Bureau County

administration
The Bureau County Courthouse in Princeton, listed on the NRHP as part of No. 100001969
US state :	Illinois
Administrative headquarters :	Princeton
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 700 S. Main Street Princeton, IL 61356-2048
Foundation :	February 28, 1837
Made up from:	Putnam County
Area code :	001 815
Demographics
Residents :	34,978 (2010)
Population density :	15.5 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2262 km²
Water surface :	12 km²
map

Website : www.bureaucounty.us

The Bureau County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Illinois . In 2010 , the county had 34,978 residents and a population density of 15.7 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Princeton .

geography

The county is located in northwest Illinois on the right bank of the Illinois River and has an area of 2,262 square kilometers, of which twelve square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border Bureau County:

Whiteside County	Lee County
Henry County		LaSalle County
Stark County	Marshall County	Putnam County

history

The Bureau County was formed on February 28, 1837 from former parts of Putnam County. It was named after the French fur trader Pierre de Bureau .

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1840	3067	-
1850	8841	188.3%
1860	26,426	198.9%
1870	32,415	22.7%
1880	33,172	2.3%
1890	35,014	5.6%
1900	41,112	17.4%
1910	43,975	7%
1920	42,648	-3%
1930	38,845	-8.9%
1940	37,600	-3.2%
1950	37,711	0.3%
1960	37,594	-0.3%
1970	38,541	2.5%
1980	39.114	1.5%
1990	35,688	-8.8%
2000	35.503	-0.5%
2010	34,978	-1.5%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Monument to the Dead of the Cherry Hill Mine Disaster , 1909

Red Covered Bridge at Princeton, listed in the NRHP since 1975

According to the 2010 census , the Bureau County had 34,978 people in 14,651 households. The population density was 15.7 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 2.34 people each in the 14,651 households.

The racial the population was composed of 94.2 percent white, 0.6 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.7 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 7.7 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

23.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 18.1 percent were 65 years or older. 51.1 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 47,015 USD . The per capita income was $ 24,081. 12.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Localities in Bureau County

Citys

Villages

Unincorporated Communities

¹partly in Stark County

²partly in LaSalle County

³partly in Marshall County

structure

The Bureau County is divided into 25 townships :

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Arispie Township	776	17-02076
Berlin Township	746	17-05430
Bureau Township	247	17-09668
Clarion Township	421	17-14598
Concord Township	1644	17-16028
Dover Township	550	17-20539
Fairfield Township	375	17-24790
Gold Township	180	17-30146
Greenville Township	366	17-31602
Hall Township	8300	17-32265
Indiantown Township	711	17-37413
La Moille Township	1122	17-41807
Leepertown Township	364	17-42665

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Macon Township	208	17-45928
Manlius Township	653	17-46435
Milo Township	207	17-49438
Mineral Township	484	17-49529
Neponset Township	742	17-52012
Ohio Township	823	17-55392
Princeton Township	9331	17-61912
Selby Township	2536	17-68562
Walnut Township	1752	17-78539
Westfield Township	941	17-80268
Wheatland Township	135	17-81009
Wyanet Township	1364	17-83635