Carroll County, Illinois

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Carroll County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. As of the 2020 census, the population was 15,702.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Its county seat is Mount Carroll.<ref name="GR6">Template:Cite web</ref>

History

Carroll County was formed in 1839 out of Jo Daviess County. The county is named for Charles Carroll who signed the Declaration of Independence.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Carroll, who died in 1832, was the last signer to die.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of Template:Convert, of which Template:Convert is land and Template:Convert (4.6%) is water.<ref name="census-density"/> The Mississippi Palisades State Park is in this county, just north of the city of Savanna. The Savanna Army Depot is located partly in this county.

Adjacent counties

National protected area

Major highways

Climate and weather

Template:Climate chart In recent years, average temperatures in the county seat of Mount Carroll have ranged from a low of Template:Convert in January to a high of Template:Convert in July, although a record low of Template:Convert was recorded in January 1910 and a record high of Template:Convert was recorded in July 1936. Average monthly precipitation ranged from Template:Convert in January to Template:Convert in June.<ref name="weather"/>

Demographics

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2000 census age pyramid for Carroll County.

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2020 census

Carroll County, Illinois – Racial and ethnic composition
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Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) Pop 1980<ref name=1980Census>Template:Cite web</ref> Pop 1990<ref name=1990Census>Template:Cite web</ref> Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>Template:Cite web</ref> Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>Template:Cite web</ref> Pop 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2>Template:Cite web</ref> % 1980 % 1990 % 2000 % 2010 % 2020
White alone (NH) 18,406 16,303 15,988 14,596 13,743 98.01% 97.01% 95.89% 94.86% 87.52%
Black or African American alone (NH) 66 110 90 122 676 0.35% 0.65% 0.54% 0.79% 4.31%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) 22 28 31 35 49 0.12% 0.17% 0.19% 0.23% 0.31%
Asian alone (NH) 31 61 68 53 40 0.17% 0.36% 0.41% 0.34% 0.25%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH) x <ref>included in the Asian category in the 1980 Census</ref> x <ref>included in the Asian category in the 1990 Census</ref> 5 2 5 x x 0.03% 0.01% 0.03%
Other race alone (NH) 18 7 11 3 32 0.10% 0.04% 0.07% 0.02% 0.20%
Mixed race or Multiracial (NH) x <ref>not an option in the 1980 Census</ref> x <ref>not an option in the 1990 Census</ref> 141 139 400 x x 0.85% 0.90% 2.55%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 236 296 340 437 757 1.26% 1.76% 2.04% 2.84% 4.82%
Total 18,779 16,805 16,674 15,387 15,702 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%

2010 census

As of the 2010 United States census, there were 15,387 people, 6,622 households, and 4,343 families residing in the county.<ref name="census-dp1">Template:Cite web</ref> The population density was Template:Convert. There were 8,437 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert.<ref name="census-density">Template:Cite web</ref> The racial makeup of the county was 96.9% white, 0.8% black or African American, 0.3% Asian, 0.3% American Indian, 0.6% from other races, and 1.1% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 2.8% of the population.<ref name="census-dp1"/> In terms of ancestry, 40.4% were German, 14.0% were Irish, 11.2% were English, and 10.6% were American.<ref name="census-dp2">Template:Cite web</ref>

Of the 6,622 households, 26.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.1% were married couples living together, 8.2% had a female householder with no husband present, 34.4% were non-families, and 29.8% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.29 and the average family size was 2.80. The median age was 46.5 years.<ref name="census-dp1"/>

The median income for a household in the county was $44,805 and the median income for a family was $55,341. Males had a median income of $42,421 versus $27,552 for females. The per capita income for the county was $25,914. About 7.8% of families and 11.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 18.4% of those under age 18 and 5.8% of those age 65 or over.<ref name="census-dp3">Template:Cite web</ref>

Education

School districts include:<ref>Template:Cite map - Text list</ref>

Communities

Community
 Community
type 		Population Total
Area 		Water
Area 		Land
Area 		Pop.
Density
Chadwick village 481 0.31 0.00 0.31 1,546.62
Lanark city 1,504 1.12 0.00 1.12 1,341.66
Milledgeville village 1,026 0.69 0.00 0.69 1,486.96
Mount Carroll (seat) city 1,479 2.00 0.00 2.00 738.39
Savanna city 2,783 2.71 0.09 2.62 1,063.84
Shannon village 801 0.48 0.00 0.48 1,661.83
Thomson village 1,610 2.22 0.00 2.22 725.55
Carroll County county 15,702 466 22 445 34

Townships

Carroll County is divided into these twelve townships:

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Census designated place

Unincorporated communities

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Notable people

Politics

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In that 1996 election Bob Dole won Carroll County by only 1.51 percentage points – the smallest margin by a Republican to that point – and in 2008 Illinois native Barack Obama broke this last remaining GOP streak stretching back to Frémont by carrying the county by 4.80 percentage points. Obama was to repeat his win in 2012 by 1.49 percent, but a dramatic swing to Republican Donald Trump in 2016 saw him win by the largest margin since Ronald Reagan’s 1984 landslide by gaining 59.6% of the vote in Carroll County, scoring slightly higher than George H.W. Bush's victory in 1988 in which Bush won 59.4% of the vote in Carroll County.

The largest margin of victory ever in Carroll County was achieved by Warren G. Harding who won 86.7% of votes in the county during the 1920 United States presidential election.

See also

References

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