Kenney is a village in
DeWitt County, Illinois
DeWitt County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. As of the 2010 census, the population was 16,561. Its county seat is Clinton. The county was formed on March 1, 1839, from Macon and McLean counties. The county was named in ho ...
, United States. The population was 326 at the 2010 census. It was named for its founder, Moses Kenney.
Geography
According to the 2010 census, Kenney has a total area of , all land.
Demographics
As of the
2020 census there were 311 people, 265 households, and 103 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 147 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 91.64%
White
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, 0.64%
African American
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, 0.32%
Native American, 0.64%
Asian, 1.29% from
other races
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, and 5.47% from two or more races.
Hispanic
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or
Latino
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of any race were 2.25% of the population.
There were 265 households, out of which 16.98% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 29.06% were married couples living together, 6.04% had a female householder with no husband present, and 61.13% were non-families. 61.13% of all households were made up of individuals, and 23.02% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.72 and the average family size was 1.69.
The village's age distribution consisted of 10.1% under the age of 18, 4.3% from 18 to 24, 20.2% from 25 to 44, 37.5% from 45 to 64, and 28.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 60.6 years. For every 100 females, there were 117.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 128.4 males.
The median income for a household in the village was $60,536, and the median income for a family was $61,964. Males had a median income of $34,500 versus $9,757 for females. The
per capita income
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Per capita i ...
for the village was $35,790. About 3.9% of families and 7.2% of the population were below the
poverty line
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, including none of those under age 18 and 4.0% of those age 65 or over.
Notable people
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Del Howard
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, infielder and outfielder with the
Pittsburgh Pirates,
Boston Beaneaters/Doves, and
Chicago Cubs; member of
1907
Events
January
* January 14 – 1907 Kingston earthquake: A 6.5 Mw earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica, kills between 800 and 1,000.
February
* February 11 – The French warship ''Jean Bart'' sinks off the coast of Morocco ...
and
1908 World Series
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champion Cubs
*
Ivan Howard, infielder with the
St Louis Browns and
Cleveland Indians
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; brother of Del Howard
Attractions
* Annually, the village holds the Kenney Fall Festival on the weekend after Labor Day, to celebrate the founding of the village by Moses Kenney.
References
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Villages in DeWitt County, Illinois
Villages in Illinois