Menominee Township, Illinois

Geography

Menominee is Townships 28 (part) and 29 (part) North, Ranges 1 (part) and 2 (part) West of the Fourth Principal Meridian.

According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Menominee Township has a total area of 30.36 sqmi, of which 27.94 sqmi (or 92.02%) is land and 2.42 sqmi (or 7.98%) is water.

Cities, towns, villages

• Menominee

Major highways

• [[Image:US 20.svg|25px]] U.S. Route 20

Airports and landing strips

• Coursens Landing Airport

Rivers

• Mississippi River
• Little Menominee River
• Sinsinawa River

Demographics

As of the 2020 census there were 1,035 people, 439 households, and 234 families residing in the township. The population density was 34.09 PD/sqmi. There were 430 housing units at an average density of 14.16 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the township was 94.88% White, 0.10% African American, 0.00% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 2.61% from other races, and 2.42% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.15% of the population.

There were 439 households, out of which 21.40% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 39.41% were married couples living together, 13.67% had a female householder with no spouse present, and 46.70% were non-families. 35.80% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.40% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.21 and the average family size was 2.92.

The township's age distribution consisted of 20.4% under the age of 18, 13.1% from 18 to 24, 25% from 25 to 44, 30.1% from 45 to 64, and 11.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32.7 years. For every 100 females, there were 127.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 153.8 males.

The median income for a family was $115,735. Males had a median income of $38,139 versus $29,107 for females. The per capita income for the township was $33,622. No families and 0.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including none of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.

School districts

• East Dubuque Community Unit School District 119
• Galena Unit School District 120

Political districts

• Illinois' 16th congressional district
• State House District 89
• State Senate District 45

References

• United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
• United States National Atlas

References

1. "Explore Census Data".
2. US Census Bureau. "Gazetteer Files".
3. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov.