Iroquois County, Illinois
The Iroquois County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. In 2010, the County had 29 718 inhabitants and a population density of 10.3 inhabitants per square kilometer. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Watseka.
Geography
The County is located in northeastern Illinois at the border of Indiana and is geographically the third largest in Illinois. It has an area of 2896 square kilometers, of which four square kilometers of water surface.
The county is drained by the Iroquois River. To the north of the county flows into the Kankakee River this, one of the two headwaters of the Illinois River.
At the Iroquois County borders the following Nachbarcountys:
History
In 1830, founded by a total of 12 families, two different, mutually independent settlements.
The County was formed on February 26, 1833 from parts of Vermilion County and named for the Indian tribe of the Iroquois or the Iroquois River. Accurate about today can no longer be determined.
The first county seat was in Montgomery, then in Middleport and finally Watseka.
Territorial Development
1836-1853
1853 to today
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Iroquois County 29 718 people in 11,884 households. The population density was 10.3 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 11,884 households lived statistically 2.45 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 97.2 percent white, 1.0 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 5.7 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
23.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 19.1 percent were 65 years or older. 51.1 percent of the population was female.
The median income for a household was $ 48,248. The per capita income was $ 24,563. 11.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in Iroquois County
Citys
- Gilman
- Watseka
Villages
- Ashkum
- Beaverville
- Buckley
- Chebanse1
- Cissna Park
- Clifton
- Crescent City
- Danforth
- Donovan
- Iroquois
- Loda
- Martinton
- Milford
- Onarga
- Papineau
- Sheldon
- Thawville
- Wellington
- Woodland
Unincorporated communities
- Alonzo
- Bryce
- Claytonville
- Coaler
- Cutmer
- Darrow
- Eastburn
- Effner
- Fountain Creek
- Goodwine
- Greer
- Hallock
- Hickman
- Hooper
- L' Erable
- La Hogue
- Leonard
- North Hooper
- Pitchin
- Pitt Wood
- Ridgeville
- Difficult
- Stockland
- Webster
- Woodland Junction
- Woodworth
1 - partially in Kankakee County
Structure
The Iroquois County is divided into 26 townships: