Equality Township, Gallatin County, Illinois

Coordinates: 37°44′02″N 88°18′49″W / 37.73389°N 88.31361°W / 37.73389; -88.31361
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Equality Township
CDT)
ZIP codes
62934, 62954, 62979, 62984
FIPS code17-059-24361

Equality Township is one of ten townships in Gallatin County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 765 and it contained 389 housing units.[1]

Geography

According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Equality Township has a total area of 37.21 square miles (96.37 km2), of which 36.84 square miles (95.42 km2) (or 99.00%) is land and 0.37 square miles (0.96 km2) (or 1.00%) is water.[2]

Cities, towns, villages

Unincorporated towns

(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)

Cemeteries

The township contains these four cemeteries: Elmwood, Equality Village, Hickory Hill Catholic and Level Hill.

Major highways

Rivers

Demographics

As of the

Latino
of any race were 1.44% of the population.

There were 405 households, out of which 24.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.27% were married couples living together, 11.11% had a female householder with no spouse present, and 27.41% were non-families. 27.40% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.80% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.08 and the average family size was 2.44.

The township's age distribution consisted of 13.7% under the age of 18, 1.8% from 18 to 24, 18.7% from 25 to 44, 37.7% from 45 to 64, and 28.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 58.3 years. For every 100 females, there were 105.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 108.6 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $52,939, and the median income for a family was $54,565. Males had a median income of $50,563 versus $32,031 for females. The

poverty line
, including 27.6% of those under age 18 and 4.6% of those age 65 or over.

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
20001,024—
2010849−17.1%
2020765−9.9%
2016 (est.)789[3]−7.1%
U.S. Decennial Census[4]

School districts

  • Gallatin Community Unit School District 7

Political districts

  • Illinois' 19th congressional district
  • State House District 118
  • State Senate District 59

References

  • "Equality Township, Gallatin County, Illinois". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved January 17, 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. ^ Bureau, US Census. "Gazetteer Files". Census.gov. Retrieved January 22, 2023.
  3. ^ "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved June 9, 2017.
  4. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.

External links

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