Macon County, Illinois (IL)
County owner-occupied free and clear houses and condos in 2010: 12,205
County owner-occupied houses and condos in 2000: 33,379
Renter-occupied apartments: 13,770 (it was 13,182 in 2000)
% of renters here: | 28% |
State: | 33% |
Land area: 581 sq. mi.
Water area: 4.9 sq. mi.
Population density: 176 people per square mile (high).
Industries providing employment: Educational, health and social services (23.2%), Manufacturing (18.6%), Retail trade (10.0%).
Type of workers:
- Private wage or salary: 82%
- Government: 14%
- Self-employed, not incorporated: 5%
- Unpaid family work: 0%
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- 75,94374.1%White Non-Hispanic Alone
- 15,49515.1%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
- 6,4826.3%Two or more races
- 2,6582.6%Hispanic or Latino
- 1,4051.4%Asian alone
- 4490.4%Some other race alone
Median resident age: | 41.5 years |
Illinois median age: | 39.0 years |
Males: 48,916 | ![]() |
Females: 53,516 | ![]() |

Macon County: | 2.0 people |
Illinois: | 3 people |
Estimated median household income in 2021: $46,807 ($37,859 in 1999)
This county: | $46,807 |
Illinois: | $72,205 |
Median contract rent in 2021 for apartments: $521 (lower quartile is $399, upper quartile is $695)
This county: | $521 |
State: | $966 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2021: $110,800 (it was $68,500 in 2000)
Macon: | $110,800 |
Illinois: | $231,500 |
Mean price in 2021:
Median monthly housing costs for homes and condos with a mortgage: $1,115Detached houses: $152,668
Here: $152,668 State: $285,490 Townhouses or other attached units: $146,862
Here: $146,862 State: $267,853 In 2-unit structures: $127,236
Here: $127,236 State: $305,909 In 3-to-4-unit structures: $154,684
Here: $154,684 State: $356,547 In 5-or-more-unit structures: $95,197
Here: $95,197 State: $327,261 Mobile homes: $38,565
Here: $38,565 State: $69,530
Median monthly housing costs for units without a mortgage: $464
Institutionalized population: 2,004
Crime in 2021 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):
- Murders: 1
- Rapes: 9
- Robberies: 3
- Assaults: 14
- Burglaries: 74
- Thefts: 143
- Auto thefts: 13
Crime in 2020 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):
- Murders: 0
- Rapes: 4
- Robberies: 1
- Assaults: 25
- Burglaries: 39
- Thefts: 180
- Auto thefts: 6
Single-family new house construction building permits:
- 2021: 31 buildings, average cost: $279,200
- 2020: 29 buildings, average cost: $282,300
- 2019: 35 buildings, average cost: $239,500
- 2018: 35 buildings, average cost: $254,200
- 2017: 39 buildings, average cost: $212,100
- 2016: 56 buildings, average cost: $224,100
- 2015: 45 buildings, average cost: $239,500
- 2014: 41 buildings, average cost: $215,600
- 2013: 67 buildings, average cost: $199,800
- 2012: 61 buildings, average cost: $197,300
- 2011: 70 buildings, average cost: $158,300
- 2010: 95 buildings, average cost: $292,800
- 2009: 93 buildings, average cost: $233,900
- 2008: 174 buildings, average cost: $164,700
- 2007: 134 buildings, average cost: $239,300
- 2006: 325 buildings, average cost: $148,200
- 2005: 226 buildings, average cost: $179,600
- 2004: 324 buildings, average cost: $151,500
- 2003: 438 buildings, average cost: $131,000
- 2002: 174 buildings, average cost: $164,400
- 2001: 215 buildings, average cost: $142,100
- 2000: 241 buildings, average cost: $140,600
- 1999: 249 buildings, average cost: $149,900
- 1998: 279 buildings, average cost: $131,100
- 1997: 199 buildings, average cost: $145,100
Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2021: $2,581 (2.2%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2021: $2,209 (2.1%)
Macon County: | 17.6% |
Illinois: | 12.1% |
Median age of residents in 2021: 41.5 years old
(Males: 41.0 years old, Females: 42.5 years old)
(Median age for: White residents: 45.7 years old, Black residents: 35.5 years old, American Indian residents: 55.8 years old, Asian residents: 30.1 years old, Hispanic or Latino residents: 28.4 years old, Other race residents: 27.1 years old)
Area name: Decatur, IL MSA
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Macon County is $421 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $534 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $712 a month.
