Scott County, Illinois (IL)

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County population in July 2007: 5,215 (all rural)
County owner-occupied houses and condos: 1,725
Renter-occupied apartments: 497

% of renters here:	22%
State:	33%

Land area: 251 sq. mi.
Water area: 1.8 sq. mi.

Population density: 21 people per square mile

(low).

2008 cost of living index in Scott County: 72.1 (low, U.S. average is 100)

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Industries providing employment: Educational,health and social services (19.3%), Manufacturing (14.9%), Retail trade (12.6%).

Type of workers:

Private wage or salary: 74%
Government: 15%
Self-employed, not incorporated: 10%
Unpaid family work: 0%

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

Races in Scott County, Illinois:

White Non-Hispanic (99.3%)

Median resident age:	38.8 years
Illinois median age:	34.7 years

Males: 2,672	(48.3%)
Females: 2,865	(51.7%)

Average wage per job in 2003: $28,078
County population in 2003: 5,488
Jobs in 2003: 1,444

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Scott County,IL real estate house value trend

Total labor force in 2004: 2,869
Unemployment rate in 2004: 7.1%

Average household size:

Scott County:	2.5 people
Illinois:	2.6 people

Estimated median household income in 2007: $42,479 ($36,566 in 1999)

This county:	$42,479
Illinois:	$54,123

Median contract rent in 2007 for apartments: $281 (lower quartile is $160, upper quartile is $390)

This county:	$281
State:	$669

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $92,970 (it was $56,900 in 2000)

Scott County:	$92,970
Illinois:	$208,800

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $57,028 - $142,650

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $132,608
Here: $132,608
State: $269,211

Townhouses or other attached units: $94,394
Here: $94,394
State: $258,887

Mobile homes: $32,220
Here: $32,220
State: $35,670

Median monthly housing costs for homes and condos with a mortgage: $1,137
Median monthly housing costs for units without a mortgage: $274

Institutionalized population: 56

Scott County races chart

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $713 (1.3%)

Scott County household income distribution in 2007

Scott County contract rent distribution in 2007

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This county:	9.7%
Whole state:	10.7%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:

This county:	3.5%
Whole state:	5.1%

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Scott County is $377 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $495 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $627 a month.

Cities in this county include: Winchester, Bluffs, Manchester, Alsey, Glasgow, Naples, Exeter.

Neighboring counties: Greene County , Morgan County , Pike County .

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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:

Notable locations in Scott County: Knox (A), Scott County Pumping Station (B), Big Swan Pumping Station (C), Harmony Hills Campground (D). Display/hide their locations on the map

Churches in Scott County include: Sandy Creek Church (A), Trinity Church (B), Pleasant Hill Church (C), Winchester Fellowship Church (D). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemeteries: Adams Cemetery (1), Adams Family Cemetery (2), Frame Cemetery (3), Holloway-Walker Cemetery (4), Smithson Cemetery (5), Smith Cemetery (6), Slagle Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map

Lakes and reservoirs: Smith Lake (A), Ferry Lake (B), Freesen Lake (C). Display/hide their locations on the map

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Plum Creek (A), Walnut Creek (B), Brushy Fork (C), Big Sandy Creek (D), Mauvaise Terre Creek (E), Spoon Creek (F), Eagle Run (G), Willow Branch (H), Coon Run (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Park in Scott County: Ebaugh County Park (1). Display/hide its location on the map

Post office: Riggston Post Office (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Unemployment in May 2009:

Here:	6.8%
Illinois:	9.9%

Unemployment by year (%)

County total employment by year

County average yearly wages by year ($)

Current college students: 165
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 83.1%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 12.1%

Number of foreign born residents: 25 (40% naturalized citizens)

Scott County:	0.5%
Whole state:	12.3%

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 4 1990 to 1994: 3 1985 to 1989: 2 1980 to 1984: 0 1975 to 1979: 0 1970 to 1974: 0 1970 to 1974: 0 1965 to 1969: 16

Mean travel time to work: 24.7 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 39.0%

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 1,932
One, attached: 11
Two: 95
3 or 4: 57
5 to 9: 18
10 to 19: 9
Mobile homes: 340
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2

