Monroe County, Illinois

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The Monroe County Courthouse in Waterloo
The Monroe County Courthouse in Waterloo
administration
US state : Illinois
Administrative headquarters : Waterloo
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		Monroe County Courthouse
100 S. Main Street
Waterloo, IL 62298-1399
Foundation : January 6, 1816
Made up from: St. Clair County
Randolph County
Area code : 001 618
Demographics
Residents : 32,957  (2010 estimate)
Population density : 32.8 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 1030 km²
Water surface : 24 km²
map
Map of Monroe County within Illinois
Website : www.monroecountyil.org

The Monroe County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Illinois . In 2010 , the county had 32,957 residents and a population density of 32.8 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Waterloo .

Monroe County is located in the eastern part of the Greater St. Louis metropolitan area called Metro-East around the city of St. Louis in neighboring Missouri .

geography

The county is located in southwest Illinois and is bounded to the west by Mississippi , which also forms the border with the neighboring state of Missouri . It has an area of ​​1030 square kilometers, of which 24 square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border Monroe County:

St. Louis County,
Missouri 		St. Clair County
Jefferson County,
Missouri 		Compass card (de) .svg
Ste. Genevieve County,
Missouri 		Randolph County

history

J. Monroe
Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1820 1516 -
1830 2000 31.9%
1840 4481 124.1%
1850 7679 71.4%
1860 12,832 67.1%
1870 12,982 1.2%
1880 13,682 5.4%
1890 12,948 -5.4%
1900 13,847 6.9%
1910 13,508 -2.4%
1920 12,839 -5%
1930 12,369 -3.7%
1940 12,754 3.1%
1950 13,282 4.1%
1960 15,507 16.8%
1970 18,831 21.4%
1980 20,117 6.8%
1990 22,422 11.5%
2000 27,619 23.2%
2010 32,957 19.3%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Monroe County was formed on January 6, 1816 from parts of St. Clair County and Randolph County. It was named after James Monroe (1758–1831), the fifth President (1817–1825) of the United States.

The first settlers were probably the French in the 17th century, who took the land from the English. After the peace of Paris it fell back to the English. During the American Revolutionary War , George Rogers Clark and his "long knives" conquered Fort Cahokia and Fort Kaskaskia . Since these came from Virginia , Illinois became a county of Virginia after the revolution. The new Continental Congress urged Virginia to release the county and Illinois became a member of the new government and also got parts from the Northwest Territory. Illinois received its state status in 1818. Germans and Irish also began to settle in Monroe County in the mid-19th century.

Territorial development

  • Monroe County from its founding in 1816 to 1825

  • 1825 to 1827

  • 1827 until today

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census , Monroe County had 32,957 people in 11,968 households. The population density was 32.8 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 2.68 people each in the 11,968 households.

The racial the population was composed of 98.0 percent white, 0.2 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.4 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 0.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.4 percent of the population.

24.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 62.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 13.3 percent were 65 years or older. 50.3 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 71,342  USD . The per capita income was $ 28,745. 5.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Localities in Monroe County

Citys

Villages

Unincorporated Communities

1 - partially in St. Clair County

structure

Monroe County is divided into 37 precincts :

Precinct Population (2010) FIPS
  1   481 17-92550
  2   497 17-92555
  3 1167 17-92560
  4th 1158 17-92565
  5   618 17-92570
  6th   989 17-92575
  7th  569 17-92580
 8th 1031 17-92585
  9   972 17-92590
10   542 17-92595
11   774 17-92600
12   877 17-92605
13   609 17-92610
Precinct Population (2010) FIPS
14th   984 17-92615
15th   622 17-92620
16   894 17-92625
17th   833 17-92630
18th 1087 17-92635
19th   730 17-92640
20th 1263 17-92645
21st   922 17-92650
22nd   666 17-92655
23   693 17-92660
24 1284 17-92665
25th 1089 17-92670
26th 1623 17-92675
Precinct Population (2010) FIPS
27 1853 17-92680
28   787 17-92685
29   693 17-92690
30th   929 17-92695
31   702 17-92700
32   624 17-92705
33   536 17-92710
34 1624 17-92715
35  839 17-92720
36  764 17-92725
37  632 17-92730

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 1784865. Accessed on February 22, 2011 (English).
  2. ↑ a b c U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Monroe County, IL ( Memento of the original from July 15, 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 June 28, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / quickfacts.census.gov
  3. ^ A b National Association of Counties.Retrieved December 23, 2012
  4. ^ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing.Retrieved March 15, 2011
  5. ^ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 15, 2011
  6. ↑ 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 June 28, 2012@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / mcdc.missouri.edu  

Web links

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Coordinates: 38 ° 17 ′  N , 90 ° 11 ′  W