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Kewanee is a city in Henry County, in the Davenport-Moline metro area.
The community name derives from a Winnebago term for prairie chicken
[NOTE: This is not the only community in Illinois named Kewanee. For links to other places called Kewanee, IL, see the Duplicate Names box at right.]
The latitude of Kewanee is 41.245N. The longitude is -89.924W.
It is in the Central Standard time zone. Elevation is 850 feet.The estimated population, in 2003, was 12,724.
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22% of Kewanee residents report German ancestry, and 11% report Irish. For more info on local ancestry groups, see the Kewanee ancestry & family history guide.
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At the time of the 2000 census, the per capita income in Kewanee was $15,746, compared with $21,587 nationally.
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10% of Kewanee residents age 25 and older have a bachelor's or advanced college degree.
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Median rent in Kewanee, at the time of the 2000 Census, was $291. Monthly homeowner costs, for people with mortgages, were $610.
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Henry County supported George W. Bush in the 2004 presidential election. For more information, see our Kewanee political report.
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The average commute time for Kewanee workers is 17 minutes, compared with 26 minutes nationwide.
A total of 2 fatal motor vehicle accidents occurred in Kewanee between 2001 and 2003, according to reports gathered by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
This is a rate of 1.5 fatal crashes per 10,000 population, which was lower than the national norm.
Hotels in Kewanee include Americinn Kewanee, Super 8.
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