Mattoon Township, Coles County, Illinois

Mattoon Township
Mattoon Township
CDT)
ZIP codes	61928, 61938
FIPS code	17-029-47566

Mattoon Township is one of twelve townships in Coles County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 14,668 and it contained 7,381 housing units.^[1]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 36.17 square miles (93.7 km²), all land.^[2]

Cities, towns, villages

Mattoon (west half)

Extinct towns

Lane Acres
Lipsey
Magnet
Wabash Point

Cemeteries

The township contains two cemeteries: Calvary and Dodge Grove.

Major highways

Demographics

As of the

Latino

of any race were 3.10% of the population.

There were 6,754 households, out of which 25.20% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 34.76% were married couples living together, 15.65% had a female householder with no spouse present, and 43.47% were non-families. 36.80% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.70% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.19 and the average family size was 2.82.

The township's age distribution consisted of 20.7% under the age of 18, 8.4% from 18 to 24, 24.3% from 25 to 44, 26.5% from 45 to 64, and 20.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43.7 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.0 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $43,799, and the median income for a family was $60,677. Males had a median income of $36,006 versus $29,442 for females. The

poverty line

, including 28.0% of those under age 18 and 9.2% of those age 65 or over.

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
2010	15,817	—
2020	14,668	−7.3%
U.S. Decennial Census^[3]

School districts

Mattoon Community Unit School District 2

Political districts

Illinois' 15th congressional district
State House District 110
State Senate District 55

References

"Mattoon Township, Coles County, Illinois". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved January 10, 2010.
United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
United States National Atlas

^ ^a ^b "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved January 22, 2023.
^ "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.
^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.

External links

Adjacent townships

[:0-1] "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved January 22, 2023.

[census-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.

[DecennialCensus-3] "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.

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Cities		Charleston Mattoon Oakland	Map of Illinois highlighting Coles County
Villages	Ashmore Humboldt Lerna
Townships	Ashmore Charleston East Oakland Humboldt Hutton Lafayette Mattoon Morgan North Okaw Paradise Pleasant Grove Seven Hickory
CDPs	Janesville‡ Trilla
Unincorporated communities	Bushton Campbell Coles Cooks Mills Diona Dorans Embarrass Etna Fairgrange Fuller‡ Hutton Jones Kings Lipsey Loxa Magnet Newby Paradise Rardin Wabash Point
Extinct community	Hitesville
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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