Prairie City, Illinois

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state = Illinois
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Prairie City is a village in McDonough County, Illinois, United States. The population was 461 at the 2000 census.

Geography

Prairie City is located at coor dms|40|37|15|N|90|27|49|W|city (40.620740, -90.463582).GR|1

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 1.0 square miles (2.6 km²), all of it land.

State Highway 41 passes through Prairie City.

Demographics

As of the censusGR|2 of 2000, there were 461 people, 155 households, and 119 families residing in the village. The population density was 455.2 people per square mile (176.2/km²). There were 171 housing units at an average density of 168.8/sq mi (65.4/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 97.61% White, 1.08% Asian, and 1.30% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.87% of the population.

There were 155 households out of which 40.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.0% were married couples living together, 9.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.6% were non-families. 19.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.76 and the average family size was 3.13.

In the village the population was spread out with 28.6% under the age of 18, 7.8% from 18 to 24, 25.4% from 25 to 44, 18.9% from 45 to 64, and 19.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 92.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 81.8 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $36,875, and the median income for a family was $40,313. Males had a median income of $27,143 versus $21,389 for females. The per capita income for the village was $12,269. About 21.2% of families and 22.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 31.5% of those under age 18 and 8.0% of those age 65 or over.

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