Cities in this county include: Decatur, Mount Zion, Forsyth, Maroa, Long Creek, Harristown, Warrensburg, Macon, Blue Mound, Argenta.
2019 air pollution in Macon County:
Ozone (1-hour): 0.035 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM2.5) Annual: 11.1 µg/m3(standard limit: 15.0 µg/m3). Above U.S. average.
Sulfur Oxides Annual: 0.001 ppm (standard limit: 0.03 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Neighboring counties: Adams County , Cass County
, Clear Creek County, Colorado
, Hendricks County, Indiana
, Licking County, Ohio
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Here: | 6.1% |
Illinois: | 4.3% |
Current college students: 6,495
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 92.1%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 19.0%
Number of foreign born residents: 2,476 (31.9% naturalized citizens)
Macon County: | 2.4% |
Whole state: | 14.2% |
- Year of entry for the foreign-born population
- 1,0772010 or later
- 4322000 to 2009
- 3431990 to 1999
- 2841980 to 1989
- 2261970 to 1979
- 493Before 1970
Mean travel time to work (commute): 18.2 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 90.9%
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 39,156
- One, attached: 1,070
- Two: 690
- 3 or 4: 765
- 5 to 9: 2,581
- 10 to 19: 1,799
- 20 to 49: 929
- 50 or more: 1,418
- Mobile homes: 1,279
Housing units in Macon County with a mortgage: 14,880 (986 second mortgage, 58 home equity loan, 859 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 358
Here: | 3.8% with mortgage |
State: | 97.4% with mortgage |
Religion statistics for Macon County
Religion | Adherents | Congregations |
---|---|---|
Evangelical Protestant | 24,556 | 92 |
Mainline Protestant | 11,982 | 41 |
Catholic | 11,451 | 5 |
Other | 4,490 | 11 |
Black Protestant | 1,699 | 14 |
Orthodox | 125 | 1 |
None | 56,465 | - |
Source: Clifford Grammich, Kirk Hadaway, Richard Houseal, Dale E.Jones, Alexei Krindatch, Richie Stanley and Richard H.Taylor. 2012. 2010 U.S.Religion Census: Religious Congregations & Membership Study. Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies. Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Food Environment Statistics:
Macon County: | 1.20 / 10,000 pop. |
State: | 2.24 / 10,000 pop. |
Here: | 0.28 / 10,000 pop. |
Illinois: | 0.08 / 10,000 pop. |
This county: | 0.92 / 10,000 pop. |
Illinois: | 0.75 / 10,000 pop. |
Macon County: | 3.59 / 10,000 pop. |
Illinois: | 2.61 / 10,000 pop. |
This county: | 5.71 / 10,000 pop. |
State: | 6.86 / 10,000 pop. |
Macon County: | 10.2% |
Illinois: | 8.3% |
Macon County: | 28.7% |
State: | 25.2% |
Here: | 12.4% |
State: | 14.5% |
Agriculture in Macon County:
Average size of farms: 496 acresAverage value of agricultural products sold per farm: $140,646
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $285.07
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 4.17%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 6.53%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $98,149
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 92.90%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 0.01%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $131,746
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 86.69%
Average age of principal farm operators: 55 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 1.03
Corn for grain: 151029 harvested acres
All wheat for grain: 244 harvested acres
Soybeans for beans: 143185 harvested acres
Vegetables: 91 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 45 acres
Earthquake activity:
Macon County-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above Illinois state average. It is 182% greater 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, Class: Moderate, Intensity: VI - VII) earthquake occurred 112.6 miles away from Macon County center
On 4/18/2008 at 09:36:59, a magnitude 5.2 (5.2 MW, Depth: 8.9 mi) earthquake occurred 112.6 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 91.4 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) earthquake occurred 143.7 miles away from the county center
On 4/18/2008 at 15:14:16, a magnitude 4.8 (4.5 MB, 4.8 MW, 4.6 MW, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 112.2 miles away from Macon County center
On 4/3/1974 at 23:05:02, a magnitude 4.7 (4.5 MB, 4.7 LG) earthquake occurred 98.6 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 Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, FEMA Id: 4489, Natural disaster type: Other
- Illinois Severe Winter Storm, Incident Period: November 30, 2006 to December 01, 2006, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1681: February 09, 2007, FEMA Id: 1681, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
