Ewing is a village in Franklin County,

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. The population was 300 at the 2020 census.

Geography

Ewing is located in northern Franklin County at (38.089998, -88.853674). It is northeast of Benton, the

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. According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Ewing has a total area of , of which (or 99.90%) is land and (or 0.10%) is water.

Demographics

As of the 2020 census there were 300 people, 142 households, and 97 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 127 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 93.67%

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, 1.00%

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, 0.00% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00%

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, 0.00% from other races, and 5.33% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 0.67% of the population. There were 142 households, out of which 27.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.82% were married couples living together, 7.75% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.69% were non-families. 28.17% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.73 and the average family size was 2.25. The village's age distribution consisted of 20.0% under the age of 18, 7.5% from 18 to 24, 22.8% from 25 to 44, 27% from 45 to 64, and 22.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43.5 years. For every 100 females, there were 106.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 104.8 males. The median income for a household in the village was $61,250, and the median income for a family was $66,563. Males had a median income of $52,500 versus $24,000 for females. The

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for the village was $30,748. About 6.2% of families and 7.8% of the population were below the

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, including 4.7% of those under age 18 and 12.3% of those age 65 or over.

References

External links

"The Town a College Created"
article on the history of Ewing from ''Illinois History'' magazine, ''Illinois Periodicals Online'' (a project of the Northern Illinois University Libraries and the Illinois State Library)
An article about the history of Ewing College.
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