Illinois' 17th congressional district

Infobox U.S. congressional district
state = Illinois
district number = 17

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image width = 300px
image caption = The 17th congressional district of Illinois
representative = Phil Hare
party = Democratic
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population = 653,647
population year = 2000
median income = 35,066
percent white = 89.0
percent black = 7.2
percent native american = 0.2
percent asian = 0.6
percent hispanic = 3.7
percent other race = 1.3
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cpvi = D + 5

The 17th Congressional District of Illinois covers much of west central Illinois, including the cities of Sterling, Rock Island, Moline, Kewanee, Galesburg, Canton, Macomb, Quincy, Springfield and Decatur, and areas in Henry, Whiteside, Rock Island, Mercer, Knox, Warren, Henderson, Fulton, McDonough, Hancock, Adams, Pike, Calhoun, Greene, Jersey, Macoupin, Madison, Montgomery, Christian, Sangamon, Macon, Shelby, and Fayette counties. It has been represented by Democrat Phil Hare since 2007.

ee also

Gerrymander

External links

* [http://projects.washingtonpost.com/elections/keyraces/census/il/district-17/ "Washington Post" page on the 17th District of Illinois]
* [http://fastfacts.census.gov/servlet/CWSFacts?_event=ChangeGeoContext&geo_id=50000US1717&_geoContext=01000US%7C04000US17%7C50000US1716&_street=&_county=&_cd=50000US1717&_cityTown=&_state=04000US17&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=&_useEV=&pctxt=fph&pgsl=500&_content=&_keyword=&_industry= U.S. Census Bureau - 17th District Fact Sheet]
*PDFlink| [http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/cong_dist/cd108_named/ind_pdf/IL_CD17n.pdf U.S. Census Bureau - 17th District map] |6.29 MiB