Brown County, Illinois (IL)

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County population in July 2007: 6,566 (58% urban, 42% rural)
County owner-occupied houses and condos: 1,561
Renter-occupied apartments: 547

% of renters here:	26%
State:	33%

Land area: 306 sq. mi.
Water area: 1.6 sq. mi.

Population density: 23 people per square mile

(low).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This county:	8.5%
Whole state:	10.7%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:

This county:	3.0%
Whole state:	5.1%

2008 cost of living index in Brown County: 73.6 (low, U.S. average is 100)

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Industries providing employment: Educational,health and social services (15.2%), Wholesale trade (13.3%), Manufacturing (11.2%), Retail trade (11.2%), Public administration (11.1%).

Type of workers:

Private wage or salary: 69%
Government: 19%
Self-employed, not incorporated: 10%
Unpaid family work: 2%

Brown County, Illinois business data: stores, dealers, real estate agents, wholesalers, restaurants...

Races in Brown County, Illinois:

White Non-Hispanic (77.2%)
Black (18.2%)
Hispanic (3.9%)
Other race (0.7%)
Two or more races (0.5%)

(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

Median resident age:	35.2 years
Illinois median age:	34.7 years

Males: 4,420	(63.6%)
Females: 2,530	(36.4%)

Average wage per job in 2003: $30,464
County population in 2003: 6,858
Jobs in 2003: 2,756

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Brown County,IL real estate house value trend

Total labor force in 2004: 3,161
Unemployment rate in 2004: 4.3%

Average household size:

Brown County:	2.4 people
Illinois:	2.6 people

Estimated median household income in 2005: $38,237 ($35,445 in 2000)

This county	$38,237
Illinois:	$50,260

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $68,207

Brown County	$68,207
Illinois:	$183,900

Median monthly rent in 2000: $316
Institutionalized population: 1,972
Median monthly costs for houses with a mortgage in Brown County in 2000: $557

Brown County races chart

Single-family new house construction building permits:

2004: 13 buildings, average cost: $85,100

2004 Presidential Election results in Brown County Illinois:

Bush/Cheney (Republican): 65.0%
Kerry/Edwards (Democratic): 34.6%

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $576 (1.2%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Brown County is $388 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $492 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $657 a month.

Cities in this county include: Mount Sterling, Versailles, Ripley.

Neighboring counties: Adams County , Cass County , Morgan County , Pike County , Schuyler County .

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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:

Notable locations in Brown County: Two Rivers Camp (A), Perry Springs Station (B), Old Siloam Picnic Area (C), Jensen Woods Camp (D), Reich Landing (E), Buckhorn Townhall (F), Missouri Townhall (G). Display/hide their locations on the map

Churches in Brown County include: Mount Pleasant Church (A), Zion Church (B). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemeteries: Knight Cemetery (1), Means Cemetery (2), Arnold Cemetery (3), Ausmus Cemetery (4), Gilbirds Cemetery (5), Kinman Burial Ground (6), Kinney Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map

Lakes and reservoirs: Big Lake (A), Kleinlein Farm Pond (B), Alsup Farm Pond (C), Dixon Pond (D), Hambaugh-Martin Number Two Reservoir (E), Hambaugh-Martin Number Five Reservoir (F), Hambaugh-Martin Number 3 Reservoir (G), Hambaugh-Martin Number 1 Reservoir (H). Display/hide their locations on the map

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Camp Creek (A), Missouri Creek (B), Martin Branch (C), Moine River, La (D), North Fork Shelby Creek (E), Baehr Branch (F), Avery Branch (G), Wells Fork (H), South Branch (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Unemployment in September 2007:

Here:	2.9%
Illinois:	4.8%

Unemployment by year (%)

County total employment by year

County average yearly wages by year ($)

Current college students: 142
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 63.3%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 9.2%

Number of foreign born residents: 114 (9% naturalized citizens)

Brown County:	1.6%
Whole state:	12.3%

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 37 1990 to 1994: 26 1985 to 1989: 12 1980 to 1984: 19 1975 to 1979: 10 1970 to 1974: 0 1970 to 1974: 8 1965 to 1969: 2

Mean travel time to work: 21.0 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 69.3%

