Census Data for Ideal

As far as we can tell, Ideal has not been included in past Census counts, so there is no population information for this community.

While we don't have census information for Ideal, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:

Chadwick
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Chadwick is located in Carroll County
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Thomson
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Thomson is located in Carroll County
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Mount Carroll
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Mount Carroll is located in Carroll County
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Coleta
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Coleta is located in Whiteside County
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Sabula
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sabula is located in Jackson County (IA)
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Fulton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fulton is located in Whiteside County
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Lanark
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lanark is located in Carroll County
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Milledgeville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Milledgeville is located in Carroll County
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Morrison
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Morrison is located in Whiteside County
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Savanna
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Savanna is located in Carroll County
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Andover
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Andover is located in Clinton County (IA)
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Clinton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Clinton is located in Clinton County (IA)
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- Miles
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  - Miles is located in Jackson County (IA)
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- Albany
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  - Albany is located in Whiteside County
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- Shannon
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  - Shannon is located in Carroll County
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Carroll County ...

Ideal is located in Carroll County<2>.

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Carroll County.

Miscellaneous Information for Ideal ...

The Federal government has assigned various identifying codes to each community, county and state. At one time or another, the US Census Bureau has used one (or more) of the following identifiers when referring to either Carroll County or the community of Ideal:

The GNIS Codes ...
- The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Ideal:
- GNIS ID for Ideal: 422976
- GNIS ID for Carroll County: 424209
- GNIS ID for State of Illinois: 1779784

The FIPS Codes ...
- An earlier (and largely obsolete) identification method was called the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS):
- State Code: 17 (Illinois)
- County Code: 015 (Carroll County)
- Place Code: 36925 (Ideal)
- State & County Code: 17/015 (Illinois / Carroll County)
- State & Place Code: 17/36925 (Illinois / Ideal)

Misc. Census Codes ...
- Ideal is located in Census Region #2 (the Midwest Region) and Division #3 (the East North-Central Division).

For more information about the various Federal identification codes, please visit our Misc Page for Ideal.

Footnotes ...

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<2>	If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Carroll, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.