McLean County (Illinois)

administration
McLean County Courthouse
US state :	Illinois
Administrative headquarters :	Bloomington
Address of the administrative headquarters:	McLean County 104 West Front Street Bloomington Illinois 61701
Foundation :	December 25, 1830
Made up from:	Tazewell County
Area code :	001 309
Demographics
Residents :	169,572 (2010)
Population density :	55.3 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	3072 km²
Water surface :	7 km²
map

Website : www.mcleancountyil.gov

The McLean County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Illinois . In 2010 , the county had 169,572 people and a population density of 55.3 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Bloomington .

geography

The county is north of central Illinois and the Mackinaw River flows through it in an east-west direction . It has an area of 3,072 square kilometers, of which seven square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border McLean County:

Woodford County		Livingston County
Tazewell County		Ford County Champaign County
Logan County	DeWitt County	Piatt County

history

McLean

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1840	6565	-
1850	10.163	54.8%
1860	28,772	183.1%
1870	53,988	87.6%
1880	60,100	11.3%
1890	63,036	4.9%
1900	67,843	7.6%
1910	68.008	0.2%
1920	70.107	3.1%
1930	73.117	4.3%
1940	73.930	1.1%
1950	76,577	3.6%
1960	83,877	9.5%
1970	104,389	24.5%
1980	119.149	14.1%
1990	129,180	8.4%
2000	150,433	16.5%
2010	169,572	12.7%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

McLean County was formed on December 25, 1830 from parts of Tazewell County. It was named after John McLean (1791-1830), a lawyer and US Senator from Illinois (1824-1825, 1829-1830).

Territorial development

McLean County from its inception in 1830 to 1837
1837 to 1841
1841 until today

Demographic data

As of the 2010 census , McLean County's population was 169,572 in 63,431 households. The population density was 55.3 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.5 people lived in each of the 63,431 households.

The racial the population was composed of 85.5 percent white, 7.6 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 4.5 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 2.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 4.6 percent of the population.

22.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 67.3 percent were between 18 and 64 and 10.4 percent were 65 years or older. 51.4 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 59,410 USD . The per capita income was $ 29,425. 13.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

McLean County localities

Citys

Town

normal

Villages

Census-designated place (CDP)

Twin Grove

Unincorporated Communities

^{1 - partly in Woodford County

2 - partly in DeWitt County}

structure

McLean County is divided into 30 townships :

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Allin Township	919	17-00893
Anchor Township	286	17-01374
Arrowsmith Township	502	17-02369
Bellflower Township	585	17-04910
Bloomington Township	2851	17-06626
Blue Mound Township	441	17-06743
Cheney's Grove Township	997	17-12905
Chenoa Township	2074	17-12944
Cropsey Township	222	17-17705
Dale Township	1233	17-18381
Danvers Township	1925	17-18550
Dawson Township	590	17-18732
Downs Township	1266	17-20656
Dry Grove Township	1572	17-20838
Empire Township	4093	17-24140

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Funks Grove Township	245	17-28209
Gridley Township	1913	17-31745
Hudson Township	2571	17-36451
Lawndale Township	158	17-42353
Lexington Township	2399	17-43107
Martin Township	1289	17-47215
Money Creek Township	1085	17-49971
Mount Hope Township	1103	17-50972
Normal township	52,560	17-53247
Old Town Township	3010	17-55782
Randolph Township	4375	17-62692
Towanda Township	1296	17-75835
West Township	216	17-79904
White Oak Township	899	17-81321
Yates Township	287	17-83804