- 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 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 Winter Snow Storm, Incident Period: January 01, 1999 to January 15, 1999, Emergency Declared EM-3134: January 08, 1999, FEMA Id: 3134, Natural disaster type: Storm, Snow
- Illinois Severe Storms/Tornadoes, Incident Period: April 18, 1996 to April 19, 1996, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1110: April 23, 1996, FEMA Id: 1110, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado
- Illinois SEVERE STORMS, FLOODING, Incident Period: April 30, 1979, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-583: April 30, 1979, FEMA Id: 583, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
- Illinois SEVERE STORMS, FLOODING, Incident Period: June 10, 1974, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-438: June 10, 1974, FEMA Id: 438, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
- Illinois TORNADOES, Incident Period: April 11, 1974, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-427: April 11, 1974, FEMA Id: 427, Natural disaster type: Tornado
The number of natural disasters in Macon County (9) is smaller than the US average (15).
Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 6
Emergencies Declared: 2
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 38,109 (78.7%)
- Carpooled: 3,363 (6.9%)
- Bus: 302 (0.6%)
- Light rail, streetcar or trolley: 1 (0.0%)
- Ferryboat: 1 (0.0%)
- Taxicab, motorcycle, or other means: 298 (0.6%)
- Bicycle: 52 (0.1%)
- Walked: 721 (1.5%)
- Worked at home: 4,411 (9.1%)
- Health care and social assistance (22%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Retail trade (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Other services, except public administration (7%)
- Manufacturing (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Health care and social assistance (23%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Retail trade (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Other services, except public administration (7%)
- Manufacturing (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Production occupations (17%)
- Management occupations (11%)
- Transportation occupations (10%)
- Construction and extraction occupations (8%)
- Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations (8%)
- Sales and related occupations (6%)
- Material moving occupations (6%)
- Office and administrative support occupations (20%)
- Sales and related occupations (10%)
- Educational instruction, and library occupations (10%)
- Food preparation and serving related occupations (8%)
- Management occupations (7%)
- Healthcare support occupations (7%)
- Health diagnosing and treating practitioners and other technical occupations (6%)
- Mexico (15%)
- India (12%)
- Philippines (12%)
- Bolivia (6%)
- North Macedonia (Macedonia) (5%)
- Canada (4%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (3%)
- German (18%)
- American (13%)
- English (12%)
- Irish (7%)
- European (2%)
- Italian (1%)
- Scottish (1%)
People in group quarters in Macon County, Illinois in 2010:
- 1,305 people in college/university student housing
- 1,101 people in nursing facilities/skilled-nursing facilities
- 501 people in state prisons
- 337 people in other noninstitutional facilities
- 238 people in local jails and other municipal confinement facilities
- 190 people in emergency and transitional shelters (with sleeping facilities) for people experiencing homelessness
- 126 people in group homes intended for adults
- 112 people in correctional residential facilities
- 57 people in workers' group living quarters and job corps centers
- 40 people in residential treatment centers for adults
- 29 people in correctional facilities intended for juveniles
- 23 people in group homes for juveniles (non-correctional)
People in group quarters in Macon County, Illinois in 2000:
- 1,570 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 1,003 people in nursing homes
- 380 people in state prisons
- 235 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 116 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 107 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 42 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
- 23 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 17 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 16 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 14 people in other group homes
- 12 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
- 11 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 11 people in other hospitals or wards for chronically ill
- 10 people in homes for the physically handicapped
- 10 people in religious group quarters
- 7 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
