Monroe County (Illinois)
The Monroe County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. In 2010, the County had 32 957 inhabitants and a population density of 32.8 inhabitants per square kilometer. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Waterloo.
The Monroe County is located in the Metro - East called the eastern part of the metropolitan area of Greater St. Louis the city of St. Louis in neighboring Missouri.
Geography
The County is located in southwestern Illinois and is bounded to the west Mississippi, who also simultaneously forms the border with the neighboring state of Missouri. It has an area of 1030 square kilometers, of which 24 square kilometers are water surface. At the Monroe County borders the following Nachbarcountys:
History
The Monroe County was formed on January 6, 1816 from parts of St. Clair County and Randolph County. It was designated the United States after James Monroe (1758-1831), the fifth president ( 1817-1825 ).
The first settlers were the French, who declined the land the English probably in the 17th century. After the Peace of Paris, it fell back to the English. During the Revolutionary War, conquered George Rogers Clark and his "Long Knives " the Fort Cahokia and Fort Kaskaskia. Since this came from Virginia, Illinois was a county of Virginia after the Revolution. The new Continental Congress urged Virginia to release the County and Illinois became a member of the new government and also got parts from the Northwest Territory. 1818 Illinois received its status as a federal state. Middle of the 19th century also began to German and Irish in Monroe County to settle.
Territorial Development
1825-1827
1827 to today
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Monroe County 32 957 people in 11,968 households. The population density was 32.8 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 11,968 households lived statistically 2.68 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 98.0 percent white, 0.2 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.4 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 0.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 1.4 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
24.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 62.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 13.3 percent were 65 years or older. 50.3 percent of the population was female.
The median income for a household was $ 71,342. The per capita income was $ 28.745. 5.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Villages in Monroe County
Citys
- Columbia1
- Waterloo
Villages
- Fults
- Hecker1
- Maeystown
- Valmeyer
Unincorporated communities
- Ames
- Burks Ville
- Burks Ville station
- Chaflin Bridge
- Foster Pond
- Fountain
- Harrisonville
- Madonna Ville
- Merrimac
- Monroe City
- New Hanover
- Renault
- St. Joe
- Tipton
- Wartburg
1 - partially in St. Clair County
Structure
The Monroe County is divided into 37 districts ( precincts ):