Union County (Illinois)

administration
Union County Courthouse in Jonesboro
US state :	Illinois
Administrative headquarters :	Jonesboro
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Union County Courthouse 309 W. Market, Room 100 Jonesboro, IL 62952
Foundation :	January 2, 1818
Made up from:	Johnson County
Area code :	001 618
Demographics
Residents :	17,808 (2010)
Population density :	16.5 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1093 km²
Water surface :	15 km²
map

Website : blog.unioncountyil.gov

The Union County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Illinois . The county seat is Jonesboro .

geography

The county is located in the south of Illinois and is bordered to the west by the Mississippi , which is also the natural border with Missouri . It has an area of 1093 square kilometers, of which 15 square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border Union County:

Perry County, Missouri	Jackson County	Williamson County
Cape Girardeau County, Missouri		Johnson County
	Alexander County	Pulaski County

history

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1820	2362	-
1830	3239	37.1%
1840	5524	70.5%
1850	7615	37.9%
1860	11,181	46.8%
1870	16,518	47.7%
1880	18.102	9.6%
1890	21,549	19%
1900	22,610	4.9%
1910	21,856	-3.3%
1920	20,249	-7.4%
1930	19,883	-1.8%
1940	21,528	8.3%
1950	20,500	-4.8%
1960	17,645	-13.9%
1970	16,071	-8.9%
1980	17,765	10.5%
1990	17,619	-0.8%
2000	18,293	3.8%
2010	17,808	-2.7%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Union County was formed from Johnson County on January 2, 1818. In the same year Illinois became a state.

Territorial development

Union County from its founding in 1818 to 1819
1819 until today

Demographic data

As of the 2010 census , Union County had 17,808 people in 7,062 households. The population density was 16.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.38 people lived in each of the 7062 households.

The racial the population was composed of 96.4 percent white, 1.1 percent African American, 0.7 percent Native American, 0.4 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 5.1 percent of the population.

21.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 18.1 percent were 65 years or older. 50.1 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 19,512 USD . The per capita income was $ 39,760. 21.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Union County localities

Citys

Villages

Unincorporated Communities

structure

Union County is divided into 20 precincts :

district	Population (2010)	FIPS
Alto Pass precinct	834	17-90090
Anna District 1 precinct	885	17-90126
Anna District 2 precinct	889	17-90144
Anna District 3 precinct	999	17-90162
Anna District 4 precinct	1109	17-90180
Anna District 5 precinct	902	17-90198
Anna District 6 precinct	880	17-90216
Anna District 7 precinct	774	17-90224
Balcom precinct	418	17-90288
Cobden District 1 precinct	1142	17-90756

district	Population (2010)	FIPS
Cobden District 2 precinct	1416	17-90774
Dongola District 1 precinct	872	17-90972
Dongola District 2 precinct	584	17-90990
Jonesboro District 1 precinct	1141	17-91764
Jonesboro District 2 precinct	1126	17-91782
Jonesboro District 3 precinct	650	17-91792
Lick Creek precinct	1094	17-91872
Mill Creek precinct	310	17-92142
Stokes precinct	800	17-93258
Union precinct	983	17-93484