Clinton County, Illinois

Clinton County is a located in the  of, and determined by the  to include the  in. Clinton County is part of the. As of 2000, the population was 35,535. Its is.

History
Clinton County was organized in out of, , and. Its name is in honor of the seventh State,, who helped build the.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,304 (503 ). 1,228 km² (474 sq mi) of it is land and 76 km² (29 sq mi) of it (5.81%) is water.

Adjacent counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 35,535 people, 12,754 households, and 9,221 families residing in the county. The was 29/km² (75/sq mi). There were 13,805 housing units at an average density of 11/km² (29/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 94.19%, 3.91% or , 0.16% , 0.33% , 0.03% , 0.84% from , and 0.54% from two or more races. 1.60% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 12,754 households out of which 35.10% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.10% were living together, 8.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.70% were non-families. 24.20% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.60 and the average family size was 3.10.

In the county the population was spread out with 24.90% under the age of 18, 9.30% from 18 to 24, 30.20% from 25 to 44, 21.30% from 45 to 64, and 14.40% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 106.60 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 106.80 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $44,618, and the median income for a family was $52,580. Males had a median income of $36,035 versus $23,506 for females. The for the county was $19,109. About 4.60% of families and 6.40% of the population were below the, including 7.80% of those under age 18 and 6.00% of those age 65 or over.

Cities and towns

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