Races in Jefferson County, Illinois:

Average household size:

Estimated median household income in 2009: $38,867 ($33,555 in 1999)

Median contract rent in 2009 for apartments: $388 (lower quartile is $266, upper quartile is $505)


Estimated median house or condo value in 2009: $85,259 (it was $60,000 in 2000) Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $47,555 - $129,766

Mean price in 2009:

Detached houses: $135,605

Here:	$135,605
State:	$252,233

Townhouses or other attached units: $529,909

Here:	$529,909
State:	$249,884

In 2-unit structures: $246,012

Here:	$246,012
State:	$282,193

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $600,037

Here:	$600,037
State:	$320,044

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $673,607

Here:	$673,607
State:	$280,866

Mobile homes: $62,591

Here:	$62,591
State:	$35,670

Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $145,382

Here:	$145,382
State:	$62,382

Median monthly housing costs for homes and condos with a mortgage: $1,355
Median monthly housing costs for units without a mortgage: $327

Institutionalized population: 2,159

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2009: $1,296 (1.5%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2009: $800 (1.1%)

Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 16.9%
(14.8% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 48.2% for Black residents, 7.7% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 24.0% for American Indian residents, 0.0% for Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander residents, 16.5% for other race residents, 34.7% for two or more races residents)
Median age of residents in 2010: 40 years old
(Males: 39 years old, Females: 42 years old)
(Median age for: White residents: 42 years old, Black residents: 29 years old, American Indian residents: 42 years old, Asian residents: 38 years old, Hispanic or Latino residents: 27 years old, Other race residents: 28 years old)

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2009:

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2009:

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Jefferson County is $431 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $514 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $647 a month.

Cities in this county include: Mount Vernon, Ina, Bluford, Woodlawn, Dix, Bonnie, Waltonville, Belle Rive, Opdyke, Nason.

Jefferson County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level between 2 and 4 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Moderate Potential

Click to draw/clear Jefferson County borders

Notable locations in this county outside city limits: Notable locations in Jefferson County: Rend Lake Camp (A), Bald Hill Townhall (B), Blissville Townhall (C), McClellan Townhall (D), Moores Prairie Townhall (E). Display/hide their locations on the map Churches in Jefferson County include: Oakdale Church (A), Oakland Church (B), Antioch Church (C), Panther Fork Church (D), Pleasant Grove Church (E), Pleasant Hill Church (F), Pleasant View Church (G), Primitive Church (H), Providence Church (I). Display/hide their locations on the map Cemeteries: Abner Cemetery (1), Wall Farm Cemetery (2), Arnold Cemetery (3), Ward Cemetery (4), Warren Cemetery (5), Atkinson Cemetery (6), Wells Chapel Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map Lakes and reservoirs: Scheller Lakes (A), Peckerwood Lake (B), Miller Lake (C), Lake Jaycee (D), Superior Lake (E), Illinois Central Reservoir (F), Raw Water Reservoir (G), Hawthorne Hills Lake (H). Display/hide their locations on the map Streams, rivers, and creeks: Novak Creek (A), Collier Creek (B), Coal Bank Creek (C), White Feather Creek (D), Buck Creek (E), East Creek (F), Bear Creek (G), Bald Hill Creek (H), Back Branch (I). Display/hide their locations on the map Parks in Jefferson County include: Rend Lake State Waterfowl Management Area (1), Rend Lake State Wildlife Refuge (2), Bonnie Public Use Area (3), Waltonville Public Use Area (4), Mount Vernon State Game Farm (5), Nason Public Use Area (6). Display/hide their locations on the map

Neighboring counties: Franklin County , Hamilton County , Marion County , Perry County , Washington County , Wayne County .

