Alexander County (Illinois)

administration
Alexander County Courthouse
US state :	Illinois
Administrative headquarters :	Cairo
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Alexander County Courthouse 2000 Washington Avenue Cairo, IL 62914-1717
Foundation :	March 4, 1819
Made up from:	Union County
Area code :	001 618
Demographics
Residents :	8238 (2010)
Population density :	13.5 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	654 km²
Water surface :	42 km²
map

The Alexander County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Illinois . In 2010 , the county had 8,238 people and a population density of 12.6 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Cairo .

geography

Ohio estuary

The county has an area of 654 square kilometers, of which 42 square kilometers are water.

In Alexander County, near Cairo, at the confluence of the Ohio River and Mississippi River, the deepest and southernmost point of the state of Illinois is located.

The western border of the county is formed by the Mississippi and is also the border with the state of Missouri . The Ohio forms with the southern border of the county also the border with Kentucky .

Alexander County is bordered by the following neighboring counties in three states:

Cape Girardeau County, Missouri	Union County
Scott County, Missouri		Pulaski County
	Mississippi County (Missouri)	Ballard County, Kentucky

history

Alexander County is the first county formed after the founding of the new state of Illinois. Governor Shadrach Bond signed the charter on March 4, 1819. The first white settlements go back to 1805.

The county was named after William M. Alexander , a member of the Illinois House of Representatives .

In 1843 the eastern part of the county became Pulaski County.

Thebes was the seat of county administration from 1846 to 1859 , after which it became Cairo.

The first courthouse was completed in 1865 and served as such until 1963.

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1820	626	-
1830	1390	122%
1840	3313	138.3%
1850	2484	-25%
1860	4707	89.5%
1870	10,564	124.4%
1880	14,808	40.2%
1890	16,563	11.9%
1900	19,384	17%
1910	22,741	17.3%
1920	23,980	5.4%
1930	22,542	-6%
1940	25,496	13.1%
1950	20,316	-20.3%
1960	16,061	-20.9%
1970	12,015	-25.2%
1980	12,264	2.1%
1990	10,626	-13.4%
2000	9590	-9.7%
2010	8238	-14.1%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Horseshoe Lake

Old Customhouse in Cairo, listed in the NRHP since 1973

According to the 2010 census , Alexander County had 8,238 people in 3,603 households. The population density was 12.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.17 people lived in the 3,603 households.

The racial the population was composed of 60.9 percent white, 35.4 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.9 percent of the population.

22.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.0 percent were 65 years or older. 49.2 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 28,370 USD . The per capita income was $ 16,149. 29.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Localities in Alexander County

City

Cairo

Villages

Census-designated place (CDP)

Olive Branch

other unincorporated communities

structure

Alexander County is divided into 7 precincts :

district	Population (2010)	FIPS
Cache precinct	413	17-90576
Cairo precinct	2,831	17-90612
McClure precinct	1,034	17-91980
Olive Branch precinct	879	17-92304
Sandusky precinct	538	17-93114
Tamms precinct	1,696	17-93402
Thebes precinct	847	17-93420