Jackson County, Illinois (IL)

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• • 42,15373.6%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 8,54414.9%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 2,6024.5%Hispanic or Latino
  • 2,0473.6%Asian alone
  • 1,5862.8%Two or more races
  • 2020.4%Some other race alone
  • 1250.2%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 220.04%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone

Mean price in 2019:

Detached houses: $165,009

Here:	$165,009
State:	$266,086

Townhouses or other attached units: $131,916

Here:	$131,916
State:	$247,630

In 2-unit structures: $106,416

Here:	$106,416
State:	$268,780

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $196,560

Here:	$196,560
State:	$306,067

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $219,708

Here:	$219,708
State:	$303,902

Mobile homes: $47,937

Here:	$47,937
State:	$59,325

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2019: $2,862 (2.3%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $1,712 (1.6%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Jackson County is $406 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $511 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $696 a month.

Cities in this county include: Carbondale, Murphysboro, De Soto, Elkville, Harrison, Ava, Grand Tower, Vergennes, Dowell, Makanda.

Neighboring counties: Woodson County, Kansas .

Current college students: 16,882
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 92.5%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 35.3%

Number of foreign born residents: 3,304 (31.0% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 1,7552010 or later
• 9442000 to 2009
• 2921990 to 1999
• 3861980 to 1989
• 2381970 to 1979
• 216Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 18.1 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 82.0%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 15,279
• One, attached: 484
• Two: 2,175
• 3 or 4: 2,302
• 5 to 9: 1,523
• 10 to 19: 1,674
• 20 to 49: 1,656
• 50 or more: 846
• Mobile homes: 2,961
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 92

Housing units in Jackson County with a mortgage: 6,114 (100 second mortgage, 308 home equity loan, 23 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 6,274

Religion statistics for Jackson County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Jackson County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Illinois Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, FEMA Id: 4489, Natural disaster type: Other
• Illinois Severe Storms And Flooding, Incident Period: February 24, 2019 - July 3, 2019, FEMA Id: 4461, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Illinois Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: April 19, 2011 to June 14, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1991: June 07, 2011, FEMA Id: 1991, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Illinois Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes, Incident Period: May 08, 2009 to May 09, 2009, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1850: July 02, 2009, FEMA Id: 1850, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Illinois Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3230: September 07, 2005, FEMA Id: 3230, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Illinois Snow, Incident Period: December 21, 2004 to December 23, 2004, Emergency Declared EM-3199: February 01, 2005, FEMA Id: 3199, Natural disaster type: Snow
• Illinois Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Incident Period: April 21, 2002 to May 23, 2002, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1416: May 21, 2002, FEMA Id: 1416, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Illinois Severe Storms/Flooding, Incident Period: April 28, 1996 to May 17, 1996, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1112: May 06, 1996, FEMA Id: 1112, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Illinois Severe Storm, Flooding, Incident Period: May 15, 1995 to June 15, 1995, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1053: May 30, 1995, FEMA Id: 1053, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Illinois Flooding, Severe Storms, Incident Period: April 13, 1993 to October 22, 1993, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-997: July 09, 1993, FEMA Id: 997, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• 4 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

7.72% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($30,329 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
4.97% relocated from other counties in Illinois ($17,640 average AGI)
2.75% relocated from other states ($12,689 average AGI)

Jackson County:	2.75%
Illinois average:	1.87%

from Williamson County, IL	1.10% ($32,095 average AGI)
from Cook County, IL	0.64% ($19,779)
from Perry County, IL	0.34% ($22,391)
from Union County, IL	0.33% ($29,556)
from Randolph County, IL	0.24% ($31,022)
from Franklin County, IL	0.15% ($33,517)
from St. Clair County, IL	0.15% ($54,250)

10.53% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($34,510 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
5.54% relocated to other counties in Illinois ($15,640 average AGI)
4.98% relocated to other states ($18,870 average AGI)

Jackson County:	4.98%
Illinois average:	2.67%

to Williamson County, IL	1.38% ($35,919 average AGI)
to Cook County, IL	0.92% ($20,522)
to Perry County, IL	0.31% ($25,600)
to St. Clair County, IL	0.24% ($30,167)
to Union County, IL	0.23% ($34,804)
to St. Louis County, MO	0.23% ($40,000)
to Sangamon County, IL	0.21% ($29,952)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.3
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 11.5

