Mason County, Illinois

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Mason County is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 13,086.[1] Its county seat is Havana.[2] The county is named in honor of George Mason, a member of the Virginia legislature who campaigned for the adoption of the United States Bill of Rights.

History

Mason County was created in 1841 out of portions of Tazewell and Menard counties.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has an area of Script error: No such module "convert"., of which Script error: No such module "convert". is land and Script error: No such module "convert". (4.3%) is water.[3]

Mason County is bound on the south by the Sangamon River, and on the west by the Illinois River. These rivers join at the county's southwest tip.

The soil covering much of Mason County is very sandy. This was formed during the melting of the Wisconsin Glacier about 10,000 years ago. Meltwater from the glacier deposited large amounts of sand in a delta region near at the junction of the Sangamon and Illinois Rivers.

The sandy soil does not hold water well, quickly exposing crops to drought conditions as the water table drops during periods of low precipitation. However, the soil is very good for growing vegetables that are otherwise not common in Illinois. Modern irrigation has made this a highly productive agricultural area.

A sand wetland on the Illinois River is managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as the Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge.

National protected area

State Forest

State Fish & Wildlife Areas

Climate and weather

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Adjacent counties

Transportation

Public Transportation

Major highways

Demographics

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2020 census

As of the 2020 census, the county had a population of 13,086. The median age was 46.1 years. 20.3% of residents were under the age of 18 and 23.5% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 98.0 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 97.4 males age 18 and over.[10]

The racial makeup of the county was 94.9% White, 0.4% Black or African American, 0.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2% Asian, <0.1% Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander, 0.3% from some other race, and 3.9% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino residents of any race comprised 1.4% of the population.[11]

<0.1% of residents lived in urban areas, while 100.0% lived in rural areas.[12]

There were 5,657 households in the county, of which 25.2% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 46.9% were married-couple households, 19.6% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 24.9% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 31.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.[10]

There were 6,626 housing units, of which 14.6% were vacant. Among occupied housing units, 76.7% were owner-occupied and 23.3% were renter-occupied. The homeowner vacancy rate was 3.2% and the rental vacancy rate was 11.7%.[10]

Racial and ethnic composition

Mason County, Illinois – Racial and ethnic composition
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Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) Pop 1980[13] Pop 1990[14] Pop 2000[15] Pop 2010[16] Pop 2020[17] % 1980 % 1990 % 2000 % 2010 % 2020
White alone (NH) 19,327 16,137 15,799 14,296 12,339 99.15% 99.19% 98.51% 97.48% 94.29%
Black or African American alone (NH) 1 8 19 53 49 0.01% 0.05% 0.12% 0.36% 0.37%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) 19 26 32 31 24 0.10% 0.16% 0.20% 0.21% 0.18%
Asian alone (NH) 38 38 32 40 26 0.19% 0.23% 0.20% 0.27% 0.20%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH) x [18] x [19] 0 0 1 x x 0.00% 0.00% 0.01%
Other race alone (NH) 16 2 3 3 11 0.08% 0.01% 0.02% 0.02% 0.08%
Mixed race or Multiracial (NH) x [20] x [21] 73 126 452 x x 0.46% 0.86% 3.45%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 91 58 80 117 184 0.47% 0.36% 0.50% 0.80% 1.41%
Total 19,492 16,269 16,038 14,666 13,086 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%

2010 census

As of the 2010 United States census, there were 14,666 people, 6,079 households, and 4,060 families living in the county.[22] The population density was Script error: No such module "convert".. There were 7,077 housing units at an average density of Script error: No such module "convert"..[3] The racial makeup of the county was 98.1% white, 0.4% black or African American, 0.3% Asian, 0.2% American Indian, 0.1% from other races, and 0.9% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 0.8% of the population.[22] In terms of ancestry, 33.8% were German, 15.6% were American, 11.1% were English, and 10.3% were Irish.[23]

Of the 6,079 households, 28.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.1% were married couples living together, 10.3% had a female householder with no husband present, 33.2% were non-families, and 28.4% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 2.87. The median age was 44.0 years.[22]

The median income for a household in the county was $42,461 and the median income for a family was $51,348. Males had a median income of $43,448 versus $31,087 for females. The per capita income for the county was $23,427. About 13.8% of families and 15.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 23.6% of those under age 18 and 7.5% of those age 65 or over.[24]

Mason County was identified as a “sundown” county which “has remained all white for many decades, despite its location between Springfield and Peoria...”.[25]

Communities

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Politics

Although it voted for the Whig Party in the three elections from 1840 to 1848, Mason County was to be solidly Democratic for the next sixty to seventy years due to its anti-Yankee German-American heritage. It was not until the 1920 election when bitter resentment was felt by German-Americans at Woodrow Wilson’s postwar policies that Mason supported a GOP candidate.

In the following eighty years, Mason was a Republican-leaning swing county, although isolationist sentiment did cause it to vote narrowly for Wendell Willkie in 1940 and more convincingly for Thomas E. Dewey in 1944.

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Education

K-12 school districts include:[26]

It also includes portions of an elementary school district, New Holland-Middletown Elementary School District 88, and a secondary school district, Lincoln Community High School District 404.[26]

See also

References

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