Christian County (Illinois)

administration
Christian County Courthouse
US state :	Illinois
Administrative headquarters :	Taylorville
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Christian County Courthouse P.O. Box 647 Taylorville, IL 62568
Foundation :	March 2, 1840
Made up from:	Sangamon County , Montgomery County , Shelby County
Area code :	001 217
Demographics
Residents :	34,800 (2010)
Population density :	18.9 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1854 km²
Water surface :	17 km²
map

Website : www.christiancountyil.com

The Christian County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Illinois . In 2010 , the county had 34,800 residents and a population density of 18.9 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Taylorville .

geography

The county is just south of central Illinois on the left bank of the Sangamon River . It has an area of 1854 square kilometers, of which 17 square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border Christian County:

Sangamon County		Macon County

Montgomery County		Shelby County

history

On February 15, 1839, parts of Sangamon, Montgomery, and Shelby Counties formed Dane County. It was after the Congress Member Nathan Dane from Massachusetts named. On March 2, 1840, it was renamed Christian County. This name was chosen because most of the settlers were from Christian County , Kentucky . In 1900 the county already had 32,700 residents.

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1840	1878	-
1850	3203	70.6%
1860	10,492	227.6%
1870	20,363	94.1%
1880	28,227	38.6%
1890	30,531	8.2%
1900	32,790	7.4%
1910	34,594	5.5%
1920	38,458	11.2%
1930	37,538	-2.4%
1940	38,564	2.7%
1950	38,816	0.7%
1960	37.207	-4.1%
1970	35,948	-3.4%
1980	36,446	1.4%
1990	34,418	-5.6%
2000	35,372	2.8%
2010	34,800	-1.6%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

According to the 2010 census , Christian County had 34,800 people in 14,005 households. The population density was 18.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 2.33 people in each of the 14,005 households.

The racial the population was composed of 96.6 percent white, 1.4 percent African American, 0.1 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 0.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.4 percent of the population.

22.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.5 percent were 65 years or older. 49.3 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 43,182 USD . The per capita income was $ 20,673. 14.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Christian County localities

Citys

Villages

Unincorporated Communities

^{1 - partly in Montgomery County

2 - partly in Shelby County

3 - partly in Montgomery and Sangamon County}

structure

Christian County is divided into 17 townships :

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Assumption Township	1418	17-02622
Bear Creek Township	499	17-04325
Buckhart Township	1792	17-09239
Greenwood Township	208	17-31641
Johnson Township	673	17-38492
King Township	244	17-39948
Locust Township	1825	17-44251
May Township	1581	17-47631
Mosquito Township	390	17-50686

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Mount Auburn Township	1028	17-50842
Pana Township	6647	17-57485
Prairieton Township	449	17-61730
Rick's Township	1223	17-63797
Rosamond Township	421	17-65598
South Fork Township	2788	17-70798
Stonington Township	1131	17-72962
Taylorville Township	12,483	17-74587