Macon County
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county in Illinois, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Illinois
- Founded
- January 19, 1829
- Named after
- Nathaniel Macon
- Seat
- Decatur
- Largest city
- Decatur
- County board chairperson
- Kevin Greenfield
- Total
- 586 sq mi (1,520 km )
- Land
- 581 sq mi (1,500 km )
- Water
- 5.2 sq mi (13 km ) 0.9%
- Estimate 2025
- 99,300
- Density
- 179/sq mi (69.1/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional districts
- 13th , 15th
- Website
- maconcounty .illinois .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Nathaniel Macon
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Illinois
- Contains
- Decatur
- Capital
- Decatur
- Population
- 103998
- Area
- 1516
- Shares border with
- DeWitt County
- Official website
- maconcounty.illinois.gov
- Image
- Wabash Railroad Station and Railway Express Agency.JPG
- Households
- 43810
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- Commons category
- Macon County, Illinois
- topic's main category
- Category:Macon County, Illinois
- inception
- 1829-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Macon County, Illinois
- different from
- Macon County
- water as percent of area
- 0.9
- native label
- Macon County
- per capita income
- 30681
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Encyclopedic overview
Macon County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 United States census, it had a population of 103,998. Its county seat and most populous city is Decatur.
Macon County comprises the Decatur, IL Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Macon County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.