Mason County (Illinois)

administration
The Mason County Courthouse in Havana
US state :	Illinois
Administrative headquarters :	Havana
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Mason County Courthouse 100 North Broadway Havana, IL 62644
Foundation :	January 20, 1841
Made up from:	Tazewell County
Area code :	001 309
Demographics
Residents :	14,666 (2010)
Population density :	10.5 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1459 km²
Water surface :	63 km²
map

Website : www.masoncountyil.org

The Mason County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Illinois . In 2010 , the county had 14,666 residents and a population density of 10.5 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Havana .

geography

The county is located in central northwest Illinois on the left bank of the Illinois River . To the south, the county is bounded by the Sangamon River , whose confluence with the Illinois River is in the extreme southwest.

It has an area of 1459 square kilometers, of which 63 square kilometers are water.

The following neighboring counties border Mason County:

	Fulton County	Tazewell County
Schuyler County
Cass County	Menard County	Logan County

Protected areas

The Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge , which is maintained by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, stretches along the Illinois River .

To the north of the county is the Sand Ridge State Forest, maintained by the Illinois Department of National Resources .

history

Mason County was formed on January 20, 1841 from parts of Tazewell County. It was named by the new settlers after their former Mason County in Kentucky .

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1850	5921	-
1860	10,931	84.6%
1870	16,184	48.1%
1880	16,242	0.4%
1890	16,067	-1.1%
1900	17,491	8.9%
1910	17,377	-0.7%
1920	16,634	-4.3%
1930	15,115	-9.1%
1940	15,358	1.6%
1950	15,326	-0.2%
1960	15.193	-0.9%
1970	16,161	6.4%
1980	19,492	20.6%
1990	16,269	-16.5%
2000	16,038	-1.4%
2010	14,666	-8.6%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

According to the 2010 census , Mason County had 14,666 people in 6,426 households. The population density was 10.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.27 people lived in each of the 6,426 households.

The racial the population was composed of 97.8 percent white, 0.6 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.0 percent of the population.

21.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.5 percent were between 18 and 64 and 19.7 percent were 65 years or older. 50.9 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 42,929 USD . The per capita income was $ 23,992. 15.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Mason County localities

Citys

Villages

Census-designated place (CDP)

Goofy Ridge

Other Unincorporated Communities

^{1 - partially in Logan County}

structure

Mason County is divided into 13 townships :

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Allen's Grove Township	586	17-00844
Bath Township	866	17-04169
Crane Creek Township	136	17-17250
Forest City Township	522	17-26766
Havana Township	4816	17-33526
Kilbourne Township	504	17-39870
Lynchburg Township	277	17-45265

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Manito Township	2466	17-46396
Mason City Township	2633	17-47482
Pennsylvania Township	206	17-58629
Quiver Township	900	17-62419
Salt Creek Township	228	17-67353
Sherman Township	526	17-69329

Web links

Commons : Mason County, Illinois - Collection of Pictures, Videos, and Audio Files

Individual evidence

↑ GNIS-ID: 424261. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).

↑ ^a ^b ^c U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Mason County, ШД ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2011 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved December 20, 2012 @1@ 2

^ ^A ^b National Association of Counties.Retrieved December 20, 2012

^ US Fish & Wildlife Service - Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge. Retrieved December 20, 2012

↑ Illinois Department of National Resources - Sand Ridge State Forest ( Memento of the original from February 12, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved December 20, 2012 @1@ 2

^ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing.Retrieved March 15, 2011

^ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 15, 2011

↑ Missouri Census Data Center - Illinois ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved December 20, 2012@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / mcdc.missouri.edu

40.24 -89.91Coordinates: 40 ° 14 ′ N , 89 ° 55 ′ W

[1] GNIS-ID: 424261. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).