Current college students: 1,631
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 77.0%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 13.7%

Number of foreign born residents: 332 (53% naturalized citizens)

Mean travel time to work (commute): 20.7 minutes

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

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 11,820
• One, attached: 163
• Two: 256
• 3 or 4: 518
• 5 to 9: 395
• 10 to 19: 393
• 20 or more: 431
• Mobile homes: 2,988
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 26

Housing units in Jefferson County with a mortgage: 4,072 (345 second mortgage, 452 home equity loan, 15 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,943

Religion statistics:

Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 54.54%

Here		54.5%
USA		50.2%

Total adherents: 21,841
Total congregations: 94

Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations

Name	Southern Baptist Convention	Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Catholic Church	United Methodist Church	National Association of Free Will Baptists
Adherents	10,356 (47.4%)	3,016 (13.8%)	2,414 (11.1%)	2,033 (9.3%)	736 (3.4%)
Congregations	33 (35.1%)	14 (14.9%)	2 (2.1%)	14 (14.9%)	7 (7.4%)

Name	Lutheran Church	Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Presbyterian Church (USA)	Other
Adherents	350 (1.6%)	340 (1.6%)	282 (1.3%)	272 (1.2%)	2,042 (9.3%)
Congregations	1 (1.1%)	2 (2.1%)	1 (1.1%)	1 (1.1%)	19 (20.2%)

Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.

Religions in Jefferson County - Mount Vernon, Ina, Bluford, Woodlawn, Dix

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Jefferson County:

Average size of farms: 222 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $27,451
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $138.09
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 2.72%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 26.10%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $23,916
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 66.17%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 0.36%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $53,455
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 95.12%
Average age of principal farm operators: 55 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 6.22
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 3.90%
Corn for grain: 44521 harvested acres
All wheat for grain: 12741 harvested acres
Soybeans for beans: 98704 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 26 acres

Tornado activity:

Jefferson County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is above Illinois state average. It is 3.1 times above overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused 3 fatalities and 96 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 12/18/1957, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado killed one person and injured 45 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.

Earthquake activity:

Jefferson County-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above Illinois state average. It is 47% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 4/18/2008 at 09:36:59, a magnitude 5.4 (5.1 MB, 4.8 MS, 5.4 MW, 5.2 MW, Depth: 8.9 mi, Class: Moderate, Intensity: VI - VII) earthquake occurred 56.7 miles away from the county center
On 6/10/1987 at 23:48:54, a magnitude 5.1 (4.9 MB, 4.4 MS, 4.6 MS, 5.1 LG) earthquake occurred 66.0 miles away from the county center
On 6/18/2002 at 17:37:15, a magnitude 5.0 (4.3 MB, 4.6 MW, 5.0 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 65.7 miles away from the county center
On 9/26/1990 at 13:18:51, a magnitude 5.0 (4.7 MB, 4.8 LG, 5.0 LG, Depth: 7.7 mi) earthquake occurred 86.0 miles away from Jefferson County center
On 4/18/2008 at 15:14:16, a magnitude 4.8 (4.5 MB, 4.8 MW, 4.6 MW, Depth: 6.2 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 59.0 miles away from the county center
On 4/3/1974 at 23:05:02, a magnitude 4.7 (4.5 MB, 4.7 LG) earthquake occurred 48.6 miles away from the county center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), surface-wave magnitude (MS), moment magnitude (MW)

Most recent natural disasters:

• Illinois Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 1, 2005, Emergency Declared (EM-3230): September 7, 2005, FEMA Id: FEMA-EM-3230, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• 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: FEMA-DR-1416, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood

The number of natural disasters in Jefferson County (2) is a lot smaller than the US average (12).
Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 1
Emergencies Declared: 1





Average gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $43,686.

5.61% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($33,483 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
3.56% relocated from other counties in Illinois ($19,476 average AGI)
2.05% relocated from other states ($14,006 average AGI)

Jefferson County:	2.05%
Illinois average:	2.13%

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

5.64% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($33,438 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
3.28% relocated to other counties in Illinois ($17,009 average AGI)
2.36% relocated to other states ($16,428 average AGI)

Jefferson County:	2.36%
Illinois average:	2.58%

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

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.8
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 12.0

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.7
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 10.5

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 5.7
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 4.2

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 6,688 (5,690 aged, 998 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 13%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 11%

Short term general hospitals per 100,000 population in 2004: 4.95
Short term general hospital admissions per 100,000 population in 2004: 22300.63
Short term general hospital beds per 100,000 population in 2004: 470.430
Emergency room visits per 100,000 population in 2004: 75867.19

General practice office based MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1248.950
Medical specialist MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1088.190
Dentists per 100,000 population in 1998: 12.37

Total births per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006 : 40.14
Total deaths per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006: 69.25

Limited-service eating places per 100,000 population in 2005 : 19.79

Suicides per 1,000,000 population from 2000 to 2006: 110.6. This is more than state average.

