Carmi is a city in and the

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of White County,

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, along the

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, where the population was 5,240 at the 2010 census.

History

Carmi post office has been in operation since 1817, and then a

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oil on canvas mural called ''Service to the Farmer'' by Davenport Griffen was first displayed there in 1939. Carmi is a

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Geography

According to the 2010 census, Carmi has a total area of , of which (or 98.78%) is land and (or 1.22%) is water.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 5,422 people, 2,390 households, and 1,477 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 2,667 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 98.30%

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, 0.48%

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, 0.35% Native American, 0.24%

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, 0.06% from

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, and 0.57% from two or more races.

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of any race were 0.65% of the population. There were 2,390 households, out of which 23.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.7% were married couples living together, 9.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.2% were non-families. 35.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 20.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.16 and the average family size was 2.78. In the city, the population was spread out, with 20.4% under the age of 18, 8.2% from 18 to 24, 23.7% from 25 to 44, 21.7% from 45 to 64, and 25.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females, there were 84.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 81.7 males. The median income for a household in the city was $25,667, and the median income for a family was $32,456. Males had a median income of $30,735 versus $16,693 for females. The

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for the city was $15,886. About 11.7% of families and 15.1% of the population were below the

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, including 21.4% of those under age 18 and 11.6% of those age 65 or over.

Education

College

* Southeastern Illinois College David L. Stanley White County Center

Public

County Community School District #5
** Carmi-White County High School - grades 7-12 ** Carmi-White County Middle School - grades 4-6 ** Jefferson Attendance Center - grades 2-3 ** Lincoln Attendance Center - grades K-1

Private

Carmi Christian School

Media

Radio

* WRUL 97.3 FM * WROY 1460 AM

Print

* '' Carmi Times'' * ''Carmi Chronicle''

Notable people

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, professional baseball player *

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, White County judge, White County Sheriff, congressman *

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, congressman * Everton Conger, Union Army Lieutenant colonel (

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), federal territorial judge, involved in manhunt for

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* Caswell J. Crebs, Illinois Supreme Court justice * John M. Crebs, Union Army Lieutenant colonel (

), congressman *

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, comic book creator (''

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'', '' StarCraft: Frontline'') * Ivan A. Elliott, Illinois Attorney General * Frederick J. Karch, Brigadier General with the U.S. Marine Corps (

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* Sandy Rios, talk show host and

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, senator, Illinois Supreme Court justice *

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, Christian band *

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, punk rock band * Charles Peyton, AKA Jeff Stryker, Actor, adult film actor, AVN Award Hall of Fame inductee Hustler Hall of Fame, RuPaul Lifetime Achievement Award, Major motion picture Star, fashion model * James R. Williams, congressman * William Wilson, Chief Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court

References

*https://web.archive.org/web/20070219105246/http://home.midwest.net/~cbconly/carmi.htm {{authority control Cities in Illinois Cities in White County, Illinois County seats in Illinois Populated places established in 1816 1816 establishments in Illinois Territory