land ▁in ▁the ▁North ▁American ▁Water f ow l ▁Management ▁Plan . ▁ ▁Ad j acent ▁count ies ▁ ▁Pul ask i ▁County , ▁Illinois ▁ ▁( n orth ) ▁– ▁across ▁the ▁Ohio ▁River ▁ ▁McC ra cken ▁County ▁ ▁( east ) ▁ ▁Carl is le ▁County ▁ ▁( s outh ) ▁ ▁Mississippi ▁County , ▁Missouri ▁ ▁( s outh west ) ▁– ▁across ▁the ▁Mississippi ▁River ▁ ▁Alexander ▁County , ▁Illinois ▁ ▁( west ) ▁– ▁across ▁the ▁Ohio ▁River ▁ ▁Dem ograph ics ▁ ▁As ▁of ▁the ▁census ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁there ▁were ▁ 8 , 2 8 6 ▁people , ▁ 3 , 3 9 5 ▁households , ▁and ▁ 2 , 4 1 3 ▁families ▁res iding ▁in ▁the ▁county . ▁ ▁The ▁population ▁density ▁was ▁. ▁ ▁There ▁were ▁ 3 , 8 3 7 ▁housing ▁units ▁at ▁an ▁average ▁density ▁of ▁. ▁ ▁The ▁ra cial ▁make up ▁of ▁the ▁county ▁was ▁ 9 5 . 3 2 % ▁White , ▁ 2 . 8 7 % ▁Black ▁or ▁African ▁American , ▁ 0 . 0 8 % ▁Native ▁American , ▁ 0 . 1 8 % ▁Asian , ▁ 0 . 0 2 % ▁Pacific ▁Island er , ▁ 0 . 0 8 % ▁from ▁other ▁races , ▁and ▁ 1 . 4 4 % ▁from ▁two ▁or ▁more ▁races . ▁▁ 0 . 6 3 % ▁of ▁the ▁population ▁were ▁His pan ics ▁or ▁Lat inos ▁of ▁any