Douglas County, Illinois
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Douglas County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 19,740.<ref name=new-census/> The county seat is Tuscola.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
History
Douglas County was formed in 1859 out of Coles County. It was named for Stephen A. Douglas,<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> who was elected to the United States Senate in 1858, following the Lincoln–Douglas debates.
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The creation of Douglas and Ford Counties in 1859 resulted in Illinois' current county map.
Geography
According to the US Census Bureau, the county has a total area of Template:Convert, of which Template:Convert is land and Template:Convert (0.1%) is water.<ref name=CD/>
Climate and weather
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Adjacent counties
- Champaign County - north
- Vermilion County - northeast
- Edgar County - east
- Coles County - south
- Moultrie County - west
- Piatt County - northwest
Major highways
Demographics
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2020 census
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% 1980 | % 1990 | % 2000 | % 2010 | % 2020 |
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| White alone (NH) | 19,491 | 19,102 | 18,993 | 18,427 | 17,420 | 98.57% | 98.14% | 95.34% | 92.23% | 88.25% | |||||
| Black or African American alone (NH) | 6 | 15 | 59 | 53 | 67 | 0.03% | 0.08% | 0.30% | 0.27% | 0.34% | |||||
| Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) | 24 | 18 | 29 | 31 | 28 | 0.12% | 0.09% | 0.15% | 0.16% | 0.14% | |||||
| Asian alone (NH) | 34 | 37 | 49 | 82 | 103 | 0.17% | 0.19% | 0.25% | 0.41% | 0.52% | |||||
| 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> | 2 | 0 | 6 | x | x | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.03% | |||||
| Other race alone (NH) | 10 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 34 | 0.05% | 0.00% | 0.01% | 0.03% | 0.17% | |||||
| 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> | 99 | 171 | 517 | x | x | 0.50% | 0.86% | 2.62% | |||||
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 209 | 292 | 690 | 1,210 | 1,565 | 1.06% | 1.50% | 3.46% | 6.06% | 7.93% | |||||
| Total | 19,774 | 19,464 | 19,922 | 19,980 | 19,740 | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% |
2010 census
As of the 2010 United States census, there were 19,980 people, 7,720 households, and 5,377 families living in the county.<ref name=dp1>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The population density was Template:Convert. There were 8,390 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert.<ref name=CD>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The racial makeup of the county was 95.7% white, 0.4% Asian, 0.3% black or African American, 0.2% American Indian, 2.3% from other races, and 1.2% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 6.1% of the population.<ref name=dp1/> In terms of ancestry, 29.6% were German, 12.6% were American, 12.1% were English, and 10.7% were Irish.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Of the 7,720 households, 32.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.0% were married couples living together, 8.5% had a female householder with no husband present, 30.3% were non-families, and 26.1% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.57 and the average family size was 3.11. The median age was 38.7 years.<ref name=dp1/>
The median income for a household in the county was $46,941 and the median income for a family was $60,352. Males had a median income of $41,318 versus $28,731 for females. The per capita income for the county was $21,438. About 7.1% of families and 10.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 14.0% of those under age 18 and 7.2% of those age 65 or over.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Communities
Cities
- Arcola
- Newman
- Tuscola (seat)
- Villa Grove
Villages
Unincorporated communities
- Bourbon
- Chesterville
- Chicken Bristle
- Fairland
- Ficklin
- Filson
- Galton
- Hugo
- Hayes
- Hillcrest
- Kemp
- Murdock
- North Prairie Acres
- Patterson Springs
- West Ridge
Townships
Politics
Douglas is a strongly Republican county. Apart from a narrow plurality of thirty-two votes to Bill Clinton in 1992, it has voted Republican in every Presidential election since 1968, and in all but five overall since 1880. Despite its long-time Republican leanings, Hillary Clinton's 2016 performance of gaining a mere 23.8 percent of the county's vote stands over six percent worse than any Democrat since the Civil War.
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See also
References
External links
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