Piper City, Illinois

Geobox City
name = Piper City
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category = Village


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country = United States
state = Illinois
region_type = County
region = Ford
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area_imperial = 0.6
area_land_imperial = 0.6
area_water_imperial = 0.0
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lat_m = 45
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population = 781
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postal_code = 60959
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area_code = 815
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Piper City is a village in Ford County, Illinois, United States. The population was 781 at the 2000 census.

Geography

Piper City is located at coor dms|40|45|24|N|88|11|22|W|city (40.756749, -88.189560)GR|1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.6 square miles (1.4 km²), all of it land.

Demographics

As of the censusGR|2 of 2000, there were 781 people, 307 households, and 210 families residing in the village. The population density was 1,409.2 people per square mile (548.3/km²). There were 332 housing units at an average density of 599.0/sq mi (233.1/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 96.67% White, 0.13% African American, 0.38% Native American, 0.90% Asian, 0.51% from other races, and 1.41% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.54% of the population.

There were 307 households out of which 29.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.0% were married couples living together, 8.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.3% were non-families. 29.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 20.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 3.01.

In the village the population was spread out with 25.4% under the age of 18, 6.5% from 18 to 24, 23.0% from 25 to 44, 22.8% from 45 to 64, and 22.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 86.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 78.3 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $36,250, and the median income for a family was $40,278. Males had a median income of $33,393 versus $21,750 for females. The per capita income for the village was $19,393. About 7.1% of families and 10.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 10.6% of those under age 18 and 7.8% of those age 65 or over.

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