square miles (96.9 km2) (or 99.95%) is land and 0.03 square miles (0.078 km2) (or 0.08%) is water.[2]

Cities, towns, villages

Unincorporated towns

Cemeteries

  • Lake Branch
  • Saint Dominic
  • Saint John

Major highways

  • US Route 50

Airports and landing strips

  • Dennis Meier Heliport
  • Saint Josephs Hospital Heliport

Demographics

As of the

Latino
of any race were 3.79% of the population.

There were 2,354 households, out of which 26.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.86% were married couples living together, 5.06% had a female householder with no spouse present, and 35.90% were non-families. 30.70% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.20% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.29 and the average family size was 2.90.

The township's age distribution consisted of 23.3% under the age of 18, 5.4% from 18 to 24, 27.8% from 25 to 44, 24.9% from 45 to 64, and 18.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39.2 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.2 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $72,439, and the median income for a family was $90,646. Males had a median income of $50,821 versus $25,816 for females. The

poverty line
, including 0.6% of those under age 18 and 6.9% of those age 65 or over.

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
20105,417—
20205,5943.3%
US Decennial Census[3]

Political districts

References

  • "Breese Township, Clinton County, Illinois". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved January 10, 2010.
  • US Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
  • US National Atlas
  1. ^ a b "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved January 22, 2023.
  2. ^ "Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County". US Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved May 28, 2013.
  3. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.

External links

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