Dallas City Township, Hancock County, Illinois

Geography

According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Dallas City Township has a total area of 15.50 sqmi, of which 15.37 sqmi (or 99.15%) is land and 0.13 sqmi (or 0.85%) is water.

Cities, towns, villages

• Dallas City (south half)

Unincorporated towns

• Colusa at (This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)

Cemeteries

The township contains Harris Cemetery.

Major highways

• [[Image:Illinois 9.svg|25px]] Illinois Route 9
• [[Image:Illinois 96.svg|25px]] Illinois Route 96

Demographics

As of the 2020 census there were 864 people, 474 households, and 294 families residing in the township. The population density was 55.75 PD/sqmi. There were 488 housing units at an average density of 31.49 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the township was 97.57% White, 0.12% African American, 0.35% Native American, 0.23% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.35% from other races, and 1.39% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.58% of the population.

There were 474 households, out of which 28.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 35.65% were married couples living together, 20.04% had a female householder with no spouse present, and 37.97% were non-families. 35.40% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.70% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.27 and the average family size was 2.77.

The township's age distribution consisted of 26.5% under the age of 18, 3.6% from 18 to 24, 16.1% from 25 to 44, 32.7% from 45 to 64, and 21.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45.7 years. For every 100 females, there were 111.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.4 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $48,182, and the median income for a family was $55,833. Males had a median income of $30,625 versus $35,607 for females. The per capita income for the township was $24,891. About 7.8% of families and 12.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 18.1% of those under age 18 and 7.3% of those age 65 or over.

School districts

The following school districts take portions of the township:

• Dallas Elementary School District 327 and Illini West High School District 307
• Nauvoo-Colusa Community Unit School District 325

Political districts

• Illinois's 17th congressional district
• State House District 94
• State Senate District 47

References

• United States Census Bureau 2008 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
• United States National Atlas

References

1. "Explore Census Data".
2. "Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau.
3. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov.
4. Geography Division. (December 22, 2020). "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Hancock County, IL". [[U.S. Census Bureau]].