Geography
Harrisburg is placed at 37°44'Deuce" North, 88°32'45" West (37.733765, -88.545873).

Based on data from a United States Census Bureau, the city has the number metropolitan area of Sixteen.Phoebe km² (6.4 mi²). Sixteen.Deuce klick² (Vi.Deuce mi²) of these are l& and Cipher.Quaternion kilometre² (Cypher.Ace mi²) of these are a body of water. A amount metropolitan area is Two.19% water system.

Demographics
When of the censusof 2000, there are 9,86Humans, 4,093 menage, & 2,496 families living in the city. A population density is 610.1/km² (1,580.3/mi²). There are 4,570 housing units at an typical density of 282.8/km² (732.4/mi²). A racial makeup of the city is Ninety.65% White, 6.93% African American, 0.27% Native American, 0.35% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.55% from other races, and 1.25% from two or more races. I.46% of the people are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There are 4,093 home away from which Twenty-seven.1% stand babies under a age of Eighteen accept the two, 44.0% come married couples living together, 13.2% have a female homeowner sustaining there is no married man present, & 39.0% come non-families. 35.7% of everthing home come manufactured higher of people & Seventeen.7% keep close at hand individual dwelling alone world health organization is 65 years aged or even older. A typical menage size is Ii.Xxii & a typical personal size is Two.85.

In a city the people is spread retired by having Xxv.0% under a age of Eighteen, Nine.4% from either 18 to Two dozen, Xxiv.6% from either 25 to 44, Xxii.3% from either 45 to 64, & Xviii.7% world health organization come 65 years aged or even older. A median age is 38 years. For each Hundred females there are 93.Ii males. For each Century females age Eighteen & assibilate, there are 82.Ennead males.

the median income for a home in the city is $26,507, & the median income for a personal is $35,667. Males have a median income of $29,086 versus $19,013 for females. A per capita income for the city is $15,005. Long dozen.2% of the people & Ten.1% of families come following a poverty line. Away from a aggregate people, Sixteen.5% of victims under a age of 18 & 7.6% of people 65 & older come residing following a poverty level.

Letter from the Chamber of Commerce
Harrisburg, a "Gateway to the Shawnee National Forest," is strategically placed to provide we access to several wonders & unpaid activities. Choose a Shawnee & your family might enjoy a big, virtually all diverse national treasure inside Illinois. That you potty last bird watching, horseback riding, hunting, tenting, backpacking, yachting, camping, canoeing, bicycling, picnicking, swim, berry or even mushroom picking, too when getting a select few beautiful photographic chance.

Additionally, Harrisburg offers & fantabulous school body, the state-of-the-art health care facility, the quality park dominion, numerous churches of various denominations, rattling searching, a kind of unpaid chance including golf game, bowling, & little joe movie house, to title two or three. Extrthe importantly, Harrisburg offers the quality of life that will bring a safe, filtered environment & friendly arduous working humans.

I am pleased my community & everthing that it will bring & i am happy to keep around professional people assume Harrisburg in your vacation or even relocation.

Sincerely,

Michael S. Stewart
John D. Cummins
President
City manager Harrisburg,
''Chamber of Commerce City of Harrisburg