Iroquois County

administration
Iroquois County Courthouse
US state :	Illinois
Administrative headquarters :	Watseka
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Iroquois County Government 1001 E. Grant Street Watseka, IL 60970
Foundation :	February 26, 1833
Made up from:	Vermilion County
Area code :	001 815
Demographics
Residents :	29,718 (2010)
Population density :	10.3 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2896 km²
Water surface :	4 km²
map

Website : www.co.iroquois.il.us

The Iroquois County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Illinois . In 2010 , the county had 29,718 residents and a population density of 10.3 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Watseka .

geography

The county is located in northeast Illinois on the Indiana border and is the third largest in Illinois by area. It has an area of 2896 square kilometers, of which four square kilometers are water.

The Iroquois River flows through the county . North of the county this flows into the Kankakee River , one of the two headwaters of the Illinois River .

The following neighboring counties border Iroquois County:

	Kankakee County
Ford County		Newton County, Indiana Benton County, Indiana
	Vermilion County

history

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1840	1695	-
1850	4149	144.8%
1860	12,325	197.1%
1870	25,782	109.2%
1880	35,451	37.5%
1890	35,167	-0.8%
1900	38.014	8.1%
1910	35,543	-6.5%
1920	34,841	-2%
1930	32,913	-5.5%
1940	32,496	-1.3%
1950	32,348	-0.5%
1960	33,562	3.8%
1970	33,532	-0.1%
1980	32,976	-1.7%
1990	30,787	-6.6%
2000	31,334	1.8%
2010	29,718	-5.2%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

In 1830 two different, independent settlements were founded by a total of 12 families.

The county was formed on February 26, 1833 from parts of Vermilion County and named after the Indian tribe of the Iroquois or the Iroquois River . Exact information about this can no longer be determined today.

The first administrative seat was in Montgomery, then in Middleport and finally Watseka.

Territorial development

Iroquois County from its inception to 1836
1836 to 1853
1853 until today

Demographic data

As of the 2010 census , Iroquois County had 29,718 people in 11,884 households. The population density was 10.3 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.45 people lived in each of the 11,884 households.

The racial the population was composed of 97.2 percent white, 1.0 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 5.7 percent of the population.

23.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 19.1 percent were 65 years or older. 51.1 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 48,248 USD . The per capita income was $ 24,563. 11.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Localities in Iroquois County

Citys

Villages

Unincorporated Communities

^{1 - partially in Kankakee County}

structure

Iroquois County is divided into 26 townships :

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Artesia Township	945	17-02401
Ash Grove Township	731	17-02453
Ashkum Township	1542	17-02492
Beaver Township	527	17-04455
Beaverville Township	609	17-04520
Belmont Township	2610	17-05014
Chebanse Township	3109	17-12814
Concord Township	466	17-16041
Crescent Township	590	17-17367
Danforth Township	928	17-18511
Douglas Township	2104	17-20487
Fountain Creek Township	368	17-27286
Iroquois Township	625	17-37725

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Loda Township	1461	17-44277
Lovejoy Township	406	17-44979
Martinton Township	943	17-47293
Middleport Township	4375	17-48814
Milford Township	1659	17-49061
Milks Grove Township	214	17-49074
Onarga Township	1683	17-56094
Papineau Township	499	17-57589
Pigeon Grove Township	1155	17-59767
Prairie Green Township	183	17-61665
Ridgeland Township	369	17-63901
Sheldon Township	1374	17-69225
Stockland Township	243	17-72773