Keokuk County

administration
The Keokuk County Courthouse in Sigourney, listed on NRHP No. 81000251
US state :	Iowa
Administrative headquarters :	Sigourney
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 101 S. Main Street Sigourney, IA 52591-1419
Foundation :	1837
Made up from:	Washington County
Area code :	001 641
Demographics
Residents :	10,511 (2010)
Population density :	7 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1502 km²
Water surface :	2 km²
map

Website : www.keokukcountyia.com

The Keokuk County is a county in the US state of Iowa . At the 2010 census , the county had 10,511 people and a population density of 7 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Sigourney .

geography

The county is located in southeastern Iowa, about 70 km to the south from Missouri , about 80 km to the east from Illinois , and covers an area of 1,502 square kilometers, of which two square kilometers are water. It borders on the following counties:

Poweshiek County	Iowa County
Mahaska County		Washington County
Wapello County		Jefferson County

history

Keokuk

Keokuk County was formed in 1837 from former parts of Washington County in what was then Wisconsin Territory . It was named after Keokuk (1767-1848), a chief of the Sac - Indians , who in the Black Hawk War advocated peace with the white settlers.

In May 1843, the county was officially released for settlement by white immigrants and self-administered from 1844. It was previously under the administration of Washington County . After several years of fighting for the privilege of becoming the district capital, it became Sigourney in 1856.

9 of the county's structures are on the National Register of Historic Places .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1850	4822	-
1860	13,271	175.2%
1870	19,434	46.4%
1880	21,258	9.4%
1890	23,862	12.2%
1900	24,979	4.7%
1910	21,160	-15.3%
1920	20,983	-0.8%
1930	19,148	-8.7%
1940	18.406	-3.9%
1950	16,797	-8.7%
1960	15,492	-7.8%
1970	13,943	-10%
1980	12,921	-7.3%
1990	11,624	-10%
2000	11,400	-1.9%
2010	10,511	-7.8%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000–2010

As of the 2010 census , Keokuk County had 10,511 people in 4,677 households. The population density was 7 people per square kilometer.

The racial the population was composed of 98.4 percent white, 0.5 percent African American, 0.1 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 0.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.9 percent of the population.

Statistically, 2.24 people lived in the 4,677 households.

23.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 19.2 percent were 65 years or older. 50.3 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 42,969 USD . The per capita income was $ 21,685. 12.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.