Pesotum, Illinois facts for kids
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Pesotum
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Location of Pesotum in Champaign County, Illinois.
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 Pesotum
Location in Champaign County, Illinois
Pesotum
Location in Illinois
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| Country | United States |
| State | Illinois |
| County | Champaign |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.58 sq mi (1.50 km2) |
| • Land | 0.57 sq mi (1.47 km2) |
| • Water | 0.01 sq mi (0.02 km2) |
| Elevation | 715 ft (218 m) |
| Population
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| • Total | 550 |
| • Density | 966.61/sq mi (373.24/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code(s) | 217 |
| FIPS code | 17-59273 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2399658 |
| Website | https://pesotum.org/ |
Pesotum is a small village located in Champaign County, Illinois, in the United States. In 2010, about 551 people lived there. The village gets its name from Pesotum, a brave Native American warrior who fought in the Battle of Fort Dearborn.
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Where is Pesotum?
Pesotum is a small place, covering about 0.58 square miles (1.50 square kilometers). Most of this area, about 98%, is land. A very small part, about 1.5%, is water.
How Many People Live Here?
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According to the 2020 census, there were 550 people living in Pesotum. There were 193 households and 120 families. A household means all the people living in one home.
Who Lives in Pesotum?
Most people in Pesotum, about 96.73%, are White. A small number are African American or from other backgrounds. About 1.64% of the population is Hispanic or Latino.
Age and Families
About 23.8% of the households in Pesotum had children under 18 living with them. Many homes, about 48.19%, were married couples living together.
The people in Pesotum are of different ages. About 16.3% are under 18 years old. The median age, which is the middle age of all the people, was 47.1 years. This means half the people were younger than 47.1 and half were older.
Income in Pesotum
The median income for a household in Pesotum was $76,339. This means that half the households earned more than this amount, and half earned less. For families, the median income was $87,917. The average income per person in the village was $33,158.
A small number of families, about 8.3%, and 8.0% of the total population, lived below the poverty line. This includes 3.1% of those under 18 and 6.3% of those aged 65 or older.
