Wabash County (Illinois)

administration
Wabash County Courthouse
US state :	Illinois
Administrative headquarters :	Mount Carmel
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Wabash County 401 Market Street Mount. Carmel, IL 62863
Foundation :	December 27, 1824
Made up from:	Edwards County
Area code :	001 618
Demographics
Residents :	11,947 (2010)
Population density :	20.6 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	590 km²
Water surface :	11 km²
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The Wabash County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Illinois . In 2010 , the county had 11,947 residents and a population density of 20.6 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Mount Carmel .

geography

The county is located in southeast Illinois on the west bank of the Wabash River , which forms the border with Indiana . It has an area of 590 square kilometers, of which eleven square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border Wabash County:

Richland County	Lawrence County
Edwards County		Knox County, Indiana
White County	Gibson County (Indiana)

history

Wabash County was formed from Edwards County on December 27, 1824 after a disagreement over the county seat.

The first court and administration building was built in 1831. In 1857 it was completely destroyed by fire, as were the documents stored there. The next building was destroyed by a tornado in 1877 . The present courthouse was built in 1881 and was completely renovated from 1959 to 1963 after the front collapsed.

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1830	2710	-
1840	4240	56.5%
1850	4690	10.6%
1860	7313	55.9%
1870	8841	20.9%
1880	9945	12.5%
1890	11,866	19.3%
1900	12,583	6%
1910	14,913	18.5%
1920	14,034	-5.9%
1930	13,197	-6%
1940	13,724	4%
1950	14,651	6.8%
1960	14,047	-4.1%
1970	12,841	-8.6%
1980	13,713	6.8%
1990	13,111	-4.4%
2000	12,937	-1.3%
2010	11,947	-7.7%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

According to the 2010 census , Wabash County had 11,947 people in 4,752 households. The population density was 20.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.51 people lived in each of the 4752 households.

The racial the population was composed of 97.2 percent white, 0.8 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.7 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.4 percent of the population.

22.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.9 percent were 65 years or older. 51.1 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 47,426 USD . The per capita income was $ 23,629. 12.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Localities in Wabash County

City

Mount Carmel

Villages

Unincorporated Communities

^{1 - predominantly in Edwards County}

structure

Wabash County is divided into eight precincts :

Presinct	Population (2010)	FIPS
Bellmont precinct	702	17-90378
Coffee precinct	353	17-90792
Compton precinct	174	17-90810
Friendsville precinct	550	17-91314
Lancaster precinct	559	17-91854
Lick prairie precinct	213	17-91890
Mount Carmel precinct	8389	17-92214
Wabash precinct	1007	17-93582