- State:IllinoisCounty:Henderson CountyZips:61460,61471,61425,61437,61454,61418,61469,61480Coordinates:40.81811393194698, -90.9251086420605Area total:395.23 sq. mi., 1023.63 sq. km, 252945.28 acresArea land:378.80 sq. mi., 981.08 sq. km, 242429.44 acresArea water:16.43 sq. mi., 42.56 sq. km, 10515.84 acresEstablished:1841Capital seat:
Oquawka
Address: PO BOX 308
County Courthouse
Oquawka, IL 61469-0308
Governing Body: Board of Commissioners with 11 board size
Governing Authority: Dillon's Rule
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Henderson County, Illinois, United States
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- Population:6,387; Population change: -12.88% (2010 - 2020)Population density:17 persons per square mileHousehold income:$42,550Households:19,773Unemployment rate:6.90% per 3,544 county labor force
- Sales taxes:7.25%Income taxes:3.00%GDP:$189.83 M, gross domestic product (GDP)
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Henderson County's population of Illinois of 43,851 residents in 1930 has increased 1,12-fold to 49,284 residents after 90 years, according to the official 2020 census. U.S. Bureau of the Census beginning in 1900. Data for 1870-1890 are on a de facto or unspecified basis; data for 1900 and later years are resident totals.
Approximately 50.80% female residents and 49.20% male residents live in as of 2020, 63.02% in Henderson County, Illinois are married and the remaining 36.98% are single population.
As of 2020, 63.02% in Henderson County, Illinois are married and the remaining 36.98% are single population.
- Housing units:3,357 residential units of which 84.42% share occupied residential units.
27.1 minutes is the average time that residents in Henderson County require for a one-way commute to work. A long commute can have different effects on health. A Gallup poll in the US found that in terms of mental health, long haul commuters are up to 12 percent more likely to experience worry, and ten percent less likely to feel well rested. The Gallup poll also found that of people who commute 61–90 minutes each day, a whopping one third complained of neck and back pain, compared to less than a quarter of people who only spend ten minutes getting to work.
78.40% of the working population which commute to work alone in their car, 13.99% of the working population which commutes to work in a carpool and 5.26% of the population that has their home as their principal place of work.
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Of the total residential buildings in Henderson County, Illinois 59.25% are owner-occupied homes, another 15.81% are rented apartments, and the remaining 24.94% are vacant.
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The 33.57% of the population in Henderson County, Illinois who identify themselves as belonging to a religion are distributed among the following most diverse religions.
Since the 1860s, the two main parties have been the Republican Party (here in 2022 = 40.400%) and the Democratic Party (here in 2022 = 58.080%) of those eligible to vote in Henderson County, Illinois.
