Moultrie County

administration
The Moultrie County Courthouse in Sullivan, listed on the NRHP since 1995
US state :	Illinois
Administrative headquarters :	Sullivan
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Moultrie County Clerk 10 S. Main Sullivan, IL 61951
Foundation :	February 16, 1843
Made up from:	Macon County Shelby County
Area code :	001 217
Demographics
Residents :	14,846 (2010)
Population density :	17.1 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	892 km²
Water surface :	23 km²
map

Website : www.moultrieonline.com

The Moultrie County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Illinois . In 2010 , the county had 14,846 residents and a population density of 17.1 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Sullivan .

geography

The county is located in central southeast Illinois. It has an area of 892 square kilometers, of which 23 square kilometers are water. In the southeast, the county is traversed by the Kaskaskia River , which is dammed up in the south of neighboring Shelby County to Lake Shelbyville , which is predominantly in Moultrie County . The following neighboring counties border Moultrie County:

Macon County	Piatt County
		Douglas County Coles County
Shelby County

history

Moultrie

Moultrie County was formed on February 16, 1843 from Macon Counties and Shelby Counties. It was named after William Moultrie , a general in the Revolutionary Army from South Carolina and later governor. In 1776 he defended the fort on Sullivan's Island from the advancing British, which was later renamed Fort Moultrie .

The first courthouse, a loosely nailed wooden hut, was built in 1847. The second in 1865 and the third, still in use today, in 1904.

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1850	3234	-
1860	6385	97.4%
1870	10,385	62.6%
1880	13,699	31.9%
1890	14,481	5.7%
1900	15,224	5.1%
1910	14,630	-3.9%
1920	14,839	1.4%
1930	13,247	-10.7%
1940	13,477	1.7%
1950	13,171	-2.3%
1960	13,635	3.5%
1970	13,263	-2.7%
1980	14,546	9.7%
1990	13,930	-4.2%
2000	14,287	2.6%
2010	14,846	3.9%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

According to the 2010 census , Moultrie County had 14,846 people in 5611 households. The population density was 17.1 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.55 people lived in each of the 5611 households.

The racial the population was composed of 98.3 percent white, 0.5 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 0.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.0 percent of the population.

24.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.4 percent were 65 years or older. 51.4 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 48,982 USD . The per capita income was $ 24,078. 10.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Moultrie County localities

City

Sullivan

Villages

Unincorporated Communities

^{1 - partly in Douglas County

2 - partly in Coles County}

structure

Map of Moultrie County

Moultrie County is divided into eight townships :

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Dora Township	802	17-20344
East Nelson Township	1055	17-22099
Jonathan Creek Township	990	17-38609
Lovington Township	1623	17-45057
Lowe Township	1723	17-45083
Marrowbone Township	1730	17-47124
Sullivan Township	6263	17-73508
Whitley Township	660	17-81451