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

Statewide Claims to Fame

Knox County is 8th in Illinois out of 102 other counties in Race - Two or More

Knox County is 12th in Illinois out of 102 other counties in Income below poverty line

Knox County is 16th in Illinois out of 102 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Main Cities Within Knox County, Illinois

Galesburg, Illinois

Knox County, Illinois Border Map - Phone Size

General Demographics

Size Demographics

Size Demographics
	Knox County	Rank	Illinois	US
Current population (2012)	52,247	29th	12,875,255	313,914,040
Size in square miles	716.4	21st	55,518.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	73.9	33rd	231.1	87.4

People Demographics

Age Demographics
	Knox County	Rank	Illinois	US
Residents younger than 5	5.0%	90th	6.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	20.1%	90th	23.8%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	19.0%	25th	13.2%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Knox County	Rank	Illinois	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	85.4%	73rd	86.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	16.2%	55th	30.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Knox County	Rank	Illinois	US
Race - White	88.9%	77th	77.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	7.7%	24th	14.8%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	60th	0.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.7%	36th	5.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	46th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.3%	8th	1.7%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	26th	16.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	84.6%	78th	63.0%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Knox County	Rank	Illinois	US
Female residents	49.8%	76th	50.9%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	2.0%	45th	13.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics

Housing Demographics
	Knox County	Rank	Illinois	US
Housing units	24,049	26th	5,297,318	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	17.0%	21st	32.9%	25.9%
Households	21,704	26th	4,773,002	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	68.2%	92nd	68.7%	66.1%
Home median value	$80,700	75th	$198,500	$186,200
People per household	2.2	98th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	23	54th	13,797	829,658

Income Demographics

Income Demographics
	Knox County	Rank	Illinois	US
Income per capita	$21,336	83rd	$29,376	$27,915
Income per household	$40,112	87th	$56,576	$52,762
Income below poverty line	17.2%	12th	13.1%	14.3%

Business Demographics

Business Demographics
	Knox County	Rank	Illinois	US
Non-farm private establishments	1,083	31st	312,437	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	15,265	29th	5,038,462	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	3,333	33rd	1,123,817	27,092,908
Retail sales	$681,371	26th	$165,450,520	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$13,120	16th	$12,947	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$68,325	26th	$25,469,026	$613,795,732

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