Lenzburg is a village in St. Clair County,

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, USA. The population was 521 at the 2010 census.

Geography

Lenzburg is located at . According to the 2010 census, Lenzburg has a total area of , of which (or 91.82%) is land and (or 8.18%) is water.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 577 people, 217 households, and 169 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 235 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 99.13%

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, 0.17% Native American, 0.17% Asian, and 0.52% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 0.69% of the population. There were 217 households, out of which 36.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.5% were

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living together, 18.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.7% were non-families. 17.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.66 and the average family size was 2.91. In the village, the population was spread out, with 29.8% under the age of 18, 8.3% from 18 to 24, 30.2% from 25 to 44, 18.9% from 45 to 64, and 12.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.7 males. The median income for a household in the village was $30,417, and the median income for a family was $35,769. Males had a median income of $29,844 versus $21,023 for females. The

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for the village was $13,505. About 14.5% of families and 12.7% of the population were below the

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, including 12.3% of those under age 18 and 8.3% of those age 65 or over.

Notable people

* Warren Hacker, pitcher mostly for the Chicago Cubs and was a resident of Lenzburg at the time of his death.Former major league pitcher Warren Hacker dies
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, pitcher for the Washington Senators,

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References

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