Grayville, Illinois

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Grayville is a city in Edwards and White counties in Illinois. The population was 1,725 at the 2000 census. Grayville is the birthplace of naval hero James Meredith Helm.

Geography

Grayville is located at coor dms|38|15|33|N|87|59|48|W|city (38.259146, -87.996678).GR|1

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.5 square miles (4.0 km²), of which, 1.5 square miles (3.9 km²) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km²) of it (2.61%) is water.

Roads

In Grayville, Illinois Route 130 meets Illinois Route 1, and Route 1 meets Interstate 64. Grayville was built on the Wabash River and, while it is no longer on any major rail line, it formerly was host to a large rail bridge across the Wabash into Indiana, but sections of that bridge were lost in early 2005 to flood [ [http://www.crh.noaa.gov/pah/hydro/rainfall/jan05flood.php NWS Paducah, KY ] ] and have not yet been repaired. The largest bridge to Indiana south of Lawrenceville, and the only Interstate link between Illinois and Indiana south of Terre Haute, the I-64 river crossing runs parallel to the collapsed rail bridge, just a few dozen yards upstream.

Demographics

As of the censusGR|2 of 2000, there were 1,725 people, 754 households, and 478 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,158.2 people per square mile (447.0/km²). There were 833 housing units at an average density of 559.3/sq mi (215.9/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 98.67% White, 0.12% African American, 0.12% Native American, 0.12% Asian, 0.17% Pacific Islander, 0.17% from other races, and 0.64% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.23% of the population.

There were 754 households out of which 24.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.5% were married couples living together, 8.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.5% were non-families. 32.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 19.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.20 and the average family size was 2.76.

In the city the population was spread out with 19.4% under the age of 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 25.1% from 25 to 44, 24.2% from 45 to 64, and 24.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females there were 85.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.2 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $30,000, and the median income for a family was $36,944. Males had a median income of $30,250 versus $16,579 for females. The per capita income for the city was $14,318. About 9.1% of families and 13.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 21.0% of those under age 18 and 13.5% of those age 65 or over.

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