4.14% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($50,428 average adjusted gross income)
Here: | 4.14% |
Illinois average: | 5.09% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
2.43% relocated from other counties in Illinois ($27,218 average AGI)
1.71% relocated from other states ($23,209 average AGI)
Macon County: 1.71% Illinois average: 2.01%
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2020 and 2021:
from Sangamon County, IL | ![]() |
from Champaign County, IL | ![]() |
from Cook County, IL | ![]() |
from Christian County, IL | ![]() |
from Piatt County, IL | ![]() |
from McLean County, IL | ![]() |
from De Witt County, IL | ![]() |
5.22% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($60,794 average adjusted gross income)
Here: | 5.22% |
Illinois average: | 6.10% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
2.77% relocated to other counties in Illinois ($25,421 average AGI)
2.44% relocated to other states ($35,373 average AGI)
Macon County: 2.44% Illinois average: 3.06%
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2020 and 2021:
to Sangamon County, IL | ![]() |
to Champaign County, IL | ![]() |
to McLean County, IL | ![]() |
to Moultrie County, IL | ![]() |
to Piatt County, IL | ![]() |
to Cook County, IL | ![]() |
to Christian County, IL | ![]() |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 13.9
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 12.8
Births per 1000 population from 2010 to 2019: 12.4
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.2
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 10.6
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2019: 11.5
Persons under 19 years old without health insurance coverage in 2018: 2.5%
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2007: 20,725 (17,211 aged, 3,514 disabled)
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2007: 1,730 (7%)
Most common underlying causes of death in Macon County, Illinois in 1999 - 2019:
- Bronchus or lung, unspecified - Malignant neoplasms (1,863)
- Atherosclerotic heart disease (1,718)
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, unspecified (1,099)
- Acute myocardial infarction, unspecified (1,036)
- Stroke, not specified as haemorrhage or infarction (887)
- Congestive heart failure (858)
- Unspecified dementia (811)
- Sudden cardiac death, so described (758)
- Alzheimer disease, unspecified (518)
- Pneumonia, unspecified (455)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 11%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 9%
Short term general hospital admissions per 100,000 population in 2004: 18,797
Short term general hospital beds per 100,000 population in 2004: 511
Emergency room visits per 100,000 population in 2004: 62,782
General practice office based MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1,232
Medical specialist MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1,092
Dentists per 100,000 population in 1998: 10
Total births per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006 : 48
Total deaths per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006: 71
Limited-service eating places per 100,000 population in 2005 : 12
Homicides per 1,000,000 population from 2000 to 2006: 61.6. This is less than state average.
- Firearm - 32.1
- Other - 29.5
Suicides per 1,000,000 population from 2000 to 2006: 88.5. This is more than state average.
- Suffocation - 32.1
- Firearm - 30.8
- Other - 25.7
Household type by relationship:
Households: 102,432- Male householders: 19,310 (7,472 living alone), Female householders: 24,604 (8,532 living alone)
18,707 spouses (18,680 opposite-sex spouses), 2,129 unmarried partners, (2,055 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 27,247 children (24,907 natural, 814 adopted, 1,526 stepchildren), 2,842 grandchildren, 720 brothers or sisters, 1,065 parents, 0 foster children, 1,260 other relatives, 1,590 non-relatives
- In group quarters: 2,958
Size of family households: 14,673 2-persons, 4,736 3-persons, 3,093 4-persons, 1,536 5-persons, 1,086 6-persons, 411 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 16,004 1-person, 1,952 2-persons, 333 3-persons, 74 4-persons, 16 6-persons.
13,523 married couples with children.
6,561 single-parent households (1,236 men, 5,325 women).
96.3% of residents of Macon speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (80% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (87% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 2% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (56% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 16% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (93% speak English very well, 7% speak English well).
