Henry County, Illinois

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Henry County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. The 2020 United States census, listed its population at 49,284.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Its county seat is Cambridge.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Henry County is included in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

History

Henry County was formed on January 13, 1825, out of Fulton County, Illinois. It is named for Revolutionary War figure Patrick Henry.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> The county was settled by people from New England and western New York, descendants of English Puritans who settled New England in the colonial era. The New England settlers founded the five towns of Andover, Wethersfield, Geneseo, Morristown and La Grange.<ref>The expansion of New England: the spread of New England settlement and institutions to the Mississippi River, 1620-1865, pp. 215-216</ref>

The settlement of Cambridge came about in 1843, when the owner of the land in that area (Rev. Ithamar Pillsbury) dedicated a section of his properties to a town council; lots were sold to incoming settlers, and construction of the town proper began on June 9, 1843. The incoming "Yankee" settlers made Henry County culturally similar to early New England culture.<ref>History Henry County, Illinois H.F. Kett & Company (1877) pp. 177-178</ref><ref>The expansion of New England: the spread of New England settlement and institutions to the Mississippi River, 1620-1865 by Louis Kimball Matthews, pp. 215-216</ref>

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 (0.3%) is water.<ref name=CD/> It is the 29th largest of Illinois' 102 counties. The area is fairly flat, with elevations ranging from 650 feet above sea level in the northwest to 850 in the southeast. About Template:Convert or 86.7% of the county's land area, is used for agriculture.<ref>Henry County website</ref>

Climate and weather

Template:Climate chart In recent years, average temperatures in the county seat of Cambridge 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 February 1996 and a record high of Template:Convert was recorded in July 1983. Average monthly precipitation ranged from Template:Convert in January to Template:Convert in August.<ref name=WX/>

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Demographics

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2020 census

Henry 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) 56,352 49,527 48,425 46,493 43,094 97.21% 96.81% 94.91% 92.09% 87.44%
Black or African American alone (NH) 647 645 569 762 1,029 1.12% 1.26% 1.12% 1.51% 2.09%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) 59 54 42 60 63 0.10% 0.11% 0.08% 0.12% 0.13%
Asian alone (NH) 88 116 127 183 192 0.15% 0.23% 0.25% 0.36% 0.39%
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> 4 13 12 x x 0.01% 0.03% 0.02%
Other race alone (NH) 30 20 21 12 94 0.05% 0.04% 0.04% 0.02% 0.19%
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> 365 561 1,630 x x 0.72% 1.11% 3.31%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 792 797 1,467 2,402 3,170 1.37% 1.56% 2.88% 4.76% 6.43%
Total 57,968 51,159 51,020 50,486 49,284 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%

2010 census

As of the 2010 United States census, there were 50,486 people, 20,373 households, and 14,149 families residing in the county.<ref name=DP1>Template:Cite web</ref> The population density was Template:Convert. There were 22,161 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert.<ref name=CD>Template:Cite web</ref> The racial makeup of the county was 94.8% white, 1.6% black or African American, 0.4% Asian, 0.2% American Indian, 1.6% from other races, and 1.4% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 4.8% of the population.<ref name=DP1/> In terms of ancestry, 30.0% were German, 14.6% were Irish, 12.3% were Swedish, 11.5% were English, and 7.2% were American.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Of the 20,373 households, 31.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.9% were married couples living together, 9.5% had a female householder with no husband present, 30.6% were non-families, and 26.1% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 2.92. The median age was 41.8 years.<ref name=DP1/>

The median income for a household in the county was $49,164 and the median income for a family was $61,467. Males had a median income of $44,589 versus $30,992 for females. The per capita income for the county was $24,915. About 6.8% of families and 10.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 16.9% of those under age 18 and 8.7% of those age 65 or over.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Communities

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Politics

Template:Unreferenced section Henry County's political history is fairly typical of many Yankee-settled rural counties in Illinois. After being largely Democratic in its first few elections, the county turned powerfully Republican for the 110 years following the formation of that party. The only time it did not vote Republican between 1856 and 1960 was in 1912 when the GOP was mortally divided and Progressive Theodore Roosevelt won a majority of the county's ballots. In 1964, when the Republican Party nominated the Southern-oriented Barry Goldwater, Henry County voted Democratic for the first time since 1852, but as was typical for Yankee counties it returned to the Republicans with the selection of the more moderate Richard Nixon.

In the 1980s, the transition of the Republican Party into a party largely based around Southern Evangelicals severely alienated its historic Yankee base: Henry County turned to Democrat Michael Dukakis in 1988, and voted Democratic in every election between 1988 and 2012 except that of 2004 when George W. Bush carried the county by 5.1 percent. However, concern with unemployment and trade deals in the “Rust Belt” resulted in a powerful swing to Republican Donald Trump in 2016 – the worst Democratic result in the county since Jimmy Carter in 1980. In 2020, Trump built on his win in 2016, capturing 60% of the vote - the highest Republican percentage in 40 years.

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Education

K-12 school districts include:<ref name=HenryCoSDMap2020>Template:Cite map - Text list</ref> Template:Div col

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There is also an elementary school district, Colona School District 190, and a secondary school district, United Township High School District 30, that have portions of the county.<ref name=HenryCoSDMap2020/>

See also

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