Cass (county, Illinois)

According to the United States Census Bureau , the county’s total area is 994.561 km ² , of which 973.841 km ^{2 are} land and 7.9 km ² (2.1%) are water bodies.

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According to the 2000 census ^[1] , 13,695 residents of the 5,447 households and 3,689 families live in the okrug. The population density is 14.00 people per km ² . In the district there are 5,784 residential buildings, with a building density of about 6.00 buildings per km ² . Racial composition of the population: white - 94.93%, African Americans - 0.45%, Native Americans ( Indians ) - 0.17%, Asians - 0.28%, Hawaiians - 0.03%, representatives of other races - 3.34 %, representatives of two or more races - 0.82%. Hispanics accounted for 8.48% of the population, regardless of race .

Of the total number of households , 32.00% are children under the age of 18, 55.80% of households are couples living together, 9.20% of households are single women without a spouse, 31.00% of households households are not related to families , 26.10% of households consist of one person, 13.00% of households consist of elderly people (65 years and older) living alone. The average household size is 2.52 people and the average family size is 3.01 people.

The age structure of the district: 25.40% under the age of 18, 8.40% from 18 to 24, 27.80% from 25 to 44, 22.70% from 45 to 64, and 22.70% from 65 and older. The average age of a resident of the district is 37 years. For every 100 females there are 98.70 males . For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 94.70 males .

The average household income in the district was 35,243 USD , for a family - 41,653 USD . The average male earnings were USD 27,493 versus USD 21,781 for a woman . The per capita income was $ 16,532. About 9.20% of families and 12.00% of the total population were below the poverty line , including 15.20% of youth (those who were not yet 18 years old) and 6.70% of those who were already over 65 years old .

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