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Elwood, IL
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Loop. Area residents incorporated the village in 1873 and established a Baptist church five years later. Elwood grew modestly until
World War II,
when the federal government built a 3,000acre munitions plant with 12,000 jobs. An explosion at the plant killed 48 workers in 1942.
| Elwood, IL (inc. 1873) | |||||
| Year |
Total
(and by category) |
Foreign Born | Native with foreign parentage | Males per 100 females | |
| 1900 | 244 | — | — | — | |
| 1930 | 257 | — | — | — | |
| 1960 | 746 | — | — | — | |
| 1990 | 951 | 0.2% | — | 104 | |
| 948 | White (99.7%) | ||||
| 11 | Hispanic Origin* (1.2%) | ||||
| 2000 | 1,620 | 2.0% | — | 93 | |
| 1,581 | White alone (97.6%) | ||||
| 9 | American Indian and Alaska Native alone (0.6%) | ||||
| 5 | Asian alone (0.3%) | ||||
| 1 | Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone (0.1%) | ||||
| 5 | Some other race alone (0.3%) | ||||
| 19 | Two or more races (1.2%) | ||||
| 65 | Hispanic or Latino* (4.0%) | ||||
Bibliography
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