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>Template:Cite web</ref>
History
[edit]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
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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
[edit]Template:Climate chart In recent years, average temperatures in the county seat of Tuscola 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 December 1989 and a record high of Template:Convert was recorded in July 1954. Average monthly precipitation ranged from Template:Convert in February to Template:Convert in July.<ref name=WX/>
Adjacent counties
[edit]- Champaign County - north
- Vermilion County - northeast
- Edgar County - east
- Coles County - south
- Moultrie County - west
- Piatt County - northwest
Major highways
[edit]- File:I-57.svg Interstate 57
- File:US 36.svg US Route 36
- File:US 45.svg US Route 45
- File:Illinois 49.svg Illinois Route 49
- File:Illinois 130.svg Illinois Route 130
- File:Illinois 133.svg Illinois Route 133
Demographics
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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>Template:Cite web</ref> The population density was Template:Convert. There were 8,390 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert.<ref name=CD>Template:Cite 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>Template:Cite 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>Template:Cite web</ref>
Communities
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Cities
[edit]- Arcola
- Newman
- Tuscola (seat)
- Villa Grove
Villages
[edit]Unincorporated communities
[edit]- Bourbon
- Chesterville
- Chicken Bristle
- Fairland
- Ficklin
- Filson
- Galton
- Hugo
- Hayes
- Hillcrest
- Kemp
- Murdock
- North Prairie Acres
- Patterson Springs
- West Ridge
Townships
[edit]Politics
[edit]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
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