Perry County, Illinois

Perry County Courthouse
administration
US state :	Illinois
Administrative headquarters :	Pinckneyville
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Perry County Court P.O. Box 438 3764 State Route 13-127 Pinckneyville, IL 6227-0438
Foundation :	January 29, 1827
Made up from:	Randolph County Jackson County
Area code :	001 618
Demographics
Residents :	22,350  (2010)
Population density :	19.6 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	1157 km²
Water surface :	15 km²
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The Perry County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Illinois . In 2010 , the county had 22,350 residents and a population density of 19.6 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Pinckneyville .

geography

The county is located in south central Illinois. It has an area of ​​1157 square kilometers, of which 15 square kilometers are water.

Beaucoup Creek flows through the county in a north-south direction ; to the east it is bounded by the Little Muddy River . Both flow south of the county into the Big Muddy River .

The following neighboring counties border Perry County:

	Washington County	Jefferson County
Randolph County		Franklin County
	Jackson County

history

Oliver Hazard Perry

Perry County was formed on January 29, 1827 from the eastern part of Randolph County and the northern part of Jackson County. It was named after Oliver Hazard Perry , one of the first Commodores in the US Navy. White colonization of the county was slow for the first 25 years. That didn't change until the mid-1850s when the Illinois Central Railroad was built. It linked the cities of Chicago and New Orleans and in the following years brought hundreds of immigrants, mainly from Ireland , Poland , Italy and Germany , to the area. At around the same time, significant coal deposits were discovered, which were the main source of income for the next 100 years. The town of Pinckneyville was named after Charles Coatesworth Pinckney , a hero during the Revolutionary War.

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents		± in%
1830	1215		-
1840	3222		165.2%
1850	5278		63.8%
1860	9552		81%
1870	13,723		43.7%
1880	16.007		16.6%
1890	17,529		9.5%
1900	19,830		13.1%
1910	22,088		11.4%
1920	22,901		3.7%
1930	22,767		-0.6%
1940	23,438		2.9%
1950	21,684		-7.5%
1960	19.184		-11.5%
1970	19,757		3%
1980	21,714		9.9%
1990	21,412		-1.4%
2000	23.094		7.9%
2010	22,350		-3.2%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

According to the 2010 census , Perry County had 22,350 people in 8,252 households. The population density was 19.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.42 people lived in each of the 8252 households.

The racial the population was composed of 88.9 percent white, 8.8 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 0.4 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 2.8 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

20.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 63.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.9 percent were 65 years or older. 45.7 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 41,333  USD . The per capita income was $ 18,469. 17.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Perry County localities

Citys

• You quoin
• Pinckneyville

Villages

• Cutler
• St. Johns
• Tamaroa
• Willisville

Unincorporated Communities

Conant Denmark Denny Pyatts

Sunfield Swanwick Todd's Mill Winkle

structure

Perry County is divided into 27 precincts :

Presinct Population (2010) FIPS Beaucoup precinct 803    17-90342 Cutler precinct 663    17-90936 You Quoin No. 1 precinct 606    17-91010 You Quoin No. 2 precinct 487    17-91011 You Quoin No. 3 precinct 679    17-91012 You Quoin No. 4 precinct 845    17-91013 You Quoin No. 5 precinct 695    17-91014 You Quoin No. 6 precinct 522    17-91015 You Quoin No. 7 precinct 923    17-91016

Presinct Population (2010) FIPS You Quoin No. 8 precinct 762    17-91017 You Quoin No. 9 precinct 858    17-91018 You Quoin No. 10 precinct 809    17-91019 You Quoin No. 11 precinct 604    17-91020 You Quoin No. 12 precinct 508    17-91021 Pinckneyville No. 1 precinct 636    17-92468 Pinckneyville No. 2 precinct 785    17-92469 Pinckneyville No. 3 precinct 756    17-92470 Pinckneyville No. 4 precinct 726    17-92471

Presinct Population (2010) FIPS Pinckneyville No. 5 precinct 688    17-92472 Pinckneyville No. 6 precinct 610    17-92473 Pinckneyville No. 7 precinct 3060    17-92474 Pinckneyville No. 8 precinct 924    17-92475 Sunfield precinct 1112    17-93330 Swanwick precinct 806    17-93348 Tamaroa No. 1 precinct 711    17-93384 Tamaroa No. 2 precinct 804    17-93386 Willisville precinct 968    17-93762

See also

• List of Entries on the National Register of Historic Places in Perry County, Illinois

Individual evidence

1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 1784940. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English). 
2. ↑ ^{a b c} U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Perry County, IL ( Memento of the original from July 16, 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 27, 2012 
3. ↑ ^{a b} National Association of Counties.Retrieved December 27, 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 December 27, 2012  

Web links

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

• www.city-data.com - Perry County, IL

Coordinates: 38 ° 5 ′  N , 89 ° 22 ′  W