Greene County, Illinois

administration
Greene County Courthouse
US state :	Illinois
Administrative headquarters :	Carrollton
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 519 North Main Street Carrollton, IL 62016-1033
Foundation :	January 20, 1821
Made up from:	Madison County
Area code :	001 217
Demographics
Residents :	13,886 (2010)
Population density :	9.9 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1415 km²
Water surface :	8 km²
map

The Greene County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Illinois . In 2010 , the county had 13,886 residents and a population density of 9.9 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Carrollton .

geography

The county is located in central southwest Illinois and is bounded to the west by the Illinois River . It has an area of 1415 square kilometers, of which eight square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border Greene County:

Pike County	Scott County	Morgan County
		Macoupin County
Calhoun County	Jersey County

history

N. Greene

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1830	7674	-
1840	11,951	55.7%
1850	12,420	3.9%
1860	16.093	29.6%
1870	20,277	26%
1880	23,010	13.5%
1890	23,791	3.4%
1900	23,402	-1.6%
1910	22,363	-4.4%
1920	22,883	2.3%
1930	20,417	-10.8%
1940	20,292	-0.6%
1950	18,852	-7.1%
1960	17,460	-7.4%
1970	17,014	-2.6%
1980	16,661	-2.1%
1990	15,317	-8.1%
2000	14,761	-3.6%
2010	13,886	-5.9%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000–2010

The country used to be the home of the warring Kickapoo and Pottawatamie Indians. It was later captured by the French first. As a result, war broke out between the French and British, who won the Battle of Quebec .

Greene County was formed on January 20, 1821 from parts of Madison County. It was named after Nathanael Greene (1742–1786), a general in the Continental Army in the American War of Independence . At that time the areas of the later Jersey, Macoupin, Morgan and Scott Counties were still part of Greene County and Edwardsville was the only city.

Territorial development

Greene County from its founding 1821 to 1823
1823 to 1825
1825 to 1829
1829 to 1839
1839 until today

Demographic data

As of the 2010 census , Greene County had 13,886 people in 5749 households. The population density was 9.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.35 people lived in each of the 5749 households.

The racial the population was composed of 97.9 percent white, 0.9 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.1 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 0.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.8 percent of the population.

23.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.4 percent were 65 years or older. 51.0 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 39,226 USD . The per capita income was $ 21,883. 14.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Greene County localities

Citys

Villages

Unincorporated Communities

structure

Greene County is divided into 13 townships :

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Athensville Township	343	17-02700
Bluffdale Township	556	17-06860
Carrollton Township	2966	17-11475
Kane Township	995	17-38882
Linder Township	345	17-43809
Patterson Township	636	17-58096
Rockbridge Township	1633	17-64824

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Roodhouse Township	2241	17-65494
Rubicon Township	345	17-66235
Walkerville Township	233	17-78461
White Hall Township	3040	17-81269
Woodville Township	239	17-83401
Wrights Township	314	17-83583