Clark County (Illinois)

administration
Clark County Courthouse
US state :	Illinois
Administrative headquarters :	Marshall
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 501 Archer Avenue Marshall, IL 62441
Foundation :	1819
Made up from:	Crawford County
Area code :	001 217
Demographics
Residents :	16,335 (2010)
Population density :	12.6 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1308 km²
Water surface :	9 km²
map

Website : www.clarkcountyil.org

The Clark County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Illinois . In 2010 , the county had 16,335 residents and a population density of 12.6 people per square kilometer. The county seat is in Marshall .

geography

The county is located in eastern Illinois on the west bank of the Wabash River , which forms the border with Indiana . It has an area of 1,308 square kilometers, of which nine square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border Clark County:

Coles County	Edgar County	Vigo County, Indiana
Cumberland County
Jasper County	Crawford County	Sullivan County, Indiana

history

G. R. Clark

Clark County was formed in 1819 from parts of Crawford County. It was named after George Rogers Clark (1752-1818), a border guard at the time of the American War of Independence and Indian expert.

The first county administrative seat was in Aurora on the Wabash River. In 1823 the seat was moved to Darwin and in 1839 to Marshall.

Clark County from its inception through 1821
Clark County between 1821 and 1823
Clark County between 1823 and 1830
Clark County since 1830 when Coles County was split off

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1820	931	-
1830	3940	323.2%
1840	7453	89.2%
1850	9532	27.9%
1860	14,987	57.2%
1870	18,710	24.8%
1880	21,894	17%
1890	21,899	0%
1900	24,033	9.7%
1910	23,517	-2.1%
1920	21,165	-10%
1930	17,872	-15.6%
1940	18,842	5.4%
1950	17,362	-7.9%
1960	16,546	-4.7%
1970	16,216	-2%
1980	16,913	4.3%
1990	15,921	-5.9%
2000	17.008	6.8%
2010	16,335	-4%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

As of the 2010 census , Clark County had 16,335 people in 7,032 households. The population density was 12.6 inhabitants per square kilometer.

The racial the population was composed of 98.1 percent white, 0.3 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 0.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.1 percent of the population.

Statistically, 2.31 people lived in the 7,032 households.

22.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 18.0 percent were 65 years or older. 51.3 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 43,003 USD . The per capita income was $ 23,083. 13.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Clark County localities

Downtown Marshall, Clark County

Citys

Village

Westfield

Unincorporated Communities

^{1 - partly in Cumberland County

2 - partly in Edgar County}

structure

Clark County is divided into 15 townships :

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Anderson Township	417	17-01465
Auburn Township	242	17-02908
Casey Township	3958	17-11631
Darwin Township	342	17-18680
Dolson Township	353	17-20279
Douglas Township	168	17-20461
Johnson Township	383	17-38505
Marshall Township	4574	17-47176

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Martinsville Township	1602	17-47267
Melrose Township	352	17-48229
Orange Township	230	17-56302
Parker Township	186	17-57667
Wabash Township	2257	17-78279
Westfield Township	720	17-80294
York Township	551	17-83934