Williamson County, Illinois (IL)

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• • 57,92487.8%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 2,5993.9%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 2,3823.6%Two or more races
  • 1,8802.9%Hispanic or Latino
  • 8901.3%Asian alone
  • 1550.2%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 1290.2%Some other race alone

Crime in 2019 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 2
• Rapes: 4
• Robberies: 1
• Assaults: 1
• Burglaries: 45
• Thefts: 183
• Auto thefts: 20

Crime in 2018 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 11
• Robberies: 1
• Assaults: 0
• Burglaries: 67
• Thefts: 189
• Auto thefts: 24

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: $2,962 (1.7%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2021: $1,434 (1.4%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Williamson County is $375 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $492 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $709 a month.

Cities in this county include: Marion, Herrin, Carterville, Johnston City, Cambria, Energy, Crainville, Hurst, Creal Springs, Pittsburg.

Neighboring counties: Accomack County, Virginia , Bullitt County, Kentucky , Dolores County, Colorado , San Francisco County, California , Marion County, Kentucky , Vernon County, Missouri .

Current college students: 3,462
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 91.4%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 25.8%

Number of foreign born residents: 1,690 (34.7% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 5092010 or later
• 3112000 to 2009
• 1881990 to 1999
• 1331980 to 1989
• 1151970 to 1979
• 238Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 21.6 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 67.8%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 24,586
• One, attached: 269
• Two: 1,732
• 3 or 4: 1,557
• 5 to 9: 1,062
• 10 to 19: 404
• 20 to 49: 255
• 50 or more: 64
• Mobile homes: 2,077
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 7

Housing units in Williamson County with a mortgage: 10,502 (555 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 290 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 72

Religion statistics for Williamson County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Williamson 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: 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 Storms, Tornadoes, Incident Period: June 05, 1982, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-660: June 05, 1982, FEMA Id: 660, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado

6.53% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($46,744 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
4.27% relocated from other counties in Illinois ($30,793 average AGI)
2.26% relocated from other states ($15,952 average AGI)

Williamson County:	2.26%
Illinois average:	2.01%

from Jackson County, IL	1.11% ($46,502 average AGI)
from Franklin County, IL	0.93% ($36,504)
from Johnson County, IL	0.30% ($70,325)
from Saline County, IL	0.28% ($40,639)
from Union County, IL	0.17% ($33,756)
from Cook County, IL	0.15% ($79,487)
from Jefferson County, IL	0.12% ($37,677)

6.65% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($47,024 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
3.83% relocated to other counties in Illinois ($23,680 average AGI)
2.82% relocated to other states ($23,344 average AGI)

Williamson County:	2.82%
Illinois average:	3.06%

to Jackson County, IL	0.94% ($34,428 average AGI)
to Franklin County, IL	0.89% ($38,268)
to Johnson County, IL	0.27% ($54,629)
to Saline County, IL	0.23% ($39,717)
to Jefferson County, IL	0.14% ($61,270)
to St. Clair County, IL	0.14% ($40,429)
to Madison County, IL	0.10% ($44,185)

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.5
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 11.8
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2019: 11.3

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Williamson County

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

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 13%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 10%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 12,495 (3,584 living alone), Female householders: 14,866 (5,209 living alone)

• 12,637 spouses (12,528 opposite-sex spouses), 1,480 unmarried partners, (1,457 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 18,011 children (17,172 natural, 141 adopted, 698 stepchildren), 984 grandchildren, 605 brothers or sisters, 519 parents, 57 foster children, 572 other relatives, 2,363 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 2,290

Size of family households: 9,185 2-persons, 3,010 3-persons, 2,781 4-persons, 1,291 5-persons, 676 6-persons, 28 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 8,793 1-person, 999 2-persons, 284 3-persons, 314 4-persons.

9,144 married couples with children.
3,466 single-parent households (507 men, 2,959 women).

96.4% of residents of Williamson speak English at home.
1.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (77% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (94% speak English very well, 6% speak English well).
0.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (50% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 24% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (98% speak English very well, 2% speak English well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $534,942,000 ($8,478 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $135,267,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $174,818,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $84,240,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $5,772,000
Federal grants: $68,025,000
Federal procurement contracts: $127,882,000 ($122,024,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $74,206,000 ($5,709,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $4,557,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $19,205,000
Federal Government insurance: $21,569,000

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

Here:	+37 per 1000 residents
State:	-31 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 2.46 millions of gallons per day (2% from ground, 98% from surface)

• Year house built in Williamson County, Illinois
• 2032020 or later
• 3,9492010 to 2019
• 4,3762000 to 2009
• 2,7241990 to 1999
• 4,8891980 to 1989
• 4,0151970 to 1979
• 3,2781960 to 1969
• 2,1481950 to 1959
• 2,0091940 to 1949
• 4,4221939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Williamson County, Illinois

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Williamson County, Illinois
• 171 room
• 142 rooms
• 4453 rooms
• 2,2664 rooms
• 3,5935 rooms
• 4,5976 rooms
• 3,0117 rooms
• 2,5588 rooms
• 3,2519+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Williamson County, Illinois
• 01 room
• 5022 rooms
• 1,2843 rooms
• 1,4014 rooms
• 1,9345 rooms
• 1,5026 rooms
• 5457 rooms
• 2948 rooms
• 1479+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Williamson County, Illinois

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Williamson County, Illinois
• 243no bedroom
• 1371 bedroom
• 4,1972 bedrooms
• 10,9583 bedrooms
• 2,9474 bedrooms
• 1,2705+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Williamson County, Illinois
• 0no bedroom
• 1,0891 bedroom
• 3,8362 bedrooms
• 2,2733 bedrooms
• 4114 bedrooms
• 05+ bedrooms

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

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Williamson County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 245no vehicle
• 5,6111 vehicle
• 8,6212 vehicles
• 3,9583 vehicles
• 8074 vehicles
• 5105+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Williamson County in renter-occupied apartments
• 1,816no vehicle
• 3,8311 vehicle
• 1,1562 vehicles
• 4713 vehicles
• 3354 vehicles
• 05+ vehicles

88.1% of Williamson County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 35% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 77% lived in Illinois.

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

• This state: 53,370
• Other state: 11,468
• Northeast: 499
• Midwest: 4,661
• South: 3,875
• West: 2,433

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 1,464
• Number of aged recipients: 89
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 1,375
• Number of recipients under 18: 186
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 1,052
• Number of recipients older than 64: 226
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 469
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 705

Williamson County on our top lists:

• #23 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest ground withdrawal of fresh water for public supply (pop. 50,000+)"
• #38 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply (pop. 50,000+)"
• #94 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest number of deaths per 1000 residents 2007-2013 (pop. 50,000+)"