Ritchie, Illinois Explained

Ritchie
Settlement Type:Unincorporated community
Census designated place
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Illinois
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Will
Subdivision Type3:Township
Subdivision Name3:Wesley
Pushpin Map:Illinois#USA
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Ritchie within Illinois
Coordinates:41.255°N -88.1053°W
Elevation Footnotes:[1]
Elevation Ft:561
Population As Of:2000
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:CST
Utc Offset1:-6
Timezone1 Dst:CDT
Utc Offset1 Dst:-5
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:60481
Area Codes:815, 779

Ritchie is an unincorporated community and census designated place (CDP) in southern Will County, Illinois, United States. It is located along Forked Creek and Illinois Route 102, three miles southeast of the city of Wilmington in Wesley Township.

Ritchie is home to several dozen houses, the Wesley Township hall, a church, a grain elevator, and the house of the founder of Ritchie. His house is located at the eastern entry into Ritchie along Illinois Route 102. A railroad track passing through the community was dismantled in the 1990s, but the bridge that carried it over Forked Creek and Route 102 remains.

Demographics

Ritchie first appeared as a census designated place in the 2020 U.S. Census.[2]

2020 census

Ritchie CDP, Illinois – Racial and ethnic composition
!Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)!Pop 2020[3] !% 2020
White alone (NH)16888.42%
Black or African American alone (NH)00.00%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)00.00%
Asian alone (NH)31.58%
Pacific Islander alone (NH)00.00%
Some Other Race alone (NH)00.00%
Mixed Race or Multi-Racial (NH)42.11%
Hispanic or Latino (any race)157.89%
Total190100.00%

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{Gnis3|416695}} USGS detail on Newtown]. 2007-11-11.
  2. Web site: 2020 Geography Changes. .
  3. Web site: P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Ritchie CDP, Illinois. United States Census Bureau.