Illinois
Basic Information
- Type of Place
- Independent City or Town
- Metro Area
- Politics c. 1860?
- Unions, Organized Labor?
Sundown Town Status
- Sundown Town in the Past?
- Surely
- Was there an ordinance?
- Don't Know
- Sign?
- Perhaps, Some Oral Evidence
- Year of Greatest Interest
Census Information
| Total | White | Black | Asian | Native | Hispanic | Other | BHshld | |
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| 1920 | ||||||||
| 1930 | 1666 | 0 | ||||||
| 1940 | 1855 | 0 | ||||||
| 1950 | 2287 | 0 | ||||||
| 1960 | 2025 | |||||||
| 1970 | 1791 | |||||||
| 1980 | 2285 | |||||||
| 1990 | 2116 | 2107 | 1 | |||||
| 2000 | 1933 | 3 | ||||||
| 2010 | ||||||||
| 2020 | 1920 | 33 | 36 | 28 | 30 | 22 |
Method of Exclusion
- Reputation
Main Ethnic Group(s)
Group(s) Excluded
- Black
Comments
According to a local resident, Albion used to have signs telling blacks to keep out and there was an active KKK nearby in Wayne County. (Interviewed in 2004)