Henderson County (Illinois)

administration
Henderson County Courthouse
US state :	Illinois
Administrative headquarters :	Oquawka
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Henderson County Courthouse PO Box 308 Oquawka, IL 61469-0308
Foundation :	January 20, 1841
Made up from:	Warren County
Area code :	001 309
Demographics
Residents :	7331 (2010)
Population density :	7.5 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1023 km²
Water surface :	42 km²
map

The Henderson County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Illinois . In 2010 , the county had 7,331 people and a population density of 7.5 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Oquawka .

geography

The county is located in western Illinois and has an area of 1023 square kilometers, of which 42 square kilometers are water. The western county boundary is also the natural state boundary with Iowa , given by the Mississippi River . The following neighboring counties border Henderson County:

	Mercer County
Des Moines County, Iowa		Warren County
Lee County, Iowa	Hancock County	McDonough County

history

Henderson County was formed on January 20, 1841 from parts of Warren County and named after Henderson County in Kentucky , where most of the settlers at the time came from.

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1850	4612	-
1860	9501	106%
1870	12,582	32.4%
1880	10,722	-14.8%
1890	9876	-7.9%
1900	10,836	9.7%
1910	9724	-10.3%
1920	9770	0.5%
1930	8778	-10.2%
1940	8949	1.9%
1950	8416	-6%
1960	8237	-2.1%
1970	8451	2.6%
1980	9114	7.8%
1990	8096	-11.2%
2000	8213	1.4%
2010	7331	-10.7%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Lock and Dam No. 18 , listed in the NRHP since 2004

According to the 2010 census , Henderson County had 7,331 people in 3,584 households. The population density was 7.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.08 people lived in each of the 3584 households.

The racial the population was composed of 98.2 percent white, 0.2 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. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.1 percent of the population.

20.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 20.9 percent were 65 years or older. 50.7 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 43,041 USD . The per capita income was $ 21,960. 12.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

The Mississippi near Dallas City with a memorial stone for the speech of Abraham Lincoln on October 23, 1858

Henderson County localities

City

Dallas City ¹

Villages

Unincorporated Communities

^{1 - partially in Hancock County}

structure

Henderson County is divided into eleven townships :

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Soon Bluff Township	334	17-03415
Biggsville Township	552	17-05911
Carman Township	309	17-11280
Gladstone Township	962	17-29444
Lomax Township	850	17-44394
Media Township	392	17-48086