Stephenson County, Illinois (IL)

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• • 35,30479.9%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 4,0319.1%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 2,3165.2%Two or more races
  • 1,9724.5%Hispanic or Latino
  • 3440.8%Asian alone
  • 1110.3%Some other race alone
  • 900.2%American Indian and Alaska Native alone

Mean price in 2021:

Detached houses: $174,888

Here:	$174,888
State:	$285,490

Townhouses or other attached units: $191,004

Here:	$191,004
State:	$267,853

In 2-unit structures: $114,418

Here:	$114,418
State:	$305,909

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $98,261

Here:	$98,261
State:	$356,547

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $224,357

Here:	$224,357
State:	$327,261

Mobile homes: $145,989

Here:	$145,989
State:	$69,530

Crime in 2021 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 8
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 4
• Burglaries: 29
• Thefts: 53
• Auto thefts: 10

Crime in 2020 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 8
• Robberies: 2
• Assaults: 3
• Burglaries: 16
• Thefts: 67
• Auto thefts: 4

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 2021: $3,020 (2.5%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2021: $2,675 (2.5%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Stephenson County is $431 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $568 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $679 a month.

Cities in this county include: Freeport, Lena, Pearl City, Orangeville, Cedarville, Davis, Dakota, German Valley, Winslow, Rock City.

Neighboring counties: Albany County, Wyoming , Worcester County, Massachusetts , Caribou County, Idaho , Rich County, Utah , Clinton County, Michigan , McKean County, Pennsylvania .

Current college students: 2,375
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 91.7%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 21.9%

Number of foreign born residents: 819 (58.5% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 1392010 or later
• 1732000 to 2009
• 1131990 to 1999
• 731980 to 1989
• 631970 to 1979
• 315Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 19.9 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 79.6%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 16,153
• One, attached: 712
• Two: 983
• 3 or 4: 883
• 5 to 9: 551
• 10 to 19: 357
• 20 to 49: 352
• 50 or more: 677
• Mobile homes: 862
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 15

Housing units in Stephenson County with a mortgage: 7,224 (577 second mortgage, 24 home equity loan, 457 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 273

Religion statistics for Stephenson County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Stephenson 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 Winter Storm and Snowstorm, Incident Period: January 31, 2011 to February 03, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1960: March 17, 2011, FEMA Id: 1960, Natural disaster type: Snowstorm, Winter Storm
• Illinois Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: July 19, 2010 to August 07, 2010, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1935: August 19, 2010, FEMA Id: 1935, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Illinois Snow, Incident Period: February 05, 2008 to February 06, 2008, Emergency Declared EM-3283: March 13, 2008, FEMA Id: 3283, Natural disaster type: Snow
• Illinois Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: August 07, 2007 to August 08, 2007, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1722: August 30, 2007, FEMA Id: 1722, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Illinois Snow, Incident Period: November 30, 2006 to December 01, 2006, Emergency Declared EM-3269: December 29, 2006, FEMA Id: 3269, Natural disaster type: Snow
• 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 Flooding, Incident Period: July 17, 1996 to August 07, 1996, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1129: July 25, 1996, FEMA Id: 1129, Natural disaster type: 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
• 3 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

4.44% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($45,939 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
2.65% relocated from other counties in Illinois ($27,988 average AGI)
1.79% relocated from other states ($17,951 average AGI)

Stephenson County:	1.79%
Illinois average:	2.01%

from Winnebago County, IL	1.00% ($45,196 average AGI)
from Cook County, IL	0.35% ($40,109)
from Green County, WI	0.27% ($43,240)
from Ogle County, IL	0.25% ($42,533)
from Jo Daviess County, IL	0.23% ($51,953)
from Carroll County, IL	0.11% ($52,952)

5.62% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($52,640 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
2.82% relocated to other counties in Illinois ($25,869 average AGI)
2.81% relocated to other states ($26,771 average AGI)

Stephenson County:	2.81%
Illinois average:	3.06%

to Winnebago County, IL	1.13% ($45,310 average AGI)
to Green County, WI	0.31% ($36,552)
to Ogle County, IL	0.28% ($43,566)
to Carroll County, IL	0.23% ($43,071)
to Jo Daviess County, IL	0.22% ($61,902)
to Dane County, WI	0.19% ($35,057)
to Cook County, IL	0.18% ($31,500)

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.0
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 11.0
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2019: 11.8

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Stephenson County

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

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 10%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 8%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 9,423 (2,593 living alone), Female householders: 10,074 (3,513 living alone)

• 9,175 spouses (9,067 opposite-sex spouses), 1,645 unmarried partners, (1,623 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 11,439 children (10,671 natural, 369 adopted, 384 stepchildren), 530 grandchildren, 193 brothers or sisters, 340 parents, 89 foster children, 215 other relatives, 708 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 727

Size of family households: 6,919 2-persons, 2,170 3-persons, 2,093 4-persons, 817 5-persons, 279 6-persons, 127 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 6,106 1-person, 953 2-persons, 30 3-persons, 7 4-persons, 7 5-persons.

5,174 married couples with children.
3,414 single-parent households (631 men, 2,783 women).

97.1% of residents of Stephenson speak English at home.
2.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (66% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (83% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 2% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (49% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 23% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (59% speak English very well, 41% speak English well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $269,330,000 ($5,594 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $10,270,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $129,205,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $55,723,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $14,072,000
Federal grants: $51,275,000
Federal procurement contracts: $3,125,000 ($1,014,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $15,929,000 ($7,365,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $1,312,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $15,851,000
Federal Government insurance: $53,140,000

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

Here:	-35 per 1000 residents
State:	-31 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 4.00 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

• Year house built in Stephenson County, Illinois
• 02020 or later
• 4522010 to 2019
• 1,1142000 to 2009
• 2,0461990 to 1999
• 1,9421980 to 1989
• 2,7971970 to 1979
• 2,2081960 to 1969
• 2,2981950 to 1959
• 1,0611940 to 1949
• 7,3721939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Stephenson County, Illinois

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Stephenson County, Illinois
• 261 room
• 142 rooms
• 2053 rooms
• 1,1594 rooms
• 2,6665 rooms
• 3,2796 rooms
• 2,3757 rooms
• 1,8678 rooms
• 2,3699+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Stephenson County, Illinois
• 1991 room
• 5122 rooms
• 6423 rooms
• 1,0604 rooms
• 1,3145 rooms
• 1,0086 rooms
• 3647 rooms
• 1878 rooms
• 2589+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Stephenson County, Illinois

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Stephenson County, Illinois
• 26no bedroom
• 3211 bedroom
• 3,2542 bedrooms
• 7,4853 bedrooms
• 2,2524 bedrooms
• 6095+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Stephenson County, Illinois
• 223no bedroom
• 1,2971 bedroom
• 1,9652 bedrooms
• 1,6783 bedrooms
• 2304 bedrooms
• 1135+ bedrooms

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

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Stephenson County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 502no vehicle
• 4,3201 vehicle
• 5,7372 vehicles
• 2,4543 vehicles
• 7784 vehicles
• 2165+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Stephenson County in renter-occupied apartments
• 1,286no vehicle
• 2,8071 vehicle
• 1,1272 vehicles
• 2493 vehicles
• 414 vehicles
• 215+ vehicles

88.6% of Stephenson County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 43% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 64% lived in Illinois.

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

• This state: 32,198
• Other state: 11,014
• Northeast: 670
• Midwest: 7,683
• South: 1,696
• West: 921

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 896
• Number of aged recipients: 37
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 859
• Number of recipients under 18: 243
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 573
• Number of recipients older than 64: 80
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 266
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 437