In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $709,573,000 ($6,394 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $14,517,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $305,854,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $147,773,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $14,734,000
Federal grants: $133,194,000
Federal procurement contracts: $80,363,000 ($284,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $27,654,000 ($7,613,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $504,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $54,534,000
Federal Government insurance: $71,424,000
Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 7,468Here: | 68 per 1000 residents |
State: | 75 per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 6,222
Here: | 56 per 1000 residents |
State: | 43 per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +285
Here: | +3 per 1000 residents |
State: | +26 per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: -5,952
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Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 39.32 millions of gallons per day (4% from ground, 96% from surface)
Here: | 6.3 |
State: | 6.4 |
Here: | 4.6 |
State: | 4.2 |
- Year house built in Macon County, Illinois
- 1902020 or later
- 1,5422010 to 2019
- 2,7712000 to 2009
- 3,5861990 to 1999
- 4,0641980 to 1989
- 9,4641970 to 1979
- 6,1051960 to 1969
- 8,0831950 to 1959
- 2,6861940 to 1949
- 11,1961939 or earlier
- Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Macon County, Illinois
- 01 room
- 312 rooms
- 3713 rooms
- 1,8664 rooms
- 6,4715 rooms
- 7,9536 rooms
- 6,0207 rooms
- 3,1618 rooms
- 4,3859+ rooms
- Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Macon County, Illinois
- 7511 room
- 6772 rooms
- 1,8673 rooms
- 2,8894 rooms
- 4,3585 rooms
- 1,5206 rooms
- 7667 rooms
- 1998 rooms
- 6299+ rooms
- Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Macon County, Illinois
- 0no bedroom
- 4151 bedroom
- 6,7322 bedrooms
- 16,3703 bedrooms
- 5,9474 bedrooms
- 7945+ bedrooms
- Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Macon County, Illinois
- 816no bedroom
- 2,8601 bedroom
- 5,5982 bedrooms
- 3,6303 bedrooms
- 6274 bedrooms
- 1255+ bedrooms
- Cars and other vehicles available in Macon County in owner-occupied houses/condos
- 1,298no vehicle
- 8,2031 vehicle
- 13,6132 vehicles
- 5,3853 vehicles
- 1,4194 vehicles
- 3405+ vehicles
- Cars and other vehicles available in Macon County in renter-occupied apartments
- 3,251no vehicle
- 5,9191 vehicle
- 3,1752 vehicles
- 1,2093 vehicles
- 704 vehicles
- 325+ vehicles
84.8% of Macon County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 41% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 61% lived in Illinois.
Macon County: | 84.8% |
State average: | 87.9% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 82,072
- Other state: 17,549
- Northeast: 1,075
- Midwest: 5,664
- South: 8,885
- West: 1,925
- 80.5%Utility gas
- 14.1%Electricity
- 4.5%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 0.4%Other fuel
- 0.3%Wood
- 0.1%No fuel used
- 56.7%Utility gas
- 39.2%Electricity
- 1.8%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 1.6%No fuel used
- 0.5%Other fuel
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Here: | 8.9% |
Illinois: | 14.1% |
Here: | 8.1% |
Illinois: | 10.6% |
Here: | 60.2% |
Illinois: | 28.8% |
Macon County government finances - Expenditure in 2020:
- Charges - Other: $7,049,000
Other: $6,924,000
Parking Facilities: $50,000
Parking Facilities: $4,000
- Current Operations - Police Protection: $18,276,000
Police Protection: $17,523,000
General - Other: $15,394,000
General - Other: $15,107,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $10,096,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $10,037,000
Regular Highways: $6,025,000
Health - Other: $5,882,000
Health - Other: $5,472,000
Central Staff Services: $4,690,000
Central Staff Services: $4,522,000
Regular Highways: $4,391,000
Public Welfare - Other: $3,966,000
Public Welfare - Other: $3,639,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - Public Welfare: $1,066,000
Public Welfare: $1,041,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $21,000
Interest on Debt: $9,000
- Local Intergovernmental - Other: $3,138,000
Other: $2,344,000
- Long Term Debt - Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $467,000
