Massac County

administration
The Massaac County Courthouse in Metropolis
US state :	Illinois
Administrative headquarters :	Metropolis
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 429 Metropolis, IL 62960-0429
Foundation :	February 8, 1843
Made up from:	Pope County Johnson County
Area code :	001 618
Demographics
Residents :	15,429 (2010)
Population density :	24.9 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	627 km²
Water surface :	8 km²
map

The Massac County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Illinois . In 2010 , the county had 15,429 residents and a population density of 24.9 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Metropolis .

geography

The county is located in southern Illinois on the Ohio River , which forms the border with Kentucky . It has an area of 627 square kilometers, of which eight square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border Massac County:

Johnson County		Pope County
Pulaski County
	McCracken County, Kentucky	Livingston County, Kentucky

history

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1850	4092	-
1860	6213	51.8%
1870	9581	54.2%
1880	10,443	9%
1890	11,313	8.3%
1900	13.110	15.9%
1910	14,200	8.3%
1920	13,559	-4.5%
1930	14,081	3.8%
1940	14,937	6.1%
1950	13,594	-9%
1960	14,341	5.5%
1970	13,889	-3.2%
1980	14,990	7.9%
1990	14,752	-1.6%
2000	15.161	2.8%
2010	15,429	1.8%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

The Massac County was formed on February 8, 1843 from parts of Pope and Johnson Counties. The name Massac was taken over from Fort Massac , which was built by the French against the advancing English on the Mississippi in 1757 and named after the Marquis de Massiac . After the war between the French and the Indians, the fort fell into the hands of the English in 1763.

Fort Massac in Metropolis, listed in the NRHP since 1971
Curtis House in Metropolis, listed in the NRHP since 1978

Demographic data

As of the 2010 census , Massac County had 15,429 people in 6,518 households. The population density was 24.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.27 people lived in each of the 6,518 households.

The racial the population was composed of 91.0 percent white, 5.9 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 2.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.9 percent of the population.

22.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 18.4 percent were 65 years or older. 52.2 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 38,302 USD . The per capita income was $ 20,186. 16.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Localities in Massac County

Citys

Village

Joppa

Unincorporated Communities

structure

Massac County is divided into 17 precincts :

district	Population (2010)	FIPS
Adkins precinct	1337	17-90018
Benton precinct	499	17-90396
East Brooklyn precinct	1241	17-91026
Franklin precinct	1029	17-91260
Georges Creek precinct	322	17-91332
Grant precinct	1681	17-91494
Hillerman precinct	892	17-91638
Jackson precinct	778	17-91692
Jefferson precinct	1692	17-91740
Lincoln precinct	809	17-91908
Logan precinct	351	17-91944
Metropolis No. 1 precinct	704	17-92070
Metropolis No. 2 precinct	492	17-92088
Metropolis No. 3 precinct	794	17-92106
Metropolis No. 4 precinct	912	17-92124
Washington precinct	989	17-93618
West Brooklyn precinct	907	17-93672