Henry County (Illinois)

administration
The Henry County Courthouse in Cambridge, listed on the NRHP since 2004
US state :	Illinois
Administrative headquarters :	Cambridge
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Henry County Courthouse 307 W. Center St Cambridge, IL 61238
Foundation :	January 13, 1825
Made up from:	Original County
Area code :	001 309
Demographics
Residents :	50,486 (2010)
Population density :	23.7 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2138 km²
Water surface :	6 km²
map

Website : www.henrycty.com

The Henry County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Illinois . In 2010 the county had 50,486 residents and a population density of 23.7 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Cambridge .

geography

The county is located in northwest Illinois and has an area of 2,138 square kilometers, of which six square kilometers are water. It borders on the following neighboring counties:

Rock Island County		Whiteside County
Mercer County		Bureau County
	Knox County	Stark County

history

P. Henry

Henry County was formed in the Illinois Territory on January 13, 1825 and named after Patrick Henry (1736–1799), a lawyer, statesman, and congressman . He was the first and sixth governor of Virginia .

The Carroll, Jo Daviess, Knox, Rock Island and Whiteside Counties were formed from Henry County. Between 1846 and 1861, over 1,000 Swedish settlers came to Henry County and built the Bishop Hill colony .

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1830	41	-
1840	1260	2,973.2%
1850	3807	202.1%
1860	20,660	442.7%
1870	35.506	71.9%
1880	36,597	3.1%
1890	33,338	-8.9%
1900	40,049	20.1%
1910	41,736	4.2%
1920	45.162	8.2%
1930	43,851	-2.9%
1940	43,798	-0.1%
1950	46,492	6.2%
1960	49,317	6.1%
1970	53,217	7.9%
1980	57,968	8.9%
1990	51,159	-11.7%
2000	51.020	-0.3%
2010	50,486	-1 %
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

The Steeple Building in the Bishop Hill Historic District , listed on NRHP No. 70000244

According to the 2010 census , Henry County had 50,486 people in 20,433 households. The population density was 23.7 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.44 people lived in the 20,433 households.

The racial the population was composed of 96.3 percent white, 1.8 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.4 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 4.9 percent of the population.

23.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.4 percent were 65 years or older. 50.2 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 49,164 USD . The per capita income was $ 24,915. 10.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Henry County localities

Citys

Towns

Villages

Unincorporated Communities

^{1 - partly in Rock Island County

2 - mostly in Mercer County}

structure

Henry County is divided into 24 townships :

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Alba Township	220	17-00503
Andover Township	954	17-01504
Annawan Township	1112	17-01582
Atkinson Township	1274	17-02739
Burns Township	265	17-09824
Cambridge Township	2525	17-10656
Clover Township	938	17-15040
Colona Township	6822	17-15677
Cornwall Township	278	17-16444
Edford Township	667	17-22476
Galva Township	2837	17-28443
Geneseo Township	7468	17-28859

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Hanna Township	2344	17-32642
Kewanee Township	10.162	17-39740
Loraine Township	290	17-44732
Lynn Township	745	17-45304
Munson Township	400	17-51388
Osco Township	459	17-56809
Oxford Township	1213	17-57108
Phenix Township	1672	17-59462
Weller Township	422	17-79722
Western Township	3053	17-80190
Wethersfield Township	3935	17-80983
Yorktown Township	431	17-84012