Coles County, Illinois

Coles County is a located in the  of. As of 2000, the population was 53,196. Its is.

Coles county was organized in out of  and  It was named after, the second governor of Illinois from  to.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,321 (510 ). 1,316 km² (508 sq mi) of it is land and 5 km² (2 sq mi) of it (0.35%) is water.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 53,196 people, 21,043 households, and 12,078 families residing in the county. The was 40/km² (105/sq mi). There were 22,768 housing units at an average density of 17/km² (45/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 95.37%, 2.28% or , 0.20% , 0.79% , 0.05% , 0.41% from , and 0.90% from two or more races. 1.39% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 21,043 households out of which 26.10% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.20% were living together, 8.30% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.60% were non-families. 31.20% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.20% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.31 and the average family size was 2.91.

In the county the population was spread out with 19.70% under the age of 18, 23.50% from 18 to 24, 23.80% from 25 to 44, 19.70% from 45 to 64, and 13.30% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females there were 91.30 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.10 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $32,286, and the median income for a family was $45,708. Males had a median income of $32,831 versus $21,923 for females. The for the county was $17,370. About 7.50% of families and 17.50% of the population were below the, including 11.40% of those under age 18 and 9.30% of those age 65 or over.