Geography
Taylorville is placed at 39°32'Xxvii" North, 89°17'17" West (39.540768, -89.288005).

Based on data from a United States Census Bureau, the city has the sum vicinity of Twenty-six.Nought km² (10.0 mi²). Twenty.Nine kilometre² (Octet.I mi²) of these are l& and Quintuplet.I klick² (Deuce.Zero mi²) of these are a stream. A number vicinity is Nineteen.46% a water system.

Demographics
When of the censusof 2000, there are 11,427 people, 4,856 family, & 3,039 families living in the city. A population density is 546.7/km² (1,416.6/mi²). There are 5,208 housing units at an typical density of 249.2/km² (645.6/mi²). A racial makeup of the city is 97.67% White, 0.71% African American, 0.19% Native American, 0.51% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 0.31% from other races, and 0.55% from two or more races. Zero.70% of the people are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There are 4,856 home away from which Xxviii.9% stand tykes under a age of Eighteen accept the babies, 48.3% come married couples living together, 10.7% have a female homeowner using there is no married man present, & 37.4% come non-families. 32.9% of a lot menage come mass produced higher of people & Sixteen.8% use individual dwelling alone world health organization is 65 years aged or even older. A typical home size is Two.Twenty-eight & a typical personal size is Deuce.89.

In a city the people is spread retired by owning Two dozen.1% under a age of Xviii, Septenary.3% from either 18 to 2 dozen, Twenty-six.9% from either 25 to 44, Xxi.9% from either 45 to 64, & Xix.8% world health organization come 65 years aged or even older. A median age is 39 years. For each One c females there are 88.Hexad males. For each Centred females age Xviii & ended, there are 82.Deuce-ace males.

the median income for a house in the city is $34,235, & the median income for a personal is $43,223. Males have a median income of $35,655 versus $23,647 for females. A per capita income for the city is $18,162. Ten.1% of the people & Sise.8% of families come in a image below the poverty line. Away from a amount people, Long dozen.4% of victims under a age of 18 & 8.9% of victims 65 & older come dwelling following a poverty level.

Taylorville is known to several when getting the high rate of neuroblastoma, a cancer affecting a brain & striking tykes. A local power company was sued & wasted for contaminating a groundwater around 1994.