DeWitt County (Illinois)

administration
DeWitt County Courthouse
US state :	Illinois
Administrative headquarters :	Clinton
Address of the administrative headquarters:	DeWitt County Building 201 W. Washington St. Clinton, IL 61727
Foundation :	March 1, 1839
Made up from:	Macon County
Area code :	001 217
Demographics
Residents :	16,561 (2010)
Population density :	16.4 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1030 km²
Water surface :	20 km²
map

Website : www.dewittcountyill.com

The DeWitt County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Illinois . In 2010 , the county had 16,561 residents and a population density of 16.4 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Clinton .

geography

Lake Clinton outflow

The county is located in central Illinois and has an area of 1,030 square kilometers, of which 20 square kilometers are water.

The county is traversed by Salt Creek , which is dammed in between Clinton and Farmer City to Lake Clinton .

The following neighboring counties border DeWitt County:

	McLean County
Logan County		Piatt County
	Macon County

history

Clinton

The area of what is now DeWitt County was settled around 1820 and formed on March 1, 1839 from Macon County. It was named after DeWitt Clinton , an American statesman, lawyer, Mayor of New York City, and Governor of New York State . Illinois is the only state in the United States that has named two counties after a personality: DeWitt County and Clinton County .

During the 1840s, Abraham Lincoln had a law firm in Clinton.

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1840	3247	-
1850	5002	54%
1860	10,820	116.3%
1870	14,768	36.5%
1880	17,010	15.2%
1890	17,011	0%
1900	18,972	11.5%
1910	18,906	-0.3%
1920	19,252	1.8%
1930	18,598	-3.4%
1940	18,244	-1.9%
1950	16,894	-7.4%
1960	17,253	2.1%
1970	16,975	-1.6%
1980	18,108	6.7%
1990	16,516	-8.8%
2000	16,798	1.7%
2010	16,561	-1.4%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

A historic DeWitt County trail marker erected in 1922 to remember that Abraham Lincoln used this trail

According to the 2010 census , DeWitt County had 16,561 people in 6,811 households. The population density was 16.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 6811 households there were statistically 2.45 people each.

The racial the population was composed of 97.5 percent white, 0.7 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 2.2 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

22.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.5 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.1 percent were 65 years or older. 50.4 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 45,347 USD . The per capita income was $ 24,320. 8.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Localities in DeWitt County

Citys

Villages

Unincorporated Communities

^{1 - partially in McLean County}

structure

DeWitt County is divided into 13 townships :

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Barnett Township	406	17-03714
Clintonia Township	7832	17-15014
Creek Township	471	17-17302
De Witt Township	479	17-19785
Harp Township	311	17-33058
Nixon Township	571	17-53117
Rutledge Township	177	17-66469

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Santa Anna Township	2502	17-67639
Texas Township	1246	17-74769
Tunbridge Township	760	17-76342
Wapella Township	944	17-78786
Waynesville Township	713	17-79462
Wilson Township	149	17-82140