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $439,000
Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $330,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $330,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $27,000
- Miscellaneous - Fines and Forfeits: $6,584,000
Fines and Forfeits: $6,417,000
General Revenue - Other: $4,341,000
General Revenue - Other: $4,010,000
Interest Earnings: $186,000
Interest Earnings: $73,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $41,960,000
Cash and Securities: $40,679,000
- State Intergovernmental - General Local Government Support: $11,225,000
General Local Government Support: $8,867,000
Public Welfare: $4,343,000
Public Welfare: $4,204,000
Health and Hospitals: $4,096,000
Highways: $3,990,000
Health and Hospitals: $3,874,000
Highways: $2,894,000
Other: $1,250,000
Other: $1,131,000
- Tax - Property: $23,173,000
Property: $22,324,000
Other License: $670,000
Other License: $395,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $23,895,000
: $23,298,000
Macon County government finances - Revenue in 2020:
- Charges - Other: $7,049,000
Other: $6,924,000
Parking Facilities: $50,000
Parking Facilities: $4,000
- Current Operations - Police Protection: $18,276,000
Police Protection: $17,523,000
General - Other: $15,394,000
General - Other: $15,107,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $10,096,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $10,037,000
Regular Highways: $6,025,000
Health - Other: $5,882,000
Health - Other: $5,472,000
Central Staff Services: $4,690,000
Central Staff Services: $4,522,000
Regular Highways: $4,391,000
Public Welfare - Other: $3,966,000
Public Welfare - Other: $3,639,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - Public Welfare: $1,066,000
Public Welfare: $1,041,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $21,000
Interest on Debt: $9,000
- Local Intergovernmental - Other: $3,138,000
Other: $2,344,000
- Long Term Debt - Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $467,000
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $439,000
Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $330,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $330,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $27,000
- Miscellaneous - Fines and Forfeits: $6,584,000
Fines and Forfeits: $6,417,000
General Revenue - Other: $4,341,000
General Revenue - Other: $4,010,000
Interest Earnings: $186,000
Interest Earnings: $73,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $41,960,000
Cash and Securities: $40,679,000
- State Intergovernmental - General Local Government Support: $11,225,000
General Local Government Support: $8,867,000
Public Welfare: $4,343,000
Public Welfare: $4,204,000
Health and Hospitals: $4,096,000
Highways: $3,990,000
Health and Hospitals: $3,874,000
Highways: $2,894,000
Other: $1,250,000
Other: $1,131,000
- Tax - Property: $23,173,000
Property: $22,324,000
Other License: $670,000
Other License: $395,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $23,895,000
: $23,298,000
Macon County government finances - Debt in 2020:
- Charges - Other: $7,049,000
Other: $6,924,000
Parking Facilities: $50,000
Parking Facilities: $4,000
- Current Operations - Police Protection: $18,276,000
Police Protection: $17,523,000
General - Other: $15,394,000
General - Other: $15,107,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $10,096,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $10,037,000
Regular Highways: $6,025,000
Health - Other: $5,882,000
Health - Other: $5,472,000
Central Staff Services: $4,690,000
Central Staff Services: $4,522,000
Regular Highways: $4,391,000
Public Welfare - Other: $3,966,000
Public Welfare - Other: $3,639,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - Public Welfare: $1,066,000
Public Welfare: $1,041,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $21,000
Interest on Debt: $9,000
- Local Intergovernmental - Other: $3,138,000
Other: $2,344,000
- Long Term Debt - Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $467,000
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $439,000
Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $330,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $330,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $27,000
- Miscellaneous - Fines and Forfeits: $6,584,000
Fines and Forfeits: $6,417,000
