Sorento, Illinois

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Sorento is a village in Bond County, Illinois, United States. The population was 601 at the 2000 census.

History

Sorento was incorporated as a village in 1885. Allan H. Keith, [http://books.google.com/books?id=1gJ_RVeb5JYC&pg=PA2&dq=richard+bock+sculptor&ie=ISO-8859-1&sig=ngQRYGbj78gEH8yXNlEZrDnRlMU#PPA1,M1 "Historical Stories: About Greenville and Bond County, IL"] . Consulted on August 15, 2007. ]

Geography

Sorento is located at coor dms|38|59|57|N|89|34|26|W|city (38.999264, -89.573809).GR|1

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.5 square miles (1.4 km²), all of it land.

Demographics

As of the censusGR|2 of 2000, there were 601 people, 238 households, and 167 families residing in the village. The population density was 1,110.5 people per square mile (429.7/km²). There were 255 housing units at an average density of 471.2/sq mi (182.3/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 98.17% White, 0.67% Native American, 0.33% from other races, and 0.83% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.00% of the population.

There were 238 households out of which 38.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.4% were married couples living together, 10.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.8% were non-families. 26.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 3.03.

In the village the population was spread out with 28.3% under the age of 18, 10.1% from 18 to 24, 28.8% from 25 to 44, 19.8% from 45 to 64, and 13.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 89.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.4 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $31,250, and the median income for a family was $32,125. Males had a median income of $28,889 versus $15,625 for females. The per capita income for the village was $13,167. About 11.4% of families and 14.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 19.4% of those under age 18 and 6.1% of those age 65 or over.

Famous Residents

Sorento was the childhood home of Esther Snyder, formerly Esther Johnson, co-founder of In-N-Out Burger.

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