Calhoun County, Illinois

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Calhoun County Courthouse
Calhoun County Courthouse
administration
US state : Illinois
Administrative headquarters : Hardin
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		Calhoun County Courthouse
P.O. Box 187
Hardin, Il 62047
Foundation : January 10, 1825
Made up from: Pike County
Area code : 001 618
Demographics
Residents : 5089  (2010)
Population density : 7.7 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 735 km²
Water surface : 77 km²
map
Map of Calhoun County within Illinois

The Calhoun County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Illinois . In 2010 , the county had 5,089 people and a population density of 7.7 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Hardin .

Parts of Calhoun County are part of the eastern part of the Greater St. Louis metropolitan area called Metro-East around the city of St. Louis in neighboring Missouri .

geography

The county is located on the western edge of Illinois and has an area of ​​735 square kilometers, of which 77 square kilometers are water. The county's western border is also the border with Missouri and is formed by the Mississippi River . To the east, the county is bounded by the Illinois River . Since both rivers meet in the south, Calhoun County is actually a peninsula. The following neighboring counties border Calhoun County:

Pike County,
Missouri 		Pike County Greene County
Lincoln County,
Missouri 		Compass card (de) .svg Jersey County
St. Charles County,
Missouri

history

John C. Calhoun

Calhoun County was formed on January 10, 1825 from part of Pike County. It was named after John C. Calhoun (1782-1850), Secretary of War under President James Monroe (1817-1825), seventh Vice President of the United States under Presidents John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson (1825-1832) and Secretary of State under President John Tyler and James K. Polk (1844-1845).

From 1825 to 1847 Gilead was the seat of the county administration, then Hamburg briefly and Hardin in the same year.

Demographic data

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1830 1090 -
1840 1741 59.7%
1850 3231 85.6%
1860 5144 59.2%
1870 6562 27.6%
1880 7467 13.8%
1890 7652 2.5%
1900 8917 16.5%
1910 8610 -3.4%
1920 8245 -4.2%
1930 8034 -2.6%
1940 8207 2.2%
1950 6898 -15.9%
1960 5933 -14%
1970 5675 -4.3%
1980 5867 3.4%
1990 5322 -9.3%
2000 5084 -4.5%
2010 5089 0.1%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010
Lock and Dam No. 24 on the Mississippi , looking from Calhoun County towards Missouri

As of the 2010 census , Calhoun County had 5,089 people in 2,043 households. The population density was 7.7 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.48 people lived in the 2,043 households.

The racial the population was composed of 98.9 percent white, 0.1 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 0.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.8 percent of the population.

21.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.5 percent were between 18 and 64 and 19.5 percent were 65 years or older. 49.6 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 44,930  USD . The per capita income was $ 21,849. 11.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Localities in Calhoun County

Villages

Unincorporated Communities

structure

Calhoun County is divided into eight precincts :

Precinct Population (2010) FIPS
Belleview   283 17-90360
Carlin   138 17-90630
Crater   525 17-90900
Gilead   342 17-91350
Hamburg   561 17-91584
Hardin 1330 17-91602
Point 1066 17-92502
Richwood   844 17-92988

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 424208. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
  2. ↑ a b c U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Calhoun County, IL Retrieved November 21, 2012
  3. ^ A b National Association of Counties.Retrieved November 21, 2012
  4. ^ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing.Retrieved March 15, 2011
  5. ↑ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved on February 14, 2011
  6. ↑ Missouri Census Data Center - Illinois  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 25, 2012@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / mcdc.missouri.edu  

Web links

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Coordinates: 39 ° 10 ′  N , 90 ° 40 ′  W