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 7.7
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 8.0
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 8.0

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 10.2
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 8.3

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Jackson County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 17%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 14%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 12,217 (4,583 living alone), Female householders: 11,763 (4,733 living alone)

• 8,405 spouses (8,383 opposite-sex spouses), 1,697 unmarried partners, (1,625 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 12,351 children (11,653 natural, 252 adopted, 446 stepchildren), 1,081 grandchildren, 831 brothers or sisters, 341 parents, 52 foster children, 899 other relatives, 3,857 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 4,092

Size of family households: 6,372 2-persons, 2,923 3-persons, 1,640 4-persons, 970 5-persons, 176 6-persons, 46 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 9,308 1-person, 2,078 2-persons, 523 3-persons, 121 4-persons, 4 5-persons, 6 6-persons, 9 7-or-more-persons.

4,696 married couples with children.
4,358 single-parent households (705 men, 3,653 women).

90.9% of residents of Jackson speak English at home.
3.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (69% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
2.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (68% speak English very well, 31% speak English well, 1% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (64% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak other language at home (82% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $301,792,000 ($5,179 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $15,319,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $111,353,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $79,835,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $5,500,000
Federal grants: $73,713,000
Federal procurement contracts: $13,095,000 ($8,166,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $18,296,000 ($1,762,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $64,249,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $8,115,000
Federal Government insurance: $20,128,000

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

Here:	-75 per 1000 residents
State:	-31 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 6.38 millions of gallons per day (1% from ground, 99% from surface)

• Year house built in Jackson County, Illinois
• 6612014 or later
• 1,1002010 to 2013
• 3,5842000 to 2009
• 3,8801990 to 1999
• 3,4611980 to 1989
• 5,3391970 to 1979
• 3,6181960 to 1969
• 2,5981950 to 1959
• 1,3311940 to 1949
• 3,6431939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Jackson County, Illinois

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Jackson County, Illinois
• 221 room
• 342 rooms
• 2583 rooms
• 1,1204 rooms
• 2,2905 rooms
• 2,8026 rooms
• 2,0807 rooms
• 1,6968 rooms
• 2,0169+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Jackson County, Illinois
• 5091 room
• 6672 rooms
• 2,4423 rooms
• 3,3964 rooms
• 2,6205 rooms
• 1,2866 rooms
• 3517 rooms
• 1668 rooms
• 2529+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Jackson County, Illinois

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Jackson County, Illinois
• 37no bedroom
• 2881 bedroom
• 3,0172 bedrooms
• 6,0183 bedrooms
• 2,4234 bedrooms
• 5455+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Jackson County, Illinois
• 584no bedroom
• 3,1191 bedroom
• 5,0022 bedrooms
• 2,3573 bedrooms
• 5324 bedrooms
• 855+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Jackson County, Illinois in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Jackson County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 324no vehicle
• 3,2171 vehicle
• 5,3872 vehicles
• 2,2763 vehicles
• 8444 vehicles
• 2825+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Jackson County in renter-occupied apartments
• 2,591no vehicle
• 6,3571 vehicle
• 1,9632 vehicles
• 6253 vehicles
• 1254 vehicles
• 395+ vehicles

74.0% of Jackson County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 32% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 75% lived in Illinois.

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

• This state: 41,321
• Other state: 12,517
• Northeast: 1,071
• Midwest: 5,477
• South: 4,309
• West: 1,646

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 1,297
• Number of aged recipients: 90
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 1,207
• Number of recipients under 18: 207
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 892
• Number of recipients older than 64: 198
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 453
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 582

Jackson County on our top lists:

• #14 on the list of "Top 101 counties with highest percentage of residents voting for 3rd party candidates in the 2012 Presidential Election (pop. 50,000+)"
• #22 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest ground withdrawal of fresh water for public supply (pop. 50,000+)"
• #44 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating to other counties in 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #64 on the list of "Top 101 counties with highest percentage of residents voting for 3rd party candidates in the 2012 Presidential Election"