White County (Illinois)

administration
White County Courthouse
US state :	Illinois
Administrative headquarters :	Carmi
Address of the administrative headquarters:	White County 301 E Main Street P.O. Box 339 Carmi, IL 62821
Foundation :	December 9, 1815
Made up from:	Gallatin County
Area code :	001 618
Demographics
Residents :	14,665 (2010)
Population density :	11.4 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1299 km²
Water surface :	18 km²
map

Website : www.whitecounty-il.gov

The White County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Illinois . In 2010 , the county had 14,665 residents and a population density of 11.4 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Carmi .

geography

The county is located in southeast Illinois on the western bank of the Wabash River , which forms the border with Indiana . It has an area of 1299 square kilometers, of which 18 square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border White County:

Wayne County	Edwards County	Wabash County Gibson County (Indiana)
Hamilton County		Posey County (Indiana)
Saline County	Gallatin County

history

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1820	4828	-
1830	6001	24.3%
1840	7919	32%
1850	8925	12.7%
1860	12,403	39%
1870	16,846	35.8%
1880	23,087	37%
1890	25.005	8.3%
1900	25,386	1.5%
1910	23.052	-9.2%
1920	20,081	-12.9%
1930	18,149	-9.6%
1940	20,027	10.3%
1950	20,935	4.5%
1960	19,373	-7.5%
1970	17,312	-10.6%
1980	17,864	3.2%
1990	16,522	-7.5%
2000	15,371	-7%
2010	14,665	-4.6%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

White County was formed on December 9, 1815 from parts of Gallatin County. It was named after Leonard White.

The first white settlers came to what would later become the county between 1807 and 1809, and settled near the Little Wabash River . These first settlers came from North and South Carolina , Kentucky, and Tennessee .

In 1814 the Carmi settlement was founded. In 1925, the county was almost completely destroyed by a tornado that claimed the most deaths in US history.

Territorial development

The White County from its inception in 1815 to 1818
1818 to 1819
1819 to 1821
1821 until today

Demographic data

As of the 2010 census , White County had 14,665 people in 6,464 households. The population density was 11.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.23 people lived in each of the 6,464 households.

The racial the population was composed of 98.0 percent white, 0.6 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 0.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.3 percent of the population, regardless of ethnicity.

21.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 21.0 percent were 65 years or older. 51.6 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 39,728 USD . The per capita income was $ 22,081. 14.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

White County localities

Citys

Carmi
Grayville ¹

Villages

Unincorporated Communities

^{1 - partly in Edwards County

2 - partly in Wayne County}

structure

White County is divided into ten townships :

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Burnt Prairie Township	345	17-09902
Carmi Township	6770	17-11306
Emma Township	387	17-24088
Enfield Township	905	17-24192
Gray Township	1141	17-31069
Hawthorne Township	275	17-33591
Heralds Prairie Township	594	17-34228
Indian Creek Township	2322	17-37231
Mill Shoals Township	668	17-49360
Phillips Township	1258	17-59507