Effingham County (Illinois)

administration
The Effingham County Courthouse, listed on NRHP No. 85002304
US state :	Illinois
Administrative headquarters :	Effingham
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Effingham County Office Building 101 N. 4th St. Effingham, IL 62401
Foundation :	February 15, 1831
Made up from:	Crawford County and Fayette County
Area code :	001 217
Demographics
Residents :	34,242 (2010)
Population density :	27.6 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1243 km²
Water surface :	3 km²
map

Website : www.co.effingham.il.us

The Effingham County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Illinois . In 2010 , the county had 34,242 residents and a population density of 27.6 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Effingham .

geography

The county is located in central southeast Illinois. It has an area of 1243 square kilometers, of which three square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border Effingham County:

Shelby County		Cumberland County
Clay County		Jasper County
	Clay County

traffic

The county is very conveniently located in terms of transport. This is where Interstate 57 and Interstate 70 run . The I-57 runs from Chicago to the Gulf of Mexico and the I-70 runs from the east coast to the west coast . For this reason there are also more truck stops, restaurants, car repair shops, etc. Furthermore, the county is connected to the rail network and has an airport, the Effingham County Memorial Airport with 4 runways.

history

The later Effingham County was settled around 1800. The first colonists settled on the banks of the Little Wabash River . The county was formed in 1831 from parts of Fayette and Crawford Counties . It was named after the British Thomas Howard, 3rd Earl of Effingham , a general in the British Army. Around 1850 a railway line was built through the county and the sleepy area experienced a new settlement boom. In 1859 the county seat became the town of Broughton, later renamed Effingham. The next settlement boom came with the construction of the interstates.

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1840	1675	-
1850	3799	126.8%
1860	7816	105.7%
1870	15,653	100.3%
1880	18,920	20.9%
1890	19,358	2.3%
1900	20,465	5.7%
1910	20,055	-2%
1920	19,556	-2.5%
1930	19,013	-2.8%
1940	22,034	15.9%
1950	21,675	-1.6%
1960	23,107	6.6%
1970	24,608	6.5%
1980	30,944	25.7%
1990	31,704	2.5%
2000	34,264	8.1%
2010	34,242	-0.1%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

As of the 2010 census , Effingham County had 34,242 people in 13,462 households. The population density was 27.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.52 people lived in each of the 13,462 households.

The racial the population was composed of 98.2 percent white, 0.4 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 0.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.9 percent of the population.

24.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.3 percent were 65 years or older. 50.2 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 49,509 USD . The per capita income was $ 24,843. 10.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Effingham County localities

Citys

Town

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Villages

Unincorporated Communities

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structure

Effingham County is divided into 15 townships :

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Banner township	456	17-03558
Bishop Township	1408	17-06145
Douglas Township	12,604	17-20474
Jackson Township	1215	17-38063
Liberty Township	764	17-43159
Lucas Township	495	17-45161
Mason Township	1364	17-47462
Moccasin Township	484	17-49763

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Mound Township	3648	17-50725
St. Francis Township	1213	17-66807
Summit Township	3584	17-73651
Teutopolis Township	2605	17-74756
Union Township	742	17-76654
Watson Township	3193	17-79254
West Township	467	17-79891