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 1,915
One, attached: 4
Two: 46
3 or 4: 69
5 to 9: 46
10 to 19: 53
20 or more: 4
Mobile homes: 319

Housing units in Brown County with a mortgage: 537 (32 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 4 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 544

Agriculture in Brown County
Average size of farms: 346 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $57356
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $240.89
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 25.52%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $42255
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 51.28%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $57675
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 86.33%
Average age of principal farm operators: 55 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 6.32
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 4.00%
Corn for grain: 37710 harvested acres
All wheat for grain: 2074 harvested acres
Soybeans for beans: 29538 harvested acres
Vegetables: 35 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 25 acres

Brown County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is above Illinois state average. It is 3.0 times above overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused 20 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 10/14/1966, a category 2 (max. wind speeds 113-157 mph) tornado injured 20 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.

Class of Workers

Most common industries for males:

Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (14%)
Public administration (13%)
Grocery and related product merchant wholesalers (12%)
Truck transportation (8%)
Construction (7%)
Food (4%)
Chemicals (4%)

Most common industries for females:

Health care (14%)
Grocery and related product merchant wholesalers (12%)
Educational services (11%)
Public administration (9%)
Accommodation and food services (6%)
Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (4%)
Finance and insurance (4%)

Most common occupations for males

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
Farmers and farm managers (10%)
Law enforcement workers including supervisors (8%)
Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)

Most common occupations for females

Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
Health technologists and technicians (5%)
Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

Mexico (68%)
Thailand (8%)
Yugoslavia (5%)
Canada (5%)
Germany (4%)
Colombia (4%)
Poland (3%)

Most common first ancestries reported in Brown County:

German (32%)
United States or American (22%)
English (16%)
Irish (13%)
Scotch-Irish (2%)
French (except Basque) (2%)
Polish (1%)

Brown County mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 2,014 (80%)
Carpooled: 275 (11%)
Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
Motorcycle: 1 (0%)
Walked: 69 (3%)
Other means: 28 (1%)
Worked at home: 114 (5%)

1912 people in state prisons
60 people in nursing homes

Average gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $42,985.

6.04% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($28,060 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	6.04%
Illinois average:	5.66%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
4.99% relocated from other counties in Illinois ($23,595 average AGI)
1.04% relocated from other states ($4,466 average AGI)
Brown County: 1.04%
Illinois average: 2.13%

Percentage of residents relocating from other counties or countries

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from Pike County, IL	0.99% ($28,053 average AGI)
from Schuyler County, IL	0.78% ($21,200)
from Adams County, IL	0.73% ($38,929)
from Morgan County, IL	0.57% ($32,727)

7.19% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($33,621 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	7.19%
Illinois average:	5.99%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
5.14% relocated to other counties in Illinois ($23,579 average AGI)
2.06% relocated to other states ($10,043 average AGI)
Brown County: 2.06%
Illinois average: 2.58%

Percentage of residents relocating to other counties or countries

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Adams County, IL	1.08% ($34,619 average AGI)
to Pike County, IL	0.67% ($26,538)
to Morgan County, IL	0.51% ($24,800)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.0
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 9.1

Births per 1000 population in Brown County

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.4
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 8.5

Deaths per 1000 population in Brown County

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 1.4
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 3.3

Infant deaths per 1000 live births in Brown County

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 959 (838 aged, 121 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 11%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 8%

General practice office based MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1082.660
Medical specialist MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1214.340

Total births per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006 : 14.66
Total deaths per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006: 73.15

Limited-service eating places per 100,000 population in 2005 : 14.63

Crimes per 100,000 population in 1996 : 1

Household type by relationship

Households: 4,982

In family households: 4,170 (1,192 male householders, 193 female householders)
1,229 spouses, 1,409 children (1,211 natural, 82 adopted, 116 stepchildren), 67 grandchildren, 1 brothers or sisters, 24 parents, 17 other relatives, 38 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 812 (383 male householders (332 living alone)), 339 female householders (320 living alone)), 90 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 1,968 (all institutionalized)

Size of family households: 657 2-persons, 291 3-persons, 260 4-persons, 115 5-persons, 53 6-persons, 9 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 652 1-person, 59 2-persons, 9 3-persons, 2 4-persons.

