Wobash (county, Illinois)

According to the United States Census Bureau , the county’s total area is 590.521 km ² , of which 577.571 km ^{2 are} land and 4,300 km ² or 1,900% are water bodies.

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According to the 2000 census ^[1] , 12 937 residents of 5 192 households and 3 587 families live in the okrug. The population density is 22.00 people per km ² . There are 5 758 residential buildings in the district, with a building density of about 10.00 buildings per km ² . Racial composition of the population: white - 97.86%, African Americans - 0.39%, Native Americans ( Indians ) - 0.17%, Asians - 0.45%, Hawaiians - 0.05%, representatives of other races - 0.26 %, representatives of two or more races - 0.83%. Hispanics accounted for 0.73% of the population, regardless of race .

Of the total number of households , 30.90% are children under the age of 18 years, 57.20% of households are couples living together, 8.70% of households are single women without a spouse, 30.90% of households households are not related to families , 27.00% of households consist of one person, 13.60% of households consist of elderly people (65 years and older) living alone. The average household size is 2.46 people and the average family size is 2.98 people.

The age composition of the district: 24.20% under the age of 18, 9.10% from 18 to 24, 26.40% from 25 to 44, 23.30% from 45 to 64, and 23.30% from 65 and older. The average age of a resident of the district is 39 years. For every 100 females there are 95.30 males . For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 92.70 males .

The average household income in the district was 34,473 USD , per family - 42,142 USD . The average earnings of a man were 31,142 USD against 18,091 USD for a woman . The per capita income was 16,747 USD . About 9.50% of families and 14.10% of the total population were below the poverty line , including 19.70% of youth (those who were not yet 18 years old) and 9.50% of those who were already over 65 .

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