Sunday, December 03, 2006

Demographic Profile for Danville, IL

The Danville metro area had a population of 82,344 for the year 2005. The total population has decreased, from the population in the year 2000 of 83,826. The decline shows a decrease of -1.8 percent. Danville ranks 8 of 9 MSAs when calculating total change in population for Illinois and the metro area ranks 325 of 361 metro areas when calculating the total change in MSA population across the US.

When calculating the total land area, the Danville metro area spans a total area of 899 square miles. The MSA has a medium-low density of 92 persons per square mile. Other metro areas with similar densities in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Bakersfield (93 per sq. mile ), Eau Claire (93 per sq. mile ), Williamsport (96 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Charlottesville (90 per sq. mile ), College Station-Bryan (90 per sq. mile ), Texarkana (89 per sq. mile ).

Since the year 2000, a medium-low number of individuals migrated into the Danville metro area, with 279 people migrating in from outside the country. The immigration into Danville accounts for 0.1 percent of all immigration into Illinois. This amount of international migration is medium-low when analyzed against the base population in the year 2005 and compared to other metro areas across the US.

The Danville metropolitan statistical area (MSA) has a population that is made of 83.9 percent White, 11 percent African American, 0.5 percent Asian, and 3.4 percent Hispanic. The population mix can be considered to have a modest level of diversity, with 14.9 percent of the population being minorities. This is less than the State of Illinois percent of 33.1. Since 2000, Danville has increased the level of diversity when 14.2 percent of the people were minorities.



Datasource: Population Estimates Program, U.S. Bureau of the Census.

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