Fulton County, Illinois Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Statewide Claims to Fame

Fulton County is 10th in Illinois out of 102 other counties in Size in square miles

Fulton County is 11th in Illinois out of 102 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Main Cities Within Fulton County, Illinois

Canton, Illinois

Fulton County, Illinois Border Map - Phone Size

General Demographics

Size Demographics

Size Demographics
	Fulton County	Rank	Illinois	US
Current population (2012)	36,651	40th	12,875,255	313,914,040
Size in square miles	865.6	10th	55,518.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	42.8	59th	231.1	87.4

People Demographics

Age Demographics
	Fulton County	Rank	Illinois	US
Residents younger than 5	5.1%	89th	6.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	20.6%	82nd	23.8%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	18.5%	33rd	13.2%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Fulton County	Rank	Illinois	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	84.0%	84th	86.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	14.0%	74th	30.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Fulton County	Rank	Illinois	US
Race - White	94.4%	54th	77.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	3.7%	46th	14.8%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.6%	11th	0.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.3%	75th	5.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	60th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.9%	71st	1.7%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	48th	16.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	92.5%	46th	63.0%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Fulton County	Rank	Illinois	US
Female residents	48.1%	91st	50.9%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	2.7%	34th	13.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics

Housing Demographics
	Fulton County	Rank	Illinois	US
Housing units	16,140	37th	5,297,318	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	10.5%	52nd	32.9%	25.9%
Households	14,717	37th	4,773,002	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	76.6%	52nd	68.7%	66.1%
Home median value	$80,800	74th	$198,500	$186,200
People per household	2.4	78th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	86	25th	13,797	829,658

Income Demographics

Income Demographics
	Fulton County	Rank	Illinois	US
Income per capita	$21,071	84th	$29,376	$27,915
Income per household	$42,963	69th	$56,576	$52,762
Income below poverty line	13.7%	41st	13.1%	14.3%

Business Demographics

Business Demographics
	Fulton County	Rank	Illinois	US
Non-farm private establishments	677	51st	312,437	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	6,846	53rd	5,038,462	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	2,540	48th	1,123,817	27,092,908
Retail sales	$288,858	49th	$165,450,520	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$7,843	70th	$12,947	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$29,399	44th	$25,469,026	$613,795,732

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