Fayette County (Illinois)

administration
Fayette County Courthouse
US state :	Illinois
Administrative headquarters :	Vandalia
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Fayette County Courthouse 221 South Seventh Vandalia, IL 62471
Foundation :	February 14, 1821
Made up from:	Bond County Clark County Crawford County
Area code :	001 618
Demographics
Residents :	22,140 (2010)
Population density :	11.9 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1879 km²
Water surface :	23 km²
map

Website : www.fayettecountyillinois.org

The Fayette County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Illinois . In 2010 , the county had 22,140 residents and a population density of 11.9 people per square kilometer. The county seat is in Vandalia .

geography

The county is located in south central Illinois. It has an area of 1879 square kilometers, of which 23 square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border Fayette County:

Montgomery County		Shelby County
Bond County		Effingham County
Clinton County	Marion County	Clay County

history

Marie-Joseph Motier

Fayette County was formed on February 14, 1821 from parts of Bon, Clark and Crawford Counties and named after Marie-Joseph Motier, Marquis de La Fayette , who helped the French colonists in the Revolutionary War against the British. In late 1834, Abraham Lincoln , who later became the 16th President of the United States, began his career as a lawyer in that county.

Territorial development

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1830	2704	-
1840	6328	134%
1850	8075	27.6%
1860	11,189	38.6%
1870	19,638	75.5%
1880	23,241	18.3%
1890	23,367	0.5%
1900	28,065	20.1%
1910	28,075	0%
1920	26,187	-6.7%
1930	23,487	-10.3%
1940	29,159	24.1%
1950	24,582	-15.7%
1960	21,946	-10.7%
1970	20,752	-5.4%
1980	22,167	6.8%
1990	20,893	-5.7%
2000	21,802	4.4%
2010	22,140	1.6%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Fayette County between 1821 and 1823
1823 to 1824
1824 to 1827
1827 to 1831
1831 until today

Demographic data

As of the 2010 census , Fayette County had 22,140 people in 8,176 households. The population density was 11.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 2.66 people in each of the 8176 households.

The racial the population was composed of 93.9 percent white, 4.6 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.5 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

22.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 16.3 percent were 65 years or older. 47.4 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 41,269 USD . The per capita income was $ 21,663. 16.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Localities in Fayette County

Citys

Villages

Unincorporated Communities

^{1 to a smaller part in Marion County}

structure

Fayette County is divided into 20 townships :

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Avena Township	2010	17-03155
Bear Grove Township	599	17-04377
Bowling Green Township	457	17-07562
Carson Township	141	17-11501
Hurricane Township	257	17-36802
Kaskaskia Township	650	17-39116
La Clede Township	909	17-40533
Lone Grove Township	656	17-44459
Loudon Township	954	17-44901
Otego Township	1511	17-56913

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Pope Township	213	17-61106
Ramsey Township	1851	17-62640
Sefton Township	599	17-68549
Seminary Township	498	17-68601
Shafter Township	485	17-68926
Sharon Township	2441	17-69017
South Hurricane Township	308	17-70876
Vandalia Township	6629	17-77330
Wheatland Township	467	17-81022
Wilberton Township	505	17-81568