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The county is located in the 47th district of the Illinois Senate, and is currently represented by Republican Jil Tracy.
For the Illinois House of Representatives, the county is located in the 94th district and is currently represented by Republican Randy Frese. Henderson County is located in Illinois's 17th Congressional District and is currently represented by Democrat Cheri Bustos. Eisenhower in 1956, and for then Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton, it was the lowest by a Democrat since Al Smith in 1928. Republican Donald Trump carried the county with over 61 percent of the vote in 2016 the highest percentage won by any Republican candidate since Dwight D. Roosevelt in 1932 was the first Democrat to win it, but the county returned to Republican Alf Landon in 1936 and was not won by a Democrat until the GOP nominated the southern-oriented conservative Barry Goldwater in 1964.Īfter that, like many Yankee counties, it returned to its Republican roots between 19, but with the shift of the GOP to a Southern Evangelical perspective Henderson County turned reliably Democratic in presidential elections from 1988 to 2012. Politics Īs part of Yankee-settled Northern Illinois, Henderson County was solidly Whig in its first three elections and then equally Republican from that party's formation until the Great Depression. About 7.8% of families and 11.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 13.3% of those under age 18 and 8.3% of those age 65 or over. The per capita income for the county was $22,492. Males had a median income of $41,052 versus $27,426 for females. The median income for a household in the county was $43,450 and the median income for a family was $55,154. The average household size was 2.31 and the average family size was 2.78. Of the 3,149 households, 26.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.9% were married couples living together, 8.7% had a female householder with no husband present, 32.5% were non-families, and 27.3% of all households were made up of individuals. In terms of ancestry, 24.4% were German, 14.5% were Irish, 11.9% were English, 5.9% were Swedish, and 5.0% were American. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 1.1% of the population.
The racial makeup of the county was 98.2% white, 0.2% Asian, 0.2% American Indian, 0.2% black or African American, 0.1% Pacific islander, 0.2% from other races, and 1.0% from two or more races. There were 3,827 housing units at an average density of 10.1 per square mile (3.9/km 2). The population density was 19.3 inhabitants per square mile (7.5/km 2). 2000 census age pyramid for Henderson CountyĪs of the 2010 United States Census, there were 7,331 people, 3,149 households, and 2,127 families residing in the county.
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