Jasper County (Illinois)

administration
Jasper County Courthouse
US state :	Illinois
Administrative headquarters :	Newton
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 100 West Jordan Street Newton, IL 62448-1973
Foundation :	February 15, 1831
Made up from:	Crawford County Clark County
Area code :	001 618
Demographics
Residents :	9698 (2010)
Population density :	7.6 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1290 km²
Water surface :	9 km²
map

The Jasper County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Illinois . In 2010 , the county had 9,698 residents and a population density of 7.6 people per square kilometer. The county seat is in Newton .

geography

Embarras River

The county is located in southeast Illinois and is traversed by the Embarras River . It has an area of 1290 square kilometers, of which nine square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border Jasper County:

	Cumberland County	Clark County
Effingham County		Crawford County
Clay County	Richland County

history

Jasper County was formed on February 15, 1831 from parts of Crawford County and Clark County and named after William Jasper , a sergeant and war hero in the American Revolutionary War .

The official sale of land to white settlers began on April 7, 1820.

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1840	1472	-
1850	3220	118.8%
1860	8364	159.8%
1870	11,234	34.3%
1880	14,515	29.2%
1890	18,188	25.3%
1900	20,160	10.8%
1910	18,157	-9.9%
1920	16,064	-11.5%
1930	12,809	-20.3%
1940	13,431	4.9%
1950	12,266	-8.7%
1960	11,346	-7.5%
1970	10,741	-5.3%
1980	11,318	5.4%
1990	10,609	-6.3%
2000	10.117	-4.6%
2010	9698	-4.1%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

As of the 2010 census , Jasper County had 9,698 people in 3,985 households. The population density was 7.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 2.42 people each in the 3,985 households.

The racial the population was composed of 98.4 percent white, 0.3 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 0.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.9 percent of the population.

22.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.6 percent were 65 years or older. 50.2 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 47,731 USD . The per capita income was $ 22,917. 7.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Localities in Jasper County

City

Newton

Villages

Unincorporated Communities

structure

Jasper County is divided into eleven townships :

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Crooked Creek Township	721	17-17653
Fox Township	512	17-27390
Grandville Township	372	17-30887
Grove Township	618	17-31888
Hunt City Township	282	17-36659
North Muddy Township	777	17-54001