Macoupin County, Illinois
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Congressional district | 13th |
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Macoupin County is located in the
The primary industry is agriculture, consisting of crops of corn (maize), soybeans, and some wheat.
History
The region was inhabited by
Macoupin County was established on January 17, 1829.[3] It was formed out of Greene and Madison Counties and was named after Macoupin Creek,[4] which runs near Carlinville and meanders southwest to the Illinois River. The economy was based on subsistence agriculture, and communication was to the southwest.
In the middle 19th century, Illinois developed and changed rapidly. The greatest change was in the building of
Agriculture remained a mainstay of the economy, but this was joined by
During the twentieth century, agriculture and coal mining remained the mainstays of the county's economy, and the county's fortunes rose and fell with them. Farming was still
Agriculture remained the county's prime economic activity, but farming became a large-scale corporate enterprise, with small family farms rapidly disappearing. Coal mining decreased and has almost disappeared entirely. Buildings and structures related to coal mining were torn down as they were wasted away, so there is now little to see of this once-major industry.
Towns were (and still are) characterized either by a midwestern town square layout or by a main street layout. In the former, a central city block may be a small park with a gazebo, with the small businesses of the town surrounding it. In the latter, a single street will have the small businesses of the town lining either side of it. Carlinville has a city square layout, with the main county building occupying the central city block. This building houses all the offices of the county.[verification needed] Typically, churches of the various denominations will lie within two or three blocks of the town square, or sometimes will lie mainly along a single street near the town's center.
With modern roads easily accessible, some towns in the northern part of the county became virtual
Geography
According to the
Climate and weather
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In recent years, average temperatures in the county seat of Carlinville have ranged from a low of 17 °F (−8 °C) in January to a high of 87 °F (31 °C) in July, although a record low of −23 °F (−31 °C) was recorded in February 1905 and a record high of 113 °F (45 °C) was recorded in July 1954. Average monthly precipitation ranged from 1.95 inches (50 mm) in February to 4.25 inches (108 mm) in May.[6]
Major highways
Adjacent counties
- Sangamon County – northeast
- Montgomery County – east
- Madison County – south
- Greene County – west
- Jersey County – west
- Morgan County – northwest
Demographics
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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1830 | 1,990 | — | |
1840 | 7,826 | 293.3% | |
1850 | 12,355 | 57.9% | |
1860 | 24,602 | 99.1% | |
1870 | 32,726 | 33.0% | |
1880 | 37,692 | 15.2% | |
1890 | 40,352 | 7.1% | |
1900 | 42,256 | 4.7% | |
1910 | 50,685 | 19.9% | |
1920 | 57,274 | 13.0% | |
1930 | 48,703 | −15.0% | |
1940 | 46,304 | −4.9% | |
1950 | 44,210 | −4.5% | |
1960 | 43,524 | −1.6% | |
1970 | 44,557 | 2.4% | |
1980 | 49,384 | 10.8% | |
1990 | 47,679 | −3.5% | |
2000 | 49,019 | 2.8% | |
2010 | 47,765 | −2.6% | |
2020 | 44,967 | −5.9% | |
2023 (est.) | 44,018 | [7] | −2.1% |
U.S. Decennial Census[8] 1790-1960[9] 1900-1990[10] 1990-2000[11] 2010[12] |
As of the
Of the 19,381 households, 30.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.5% were married couples living together, 9.8% had a female householder with no husband present, 31.8% were non-families, and 27.0% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.42 and the average family size was 2.90. The median age was 41.7 years.[13]
The median income for a household in the county was $47,178 and the median income for a family was $59,700. Males had a median income of $48,878 versus $30,748 for females. The per capita income for the county was $23,222. About 9.7% of families and 12.0% of the population were below the
Communities
Cities
Towns
Villages
Unincorporated communities
Townships
Macoupin County is divided into twenty-six townships:
Politics
As part of the rural German Catholic belt surrounding the Illinois section of the St. Louis metropolitan area, Macoupin County traditionally favored the Democratic Party. Up to and including the 2000 election, Macoupin voted for the Republican nominee only in six major landslide victories, and no Republican gained an absolute majority of the county's vote until Richard Nixon’s 3,000-plus-county landslides victory over George McGovern in 1972.
