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

Statewide Claims to Fame

Jackson County is 1st in Illinois out of 102 other counties in Income below poverty line

Jackson County is 3rd in Illinois out of 102 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Jackson County is 4th in Illinois out of 102 other counties in Race - Two or More

Jackson County is 5th in Illinois out of 102 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Jackson County is 8th in Illinois out of 102 other counties in Race - Asian

Jackson County is 9th in Illinois out of 102 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Jackson County is 14th in Illinois out of 102 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Jackson County is 14th in Illinois out of 102 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Jackson County is 15th in Illinois out of 102 other counties in Foreign born residents

Jackson County is 20th in Illinois out of 102 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

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General Demographics

Size Demographics

Size Demographics
	Jackson County	Rank	Illinois	US
Current population (2012)	60,071	24th	12,875,255	313,914,040
Size in square miles	584.1	37th	55,518.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	103.1	24th	231.1	87.4

People Demographics

Age Demographics
	Jackson County	Rank	Illinois	US
Residents younger than 5	5.1%	87th	6.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	17.8%	100th	23.8%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	12.1%	93rd	13.2%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Jackson County	Rank	Illinois	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	89.9%	21st	86.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	35.6%	5th	30.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Jackson County	Rank	Illinois	US
Race - White	78.6%	96th	77.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	14.6%	9th	14.8%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.5%	14th	0.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	3.7%	8th	5.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	14th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.5%	4th	1.7%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	33rd	16.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	75.4%	86th	63.0%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Jackson County	Rank	Illinois	US
Female residents	49.4%	83rd	50.9%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	5.4%	15th	13.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics

Housing Demographics
	Jackson County	Rank	Illinois	US
Housing units	28,668	24th	5,297,318	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	31.0%	3rd	32.9%	25.9%
Households	23,718	24th	4,773,002	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	54.4%	102nd	68.7%	66.1%
Home median value	$95,100	48th	$198,500	$186,200
People per household	2.3	95th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	91	23rd	13,797	829,658

Income Demographics

Income Demographics
	Jackson County	Rank	Illinois	US
Income per capita	$19,619	95th	$29,376	$27,915
Income per household	$32,896	99th	$56,576	$52,762
Income below poverty line	29.1%	1st	13.1%	14.3%

Business Demographics

Business Demographics
	Jackson County	Rank	Illinois	US
Non-farm private establishments	1,348	24th	312,437	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	17,379	27th	5,038,462	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	4,209	25th	1,123,817	27,092,908
Retail sales	$684,089	25th	$165,450,520	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$11,751	22nd	$12,947	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$108,315	20th	$25,469,026	$613,795,732

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