Pulaski County (Illinois)

administration
Pulaski County Courthouse
US state :	Illinois
Administrative headquarters :	Mound City
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Pulaski County Courthouse P.O. Box 218 Mound City, IL 62963-0218
Foundation :	March 3, 1843
Made up from:	Alexander County Johnson County
Area code :	001 618
Demographics
Residents :	6161 (2010)
Population density :	11.8 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	527 km²
Water surface :	7 km²
map

Website : www.pulaskicountyil.net

The Pulaski County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Illinois . In 2010 , the county had 6,161 residents and a population density of 11.8 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Mound City .

geography

The county is located in southern Illinois, on the border with Kentucky , the borderline being determined by the Ohio River . It has an area of 527 square kilometers, of which seven square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border Pulaski County:

	Union County	Johnson County
Alexander County		Massac County
		Ballard County, Kentucky

history

Kazimierz Pułaski

Pulaski County was formed on March 3, 1843 from parts of Alexander County and Johnson County. It was named after General Kazimierz Pułaski , an exiled Pole who was killed in an attack on Savannah in 1779 during the Revolution.

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1850	2265	-
1860	3943	74.1%
1870	8752	122%
1880	9507	8.6%
1890	11,355	19.4%
1900	14,554	28.2%
1910	15,650	7.5%
1920	14,629	-6.5%
1930	14,834	1.4%
1940	15,875	7%
1950	13,639	-14.1%
1960	10,490	-23.1%
1970	8741	-16.7%
1980	8840	1.1%
1990	7523	-14.9%
2000	7348	-2.3%
2010	6161	-16.2%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

According to the 2010 census , Pulaski County's 6,161 people lived in 2,529 households. The population density was 11.8 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.44 people lived in each of the 2529 households.

The racial the population was composed of 64.9 percent white, 32.3 percent African American, 0.5 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.7 percent of the population.

22.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.5 percent were between 18 and 64 and 18.6 percent were 65 years or older. 52.5 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 31,173 USD . The per capita income was $ 18,444. 22.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Localities in Pulaski County

Citys

Villages

Unincorporated Communities

structure

Pulaski County is divided into 11 precincts :

district	Population (2010)	FIPS
America precinct	142	17-91476
Grand chain precinct	584	17-90612
Karnak precinct	598	17-91800
Mound City precinct	611	17-92178
Mounds precinct	1319	17-92196
Olmsted precinct	694	17-92322
Perks precinct	230	17-92412
Pulaski precinct	438	17-92952
Ullin precinct	852	17-93474
Villa Ridge precinct	490	17-93564
Wetaug precinct	203	17-93744