95.5% of residents of Brown County speak English at home.
3.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (82% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).

In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $32,466,000 ($4771 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $1,820,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $12,613,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $6,048,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $4,066,000
Federal grants: $6,136,000
Federal procurement contracts: $1,660,000 ($1,115,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $1,943,000 ($336,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $124,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $1,978,000
Federal Government insurance: $14,303,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 343

Here:	50 per 1000 residents
State:	75 per 1000 residents

Deaths: 303

Here:	44 per 1000 residents
State:	43 per 1000 residents

Net international migration: +33

Here:	+5 per 1000 residents
State:	+26 per 1000 residents

Net internal migration: -176

Here:	-26 per 1000 residents
State:	-31 per 1000 residents

Population growth in Brown County

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 0.08 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	5.9
State:	6.1

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.5
State:	4.1

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 56
1995 to 1998: 169
1990 to 1994: 98
1980 to 1989: 165
1970 to 1979: 301
1960 to 1969: 163
1950 to 1959: 176
1940 to 1949: 226
1939 or earlier: 1,102

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Brown County, Illinois:
	1 room: 7 2 rooms: 4 3 rooms: 11 4 rooms: 185 5 rooms: 399 6 rooms: 408 7 rooms: 243 8 rooms: 207 9+ rooms: 97

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Brown County, Illinois:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 33 3 rooms: 117 4 rooms: 130 5 rooms: 138 6 rooms: 55 7 rooms: 34 8 rooms: 17 9+ rooms: 23

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Brown County:
	no bedroom: 7 1 bedroom: 44 2 bedrooms: 492 3 bedrooms: 737 4 bedrooms: 250 5+ bedrooms: 31

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Brown County:
	no bedroom: 11 1 bedroom: 164 2 bedrooms: 181 3 bedrooms: 144 4 bedrooms: 39 5+ bedrooms: 8

Cars and other vehicles available in Brown County in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 50 1 vehicle: 438 2 vehicles: 622 3 vehicles: 292 4 vehicles: 130 5+ vehicles: 29

Cars and other vehicles available in Brown County in renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 91 1 vehicle: 233 2 vehicles: 158 3 vehicles: 48 4 vehicles: 12 5+ vehicles: 5

55% of Brown County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 29% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 77% lived in Illinois.

Brown County:	54.6%
State average:	58.6%

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 5771
Northeast: 69
Midwest: 447
South: 397
West: 98

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $19,000

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 5%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 5%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (54%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (24%) Electricity (16%) Wood (5%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (56%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (23%) Electricity (19%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%) Wood (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 85

Here:	14.4%
Illinois:	13.4%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 8

Here:	1.8%
Illinois:	11.1%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 9

Here:	9.0%
Illinois:	25.8%

Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

Brown County government finances in 2002:

Charges - All Other: $515,000
Current Operations - Regular Highways: $1,247,000
General - Other: $534,000

Health Services - Other: $453,000

Central Staff Services: $333,000

Financial Administration: $268,000

Police Protection: $258,000

Judicial and Legal Services: $239,000

Corrections - Other: $19,000
Federal Intergovernmental - Health & Hospitals: $19,000
General - Interest on Debt: $4,000
Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $61,000
Long Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Other NEC: $18,000
Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Other, NEC: $57,000
Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $22,000
Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $458,000
Interest Earnings: $109,000
Other Capital Outlay - Police Protection: $34,000
Regular Highways: $18,000

General - Other: $5,000

Central Staff: $3,000
Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $3,173,000
State Intergovernmental - Highways: $878,000
All Other: $512,000

General Support: $409,000
Tax - Property: $744,000
Total Salaries & Wages: $961,000

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Total Number Of Recipients

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of aged recipients

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of blind and disabled recipients

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of recipients under 18

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of recipients between 18 and 64

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of recipients older than 64

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of recipients also receiving OASDI

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Amount of payments (thousands of dollars)

Brown County Fatal accident statistics for 1975 - 2006:

Fatal accident count (per 100,000 population)

Vehicles involved in fatal accidents (per 100,000 population)

Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers (per 100,000 population)