Johnson County (Illinois)
The Johnson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. In 2010, the County had 12,582 inhabitants and a population density of 14.1 inhabitants per square kilometer. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Vienna.
Geography
The County is located in southern Illinois and has an area of 904 square kilometers, of which eleven square kilometers of water surface. At the Johnson County borders the following Nachbarcountys:
History
The Johnson County was formed on September 14, 1812 from parts of Randolph County, but one of the 15 original counties of the Territory of Illinois.
It was named after Richard M. Johnson (1780 or 1781-1850 ), an officer in the War of 1812, U.S. Senator from Kentucky ( 1819-1829 ) and ninth Vice President of the United States ( 1837-1841 ).
The first was the county seat in the house of John Bradshaw (1813-1814), after which it was Elvira (1814-1818) before it was in 1818 Vienna.
Territorial Development
1816-1818
1818-1843
1843 to today
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Johnson County 12,582 people in 4396 households. The population density was 14.1 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 4396 households lived statistically 2.24 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 89.9 percent white, 8.5 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 3.1 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
18.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 63.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.6 percent were 65 years or older. 44.2 percent of the population was female.
The median income for a household was $ 41,619. The per capita income was $ 16,402. 13.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in Johnson County
City
- Vienna
Villages
- Belknap
- Buncombe
- Cypress
- Goreville
- New Burnside
- Simpson
Unincorporated communities
- Bloomfield
- Boles
- Crossroads
- Dixon Springs
- Eagle Point Bay
- Elvira
- Flatwoods
- Forman
- Ganntown
- Grantsburg
- Joppa Junction
- Lick Creek
- Mermet
- New Columbia
- Omar
- Ozark
- Parker
- Pleasant Grove
- Pulleys Mill
- Reevesville
- Reynoldsburg
- Robb
- Samoth
- Sand Burn
- Tunnel Hill
- Wartrace
- West Vienna
- Whitehill
Structure
The Johnson County is divided into 17 districts ( precincts ):