Menominee is a village in

Jo Daviess County Jo Daviess County () is the northwesternmost county in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2010 census, it had a population of 22,678. Its county seat is Galena. Jo Daviess County is part of the Tri-State Area and is located near D ...

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. The population was 248 at the 2010 census, up from 237 in 2000. The village is located on the

Little Menominee River The Little Menominee River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 13, 2011 tributary of the Upper Mississippi River, which it joins in Jo Daviess County, Illinois. The ...

near East Dubuque and Galena. The village derives its name from the Menominee indigenous peoples.

Geography

Menominee is located at (42.474652, -90.542114). According to the 2010 census, Menominee has a total area of , all land.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 237 people, 78 households, and 59 families residing in the village. Also according to the

of 2000 there were over 800 cows located in Menominee, almost four times the population. The population density was . There were 81 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 97.89%

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, 0.84%

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, 0.84% from other races, and 0.42% from two or more races.

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of any race were 4.22% of the population. There were 78 households, out of which 35.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 65.4% were

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living together, 7.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.1% were non-families. 19.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.04 and the average family size was 3.53. In the village, the population was spread out, with 33.8% under the age of 18, 6.8% from 18 to 24, 28.3% from 25 to 44, 21.5% from 45 to 64, and 9.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 111.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 106.6 males. The median income for a household in the village was $45,972, and the median income for a family was $47,500. Males had a median income of $33,036 versus $20,000 for females. The

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for the village was $14,518. About 6.7% of families and 18.2% of the population were below the

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, including 30.6% of those under the age of eighteen and 3.8% of those 65 or over.

References

External links

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