Household type by relationship:

Households: 36,624

• In family households: 30,474 (7,365 male householders, 2,775 female householders)

  7,690 spouses, 10,124 children (9,208 natural, 264 adopted, 652 stepchildren), 848 grandchildren, 202 brothers or sisters, 179 parents, 279 other relatives, 876 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 6,150 (2,454 male householders (1,990 living alone)), 2,771 female householders (2,487 living alone)), 925 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 2,203 (2,159 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 4,893 2-persons, 2,275 3-persons, 1,767 4-persons, 748 5-persons, 283 6-persons, 174 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 4,477 1-person, 635 2-persons, 70 3-persons, 30 4-persons, 7 5-persons, 4 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons.

97.1% of residents of Jefferson County speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (67% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 23% speak English not well).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (65% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (81% speak English very well, 19% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (78% speak English very well, 22% speak English well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $223,819,000 ($5542 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $5,135,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $97,827,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $62,994,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $9,161,000
Federal grants: $40,606,000
Federal procurement contracts: $1,815,000 ($177,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $11,415,000 ($1,761,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $771,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $5,206,000
Federal Government insurance: $16,986,000

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

Births: 2,467

Deaths: 2,182

Net international migration: +70

Net internal migration: +80

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 0.00 millions of gallons per day (all from surface)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Median number of rooms in apartments:

60% of Jefferson County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 58% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 65% lived in Illinois.

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

• This state: 32365
• Northeast: 450
• Midwest: 3332
• South: 2580
• West: 803

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $55,200

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 2%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 2%

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 265

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 107

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 87

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 959
• Number of aged recipients: 59
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 900
• Number of recipients under 18: 144
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 652
• Number of recipients older than 64: 163
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 328
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 423

Most common first names in Jefferson County, IL among deceased individuals
Name	Count	Lived (average)
William	310	76.4 years
John	294	75.3 years
James	265	73.3 years
Charles	252	73.8 years
Mary	246	79.2 years
Robert	169	71.0 years
George	161	76.4 years
Ruth	108	80.5 years
Dorothy	106	77.1 years
Helen	102	80.3 years

Most common last names in Jefferson County, IL among deceased individuals
Last name	Count	Lived (average)
Smith	157	78.2 years
Williams	123	76.5 years
Johnson	108	78.4 years
Jones	100	74.6 years
Davis	99	77.5 years
Wilson	85	76.5 years
Brown	75	74.5 years
Moore	67	76.0 years
Miller	66	75.2 years
Ellis	60	73.1 years

Businesses in Jefferson County, IL
Name	Count		Name	Count
Applebee's	1		MasterBrand Cabinets	14
Arby's	1		Maurices	1
AutoZone	1		McDonald's	3
Bath & Body Works	1		Motel 6	1
Buffalo Wild Wings	1		New Balance	3
Burger King	2		Nike	3
CVS	1		Papa John's Pizza	1
Comfort Suites	1		Payless	1
Cracker Barrel	1		Penske	2
Curves	1		Pizza Hut	1
Dairy Queen	1		Popeyes	1
Days Inn	1		Quality	1
Decora Cabinetry	4		RadioShack	1
Dennys	1		Ryan's Grill	1
FedEx	5		SAS Shoes	1
GNC	1		SONIC Drive-In	1
GameStop	1		Sears	1
Goodwill	4		Staples	1
H&R Block	1		Steak 'n Shake	1
Hardee's	2		Subway	3
Holiday Inn	1		Super 8	1
JCPenney	1		T-Mobile	1
Jones New York	1		Taco Bell	1
KFC	1		The Room Place	1
Kmart	1		U-Haul	2
Kroger	1		UPS	5
La-Z-Boy	2		Verizon Wireless	2
Lane Furniture	3		Walgreens	1
Little Caesars Pizza	1		Walmart	1
Long John Silver's	1		Wendy's	1
Lowe's	1		YMCA	1
Marriott	1

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