Housing units in Scott County with a mortgage: 678 (83 second mortgage, 54 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 533

Here:	56.0% with mortgage
State:	69.8% with mortgage

Religion statistics

Total adherents: 3,888
Total congregations: 23

Adherents

Name	American Baptist Churches in the USA	Southern Baptist Convention	Lutheran Church	Catholic Church	Other
Adherents	992 (25.5%)	951 (24.5%)	526 (13.5%)	480 (12.3%)	939 (24.2%)
Congregations	3 (13.0%)	7 (30.4%)	2 (8.7%)	2 (8.7%)	9 (39.1%)

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

Religions in Scott County - Winchester, Bluffs, Manchester, Alsey, Glasgow

Agriculture in Scott County
Average size of farms: 398 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $93668
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $255.92
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 0.00%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 18.73%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $66043
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 74.67%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 5.68%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $100019
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 91.41%
Average age of principal farm operators: 56 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 4.97
Corn for grain: 43884 harvested acres
All wheat for grain: 1541 harvested acres
Soybeans for beans: 39367 harvested acres

Scott County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is below Illinois state average. It is 1.3 times above overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused one fatality and 3 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 5/24/2004, a category 1 (max. wind speeds 73-112 mph) tornado killed one person and injured one person.

Scott County-area historical earthquake activity is significantly below Illinois state average. It is 99% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 3/2/1990 at 07:01:47, a magnitude 3.6 (3.6 LG, Depth: 6.2 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 86.4 miles away from Scott County center
On 1/29/1993 at 13:56:23, a magnitude 3.2 (3.2 MD, 3.2 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 87.7 miles away from the county center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), duration magnitude (MD)

Class of Workers

Most common industries for males (%):

Construction (17%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (15%)
Public administration (9%)
Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
Food (4%)
Utilities (4%)
Educational services (4%)

Most common industries for females (%):

Health care (15%)
Educational services (15%)
Finance and insurance (10%)
Printing and related support activities (8%)
Accommodation and food services (6%)
Public administration (5%)
Social assistance (5%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

Farmers and farm managers (10%)
Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
Law enforcement workers including supervisors (5%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
Cashiers (4%)
Child care workers (4%)

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

Mexico (32%)
Germany (28%)
United Kingdom (8%)
Italy (8%)
Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia) (8%)
Malaysia (8%)
Philippines (8%)

Most common first ancestries reported in Scott County (%):

German (26%)
United States or American (22%)
English (22%)
Irish (9%)
Scotch-Irish (3%)
Scottish (2%)
Dutch (2%)

Scott County mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 2,151 (80%)
Carpooled: 339 (13%)
Railroad: 2 (0%)
Bicycle: 4 (0%)
Walked: 67 (2%)
Other means: 6 (0%)
Worked at home: 129 (5%)

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

56 people in nursing homes

Average gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $43,104.

5.68% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($29,210 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	5.68%
Illinois average:	5.66%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
4.72% relocated from other counties in Illinois ($23,899 average AGI)
0.95% relocated from other states ($5,311 average AGI)
Scott County: 0.95%
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 Morgan County, IL	2.34% ($30,837 average AGI)
from Greene County, IL	0.57% ($23,000)

7.05% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($28,113 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	7.05%
Illinois average:	5.99%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
6.11% relocated to other counties in Illinois ($24,973 average AGI)
0.94% relocated to other states ($3,140 average AGI)
Scott County: 0.94%
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 Morgan County, IL	2.96% ($27,889 average AGI)
to Sangamon County, IL	0.61% ($33,000)
to Greene County, IL	0.52% ($41,636)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.9
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 10.8

Births per 1000 population in Scott County

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.3
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 11.7

Deaths per 1000 population in Scott County

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 4.8
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 3.5

Infant deaths per 1000 live births in Scott County

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 946 (848 aged, 98 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 8%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 9%

General practice office based MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1237.990
Medical specialist MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1016.260

Total births per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006 : 17.83
Total deaths per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006: 36.95

Household type by relationship

Households: 5,481

In family households: 4,759 (1,316 male householders, 252 female householders)
1,339 spouses, 1,666 children (1,529 natural, 26 adopted, 111 stepchildren), 59 grandchildren, 24 brothers or sisters, 14 parents, 26 other relatives, 63 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 722 (289 male householders (241 living alone)), 359 female householders (342 living alone)), 74 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 56 (all institutionalized)

Size of family households: 695 2-persons, 385 3-persons, 322 4-persons, 115 5-persons, 42 6-persons, 9 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 583 1-person, 62 2-persons, 1 3-persons, 2 4-persons.