The twenty-first century has seen a major change in these voting patterns due to the county's conservative population. The 2012 election saw Illinoisan Barack Obama become the first Democrat to win the presidency without carrying Macoupin County, and in 2016 Hillary Clinton won less than thirty percent of the vote in this once traditionally Democratic county – a figure eleven percent worse than McGovern's in his landslide defeat.
Year | Republican | Democratic | Third party | |||
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No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
2020 | 16,153 | 67.11% | 7,365 | 30.60% | 552 | 2.29% |
2016 | 14,322 | 63.96% | 6,689 | 29.87% | 1,380 | 6.16% |
2012 | 10,946 | 51.92% | 9,464 | 44.89% | 673 | 3.19% |
2008 | 9,891 | 44.07% | 12,090 | 53.87% | 462 | 2.06% |
2004 | 11,413 | 50.09% | 11,193 | 49.12% | 179 | 0.79% |
2000 | 9,749 | 45.58% | 11,015 | 51.50% | 625 | 2.92% |
1996 | 7,235 | 34.33% | 11,107 | 52.70% | 2,733 | 12.97% |
1992 | 6,518 | 27.55% | 12,050 | 50.93% | 5,093 | 21.52% |
1988 | 9,362 | 43.20% | 12,195 | 56.28% | 112 | 0.52% |
1984 | 12,282 | 53.51% | 10,602 | 46.19% | 69 | 0.30% |
1980 | 12,131 | 54.27% | 9,116 | 40.78% | 1,107 | 4.95% |
1976 | 10,242 | 45.55% | 11,910 | 52.97% | 334 | 1.49% |
1972 | 13,583 | 58.03% | 9,662 | 41.28% | 162 | 0.69% |
1968 | 10,262 | 43.91% | 10,750 | 46.00% | 2,356 | 10.08% |
1964 | 8,430 | 35.63% | 15,227 | 64.37% | 0 | 0.00% |
1960 | 11,731 | 47.12% | 13,120 | 52.70% | 45 | 0.18% |
1956 | 12,290 | 49.90% | 12,303 | 49.96% | 34 | 0.14% |
1952 | 12,336 | 48.67% | 12,944 | 51.07% | 68 | 0.27% |
1948 | 10,198 | 45.74% | 11,742 | 52.66% | 358 | 1.61% |
1944 | 11,572 | 48.86% | 11,951 | 50.46% | 160 | 0.68% |
1940 | 13,000 | 47.08% | 14,356 | 52.00% | 254 | 0.92% |
1936 | 9,502 | 36.76% | 14,896 | 57.62% | 1,453 | 5.62% |
1932 | 7,031 | 29.74% | 14,810 | 62.65% | 1,799 | 7.61% |
1928 | 10,699 | 47.68% | 11,290 | 50.32% | 449 | 2.00% |
1924 | 8,571 | 39.24% | 6,134 | 28.08% | 7,136 | 32.67% |
1920 | 8,700 | 44.68% | 5,936 | 30.49% | 4,834 | 24.83% |
1916 | 8,875 | 43.64% | 10,012 | 49.24% | 1,448 | 7.12% |
1912 | 2,177 | 21.11% | 4,902 | 47.53% | 3,235 | 31.37% |
1908 | 4,988 | 42.76% | 5,775 | 49.51% | 901 | 7.72% |
1904 | 4,796 | 46.69% | 4,336 | 42.21% | 1,140 | 11.10% |
1900 | 4,814 | 45.10% | 5,472 | 51.27% | 387 | 3.63% |
1896 | 4,970 | 46.41% | 5,574 | 52.05% | 164 | 1.53% |
1892 | 3,868 | 40.53% | 5,051 | 52.92% | 625 | 6.55% |
Education
- Bunker Hill Community Unit School District 8
- Carlinville Community Unit School District 1
- Gillespie Community Unit School District 7
- Mount Olive Community Unit School District 5
- North Mac Community Unit School District 34
- Northwestern Community Unit School District 2
- Southwestern Community Unit School District 9
- Staunton Community Unit School District 6[17]
See also
References
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- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
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- ^ a b c "DP-1 Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
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