General Revenue - Other: $4,341,000
General Revenue - Other: $4,010,000
Interest Earnings: $186,000
Interest Earnings: $73,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $41,960,000
Cash and Securities: $40,679,000
- State Intergovernmental - General Local Government Support: $11,225,000
General Local Government Support: $8,867,000
Public Welfare: $4,343,000
Public Welfare: $4,204,000
Health and Hospitals: $4,096,000
Highways: $3,990,000
Health and Hospitals: $3,874,000
Highways: $2,894,000
Other: $1,250,000
Other: $1,131,000
- Tax - Property: $23,173,000
Property: $22,324,000
Other License: $670,000
Other License: $395,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $23,895,000
: $23,298,000
Macon County government finances - Cash and Securities in 2020:
- Charges - Other: $7,049,000
Other: $6,924,000
Parking Facilities: $50,000
Parking Facilities: $4,000
- Current Operations - Police Protection: $18,276,000
Police Protection: $17,523,000
General - Other: $15,394,000
General - Other: $15,107,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $10,096,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $10,037,000
Regular Highways: $6,025,000
Health - Other: $5,882,000
Health - Other: $5,472,000
Central Staff Services: $4,690,000
Central Staff Services: $4,522,000
Regular Highways: $4,391,000
Public Welfare - Other: $3,966,000
Public Welfare - Other: $3,639,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - Public Welfare: $1,066,000
Public Welfare: $1,041,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $21,000
Interest on Debt: $9,000
- Local Intergovernmental - Other: $3,138,000
Other: $2,344,000
- Long Term Debt - Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $467,000
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $439,000
Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $330,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $330,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $27,000
- Miscellaneous - Fines and Forfeits: $6,584,000
Fines and Forfeits: $6,417,000
General Revenue - Other: $4,341,000
General Revenue - Other: $4,010,000
Interest Earnings: $186,000
Interest Earnings: $73,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $41,960,000
Cash and Securities: $40,679,000
- State Intergovernmental - General Local Government Support: $11,225,000
General Local Government Support: $8,867,000
Public Welfare: $4,343,000
Public Welfare: $4,204,000
Health and Hospitals: $4,096,000
Highways: $3,990,000
Health and Hospitals: $3,874,000
Highways: $2,894,000
Other: $1,250,000
Other: $1,131,000
- Tax - Property: $23,173,000
Property: $22,324,000
Other License: $670,000
Other License: $395,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $23,895,000
: $23,298,000
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:
- Total number of recipients: 3,073
- Number of aged recipients: 123
- Number of blind and disabled recipients: 2,950
- Number of recipients under 18: 592
- Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 2,127
- Number of recipients older than 64: 354
- Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 977
- Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 1,416
Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Aggregated Statistics For Year 2009 (Based on 35 full tracts) | ||||||||||||||
A) FHA, FSA/RHS & VA Home Purchase Loans | B) Conventional Home Purchase Loans | C) Refinancings | D) Home Improvement Loans | E) Loans on Dwellings For 5+ Families | F) Non-occupant Loans on < 5 Family Dwellings (A B C & D) | G) Loans On Manufactured Home Dwelling (A B C & D) | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | |
LOANS ORIGINATED | 444 | $90,957 | 638 | $108,701 | 2,201 | $124,989 | 184 | $41,043 | 6 | $225,167 | 204 | $59,858 | 2 | $21,000 |
APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED | 15 | $101,800 | 30 | $123,600 | 139 | $140,288 | 18 | $42,222 | 0 | $0 | 10 | $68,700 | 1 | $42,000 |
APPLICATIONS DENIED | 64 | $80,078 | 64 | $75,922 | 469 | $98,861 | 103 | $25,282 | 2 | $147,000 | 28 | $61,143 | 4 | $27,750 |
APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN | 25 | $101,840 | 34 | $104,853 | 422 | $106,130 | 25 | $46,560 | 0 | $0 | 11 | $55,818 | 0 | $0 |
FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS | 1 | $124,000 | 3 | $86,333 | 44 | $109,750 | 2 | $72,000 | 0 | $0 | 1 | $66,000 | 0 | $0 |