98.6% of residents of Scott County speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (65% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 24% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (92% speak English very well, 8% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English well).

In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $35,344,000 ($6509 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $767,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $13,093,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $6,565,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $3,952,000
Federal grants: $10,189,000
Federal procurement contracts: $414,000 ($149,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $1,130,000 ($91,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $393,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $2,446,000
Federal Government insurance: $16,939,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 298

Here:	55 per 1000 residents
State:	75 per 1000 residents

Deaths: 323

Here:	60 per 1000 residents
State:	43 per 1000 residents

Net international migration: -4

Here:	-1 per 1000 residents
State:	+26 per 1000 residents

Net internal migration: -87

Here:	-16 per 1000 residents
State:	-31 per 1000 residents

Population growth in Scott County

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 4.74 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:	5.0
State:	4.1

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 46
1995 to 1998: 120
1990 to 1994: 117
1980 to 1989: 261
1970 to 1979: 270
1960 to 1969: 286
1950 to 1959: 228
1940 to 1949: 201
1939 or earlier: 935

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Scott County, Illinois:
	1 room: 7 2 rooms: 4 3 rooms: 24 4 rooms: 187 5 rooms: 478 6 rooms: 381 7 rooms: 310 8 rooms: 199 9+ rooms: 135

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Scott County, Illinois:
	1 room: 3 2 rooms: 8 3 rooms: 75 4 rooms: 109 5 rooms: 107 6 rooms: 89 7 rooms: 51 8 rooms: 44 9+ rooms: 11

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Scott County:
	no bedroom: 9 1 bedroom: 53 2 bedrooms: 540 3 bedrooms: 833 4 bedrooms: 239 5+ bedrooms: 51

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Scott County:
	no bedroom: 3 1 bedroom: 99 2 bedrooms: 176 3 bedrooms: 158 4 bedrooms: 61 5+ bedrooms: 0

Cars and other vehicles available in Scott County in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 50 1 vehicle: 455 2 vehicles: 700 3 vehicles: 386 4 vehicles: 97 5+ vehicles: 37

Cars and other vehicles available in Scott County in renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 44 1 vehicle: 201 2 vehicles: 167 3 vehicles: 73 4 vehicles: 7 5+ vehicles: 5

67% of Scott County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 51% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 74% lived in Illinois.

Scott County:	67.2%
State average:	58.6%

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

This state: 4843
Northeast: 26
Midwest: 344
South: 178
West: 108

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $38,800

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (57.9%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (26.0%) Electricity (10.8%) Wood (3.7%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1.2%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (53.5%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (22.3%) Electricity (17.1%) Wood (4.0%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2.4%) No fuel used (0.6%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 39

Here:	6.2%
Illinois:	13.4%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 28

Here:	8.7%
Illinois:	11.1%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 40

Here:	28.0%
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.)

Scott County government finances in 2004:

Charges - All Other: $2,593,000
Current Operations - Welfare - Other: $2,254,000
Health Services - Other: $585,000

Regular Highways: $561,000

General - Other: $524,000

Police Protection: $363,000

Judicial and Legal Services: $270,000

Central Staff Services: $172,000

Financial Administration: $99,000

General Public Buildings: $39,000

Corrections - Other: $15,000
Federal Intergovernmental - General Support: $24,000
General - Interest on Debt: $7,000
Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $115,000
Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Other, NEC: $47,000
Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $69,000
Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $101,000
Interest Earnings: $53,000
Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $3,628,000
State Intergovernmental - General Support: $503,000
All Other: $478,000

Highways: $250,000

Health & Hospitals: $153,000
Tax - Property: $805,000
NEC: $62,000
Total Salaries & Wages: $2,023,000

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)

Scott County Fatal accident statistics for 1975 - 2008:

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)

Fatalities (per 100,000 population)

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