Douglas County (Illinois)

administration
Douglas County Courthouse
US state :	Illinois
Administrative headquarters :	Tuscola
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Douglas County Courthouse 401 S. Center, Room 103 Tuscola, IL 61953
Foundation :	February 8, 1859
Made up from:	Coles County
Area code :	001 217
Demographics
Residents :	19,980 (2010)
Population density :	18.5 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1081 km²
Water surface :	1 km²
map

Website : douglascountyil.com

The Douglas County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Illinois . In 2010 , the county had 19,980 people and a population density of 18.5 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Tuscola .

The county is characterized by intensive agriculture (maize, soy) as well as by the (mostly German-speaking ) Amish population in the southwestern part around Arthur and Arcola , who live without automobiles and electricity and who stand out in the landscape and cityscape with their clothing and horse-drawn carriages.

geography

The county is one of the smallest counties of Illinois located in the middle east of the state. It has an area of 1081 square kilometers, one square kilometer of which is water.

The following neighboring counties border Douglas County:

	Champaign County	Vermilion County
Piatt County Moultrie County		Edgar County
	Coles County

Rivers

The county is traversed in a north-south direction by the Kaskaskia River in the west and the Embarras River in the east . Other rivers are:

history

Stephen A. Douglas

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1860	7140	-
1870	13,484	88.9%
1880	15,853	17.6%
1890	17,669	11.5%
1900	19.097	8.1%
1910	19,591	2.6%
1920	19,604	0.1%
1930	17,914	-8.6%
1940	17,590	-1.8%
1950	16,706	-5%
1960	19,243	15.2%
1970	18,997	-1.3%
1980	19,774	4.1%
1990	19,464	-1.6%
2000	19,922	2.4%
2010	19,980	0.3%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

The first land occupation was by Harrison Gill of Kentucky , whose title deed is signed by Andrew Jackson . Another early settler was John A. Richman from West Virginia , who built the first half-timbered house in 1829. On February 8, 1859, the county was formed from part of Coles County. It was named after the US Senator Stephen A. Douglas , a US Senator from Illinois. Since the formation of the county it has been connected to the railroad network via the Wabash Railroad and the Illinois Central Railroad . Much of the county was marshland until it was drained by a drainage system modeled on Florida and the land could be cultivated as arable land.

Demographic data

As of the 2010 census , Douglas County had 19,980 people in 7,572 households. The population density was 18.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.61 people lived in each of the 7572 households.

The racial the population was composed of 97.7 percent white, 0.6 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 6.4 percent of the population.

25.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 16.0 percent were 65 years or older. 50.8 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 46,941 USD . The per capita income was $ 21,438. 10.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Douglas County localities

Citys

Villages

Unincorporated Communities

^{1 - partly in Moultrie County

2 - partly in Piatt County

3 - partly in Champaign County}

structure

Douglas County is divided into nine townships :

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Arcola Township	3312	17-01894
Bourbon Township	4124	17-07458
Bowdre Township	668	17-07497
Camargo Township	3585	17-10604
Garrett Township	1441	17-28755
Murdock Township	225	17-51427
Newman Township	1080	17-52636
Sargent Township	286	17-67730
Tuscola Township	5259	17-76420