Private Mortgage Insurance Companies Aggregated Statistics For Year 2009 (Based on 31 full tracts) | ||||||
A) Conventional Home Purchase Loans | B) Refinancings | C) Non-occupant Loans on < 5 Family Dwellings (A & B) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | |
LOANS ORIGINATED | 121 | $122,959 | 126 | $143,595 | 0 | $0 |
APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED | 27 | $111,111 | 40 | $153,650 | 1 | $23,000 |
APPLICATIONS DENIED | 9 | $173,000 | 11 | $164,364 | 1 | $47,000 |
APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN | 6 | $146,167 | 13 | $234,615 | 0 | $0 |
FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS | 2 | $70,000 | 2 | $209,000 | 1 | $45,000 |
Most common first names in Macon County, IL among deceased individuals | ||
Name | Count | Lived (average) |
---|---|---|
William | 946 | 75.7 years |
Mary | 940 | 79.6 years |
John | 857 | 74.7 years |
Robert | 780 | 70.8 years |
James | 702 | 70.9 years |
Charles | 673 | 74.8 years |
Helen | 470 | 80.7 years |
Dorothy | 419 | 78.2 years |
George | 411 | 76.3 years |
Ruth | 405 | 80.4 years |
Most common last names in Macon County, IL among deceased individuals | ||
Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
---|---|---|
Smith | 434 | 75.4 years |
Brown | 278 | 74.3 years |
Miller | 263 | 76.1 years |
Johnson | 259 | 74.9 years |
Jones | 231 | 75.5 years |
Williams | 206 | 76.6 years |
Taylor | 202 | 75.8 years |
Moore | 181 | 77.5 years |
Davis | 173 | 76.2 years |
White | 148 | 74.6 years |
Businesses in Macon County, IL | ||||
Name | Count | Name | Count | |
---|---|---|---|---|
ALDI | 2 | La-Z-Boy | 1 | |
AT&T | 3 | Lane Furniture | 1 | |
Ace Hardware | 1 | LensCrafters | 1 | |
Advance Auto Parts | 1 | Little Caesars Pizza | 1 | |
Aeropostale | 1 | Long John Silver's | 1 | |
American Eagle Outfitters | 1 | Lowe's | 1 | |
Applebee's | 1 | Marriott | 1 | |
Arby's | 1 | MasterBrand Cabinets | 7 | |
AutoZone | 3 | Maurices | 1 | |
Baskin-Robbins | 1 | McDonald's | 7 | |
Bath & Body Works | 1 | Menards | 1 | |
Baymont Inn | 1 | Nike | 6 | |
Blockbuster | 1 | Nissan | 1 | |
Buffalo Wild Wings | 1 | Olive Garden | 1 | |
Burger King | 3 | Panda Express | 1 | |
CVS | 3 | Panera Bread | 1 | |
Carson Pirie Scott | 1 | Papa John's Pizza | 1 | |
Catherines | 1 | Payless | 2 | |
Chevrolet | 1 | Penske | 1 | |
Circle K | 8 | PetSmart | 1 | |
Comfort Inn | 1 | Pier 1 Imports | 1 | |
Cracker Barrel | 1 | Pizza Hut | 3 | |
Dairy Queen | 3 | Popeyes | 1 | |
Days Inn | 1 | RadioShack | 1 | |
Deb | 1 | Ramada | 1 | |
Domino's Pizza | 2 | Red Lobster | 1 | |
Econo Lodge | 1 | Ruby Tuesday | 1 | |
Famous Footwear | 1 | SAS Shoes | 1 | |
Fashion Bug | 1 | Sam's Club | 1 | |
FedEx | 10 | Sears | 3 | |
Finish Line | 1 | Sleep Inn | 1 | |
Firestone Complete Auto Care | 2 | Sprint Nextel | 2 | |
Foot Locker | 1 | Staples | 1 | |
Ford | 1 | Starbucks | 2 | |
GNC | 1 | Steak 'n Shake | 3 | |
GameStop | 2 | Subway | 16 | |
H&R Block | 5 | T-Mobile | 3 | |
Hardee's | 1 | T.J.Maxx | 1 | |
Haworth | 1 | Taco Bell | 3 | |
Hawthorn | 1 | Talbots | 1 | |
Hilton | 1 | Target | 1 | |
Hobby Lobby | 1 | The Limited | 1 | |
Holiday Inn | 1 | The Room Place | 1 | |
HomeTown Buffet | 1 | Toyota | 1 | |
Honda | 1 | True Value | 1 | |
Hyundai | 1 | U-Haul | 5 | |
IHOP | 1 | U.S. Cellular | 3 | |
JCPenney | 1 | UPS | 19 | |
Jones New York | 2 | Vans | 1 | |
Journeys | 1 | Verizon Wireless | 1 | |
Justice | 1 | Walgreens | 5 | |
KFC | 2 | Walmart | 2 | |
Kmart | 1 | Wendy's | 1 | |
Kohl's | 1 | YMCA | 1 | |
Kroger | 4 |
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- #10 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating from foreign countries between 2010 and 2011"
- #19 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating from foreign countries between 2010 and 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"
- #56 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest Sulfur Oxides Annual air pollution readings in 2012 (µg/m3)"
- #60 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest increase in the number of births per 1000 residents 2000-2006 to 2007-2013 (pop 50,000+)"
- #95 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating from other counties between 2010 and 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"
- #99 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating to other counties in 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"