Sangamon County, Illinois (IL)

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• • 155,34880.0%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 24,61312.7%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 5,0272.6%Two or more races
  • 4,5942.4%Hispanic or Latino
  • 4,0632.1%Asian alone
  • 3490.2%Some other race alone
  • 1350.07%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 870.04%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone

Mean price in 2019:

Detached houses: $174,108

Here:	$174,108
State:	$266,086

Townhouses or other attached units: $225,103

Here:	$225,103
State:	$247,630

In 2-unit structures: $138,675

Here:	$138,675
State:	$268,780

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $155,309

Here:	$155,309
State:	$306,067

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $143,941

Here:	$143,941
State:	$303,902

Mobile homes: $61,110

Here:	$61,110
State:	$59,325

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 2019: $3,008 (2.0%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $2,836 (2.0%)

Area name: Springfield, IL MSA
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Sangamon County is $448 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $579 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $756 a month.

Cities in this county include: Springfield, Chatham, Auburn, Riverton, Rochester, Sherman, Pawnee, Southern View, Leland Grove, Grandview.

2018 air pollution in Sangamon County:

Ozone (1-hour): 0.030 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual: 9.7 µg/m³(standard limit: 15.0 µg/m³). Near U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: Berkeley County, West Virginia , Arapahoe County, Colorado , Champaign County, Ohio , Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania , Macon County, Missouri , Scott County .

Current college students: 9,460
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 93.0%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 34.1%

Number of foreign born residents: 6,067 (60.2% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 2,5492010 or later
• 1,3842000 to 2009
• 9801990 to 1999
• 7141980 to 1989
• 6361970 to 1979
• 1,034Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 19.0 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 94.7%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 66,672
• One, attached: 3,332
• Two: 4,072
• 3 or 4: 2,837
• 5 to 9: 5,031
• 10 to 19: 2,688
• 20 to 49: 1,093
• 50 or more: 2,914
• Mobile homes: 3,631

Housing units in Sangamon County with a mortgage: 34,397 (464 second mortgage, 2,941 home equity loan, 229 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 21,036

Religion statistics for Sangamon County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Sangamon 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 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 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 Tornadoes and Severe Storms, Incident Period: March 11, 2006 to March 13, 2006, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1633: March 28, 2006, FEMA Id: 1633, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado
• 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/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, Flooding, Incident Period: April 09, 1994 to May 04, 1994, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1025: April 26, 1994, FEMA Id: 1025, 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

3.99% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($47,494 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
2.63% relocated from other counties in Illinois ($29,221 average AGI)
1.37% relocated from other states ($18,273 average AGI)

Sangamon County:	1.37%
Illinois average:	1.87%

from Cook County, IL	0.40% ($36,881 average AGI)
from Menard County, IL	0.20% ($48,524)
from Morgan County, IL	0.19% ($42,549)
from Christian County, IL	0.17% ($44,315)
from Macoupin County, IL	0.17% ($37,698)
from Macon County, IL	0.14% ($49,605)
from McLean County, IL	0.09% ($61,051)

4.82% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($55,957 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
2.49% relocated to other counties in Illinois ($22,545 average AGI)
2.33% relocated to other states ($33,413 average AGI)

Sangamon County:	2.33%
Illinois average:	2.67%

to Cook County, IL	0.30% ($45,023 average AGI)
to Menard County, IL	0.22% ($51,042)
to Macoupin County, IL	0.18% ($39,418)
to Christian County, IL	0.16% ($39,986)
to Morgan County, IL	0.15% ($40,023)
to Macon County, IL	0.14% ($38,068)
to Champaign County, IL	0.12% ($40,762)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 13.9
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 13.3
Births per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 11.9

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.3
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 9.5
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 9.6

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 9.1
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 8.9

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Sangamon County

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

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 11%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 9%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 40,057 (13,134 living alone), Female householders: 43,206 (16,050 living alone)

• 34,071 spouses (33,675 opposite-sex spouses), 4,250 unmarried partners, (3,894 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 52,452 children (48,961 natural, 1,308 adopted, 2,183 stepchildren), 2,043 grandchildren, 1,980 brothers or sisters, 1,160 parents, 922 foster children, 2,676 other relatives, 7,651 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 4,204

Size of family households: 24,822 2-persons, 9,654 3-persons, 9,349 4-persons, 2,803 5-persons, 893 6-persons, 847 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 29,184 1-person, 4,743 2-persons, 868 3-persons, 44 4-persons, 56 5-persons.

22,860 married couples with children.
15,893 single-parent households (3,403 men, 12,490 women).

95.0% of residents of Sangamon speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (81% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (77% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
1.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (68% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (82% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $3,125,207,000 ($16,274 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $109,772,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $671,929,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $231,870,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $24,517,000
Federal grants: $2,021,956,000
Federal procurement contracts: $33,048,000 ($7,801,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $141,888,000 ($44,601,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $496,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $96,158,000
Federal Government insurance: $101,605,000

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

Here:	-9 per 1000 residents
State:	-31 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 36.00 millions of gallons per day (4% from ground, 96% from surface)

• Year house built in Sangamon County, Illinois
• 1,9462014 or later
• 2,0892010 to 2013
• 7,7162000 to 2009
• 11,0191990 to 1999
• 7,5781980 to 1989
• 16,7511970 to 1979
• 11,0001960 to 1969
• 10,3371950 to 1959
• 6,5151940 to 1949
• 17,3191939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Sangamon County, Illinois

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Sangamon County, Illinois
• 1381 room
• 402 rooms
• 3193 rooms
• 5,4334 rooms
• 10,1525 rooms
• 11,6376 rooms
• 9,7417 rooms
• 6,6698 rooms
• 11,3049+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Sangamon County, Illinois
• 1,0191 room
• 7332 rooms
• 4,6483 rooms
• 8,5354 rooms
• 6,5405 rooms
• 3,6526 rooms
• 9817 rooms
• 8598 rooms
• 8639+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Sangamon County, Illinois

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Sangamon County, Illinois
• 138no bedroom
• 8081 bedroom
• 12,1272 bedrooms
• 27,0373 bedrooms
• 12,4444 bedrooms
• 2,8795+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Sangamon County, Illinois
• 1,290no bedroom
• 5,5531 bedroom
• 13,4792 bedrooms
• 6,3683 bedrooms
• 1,1404 bedrooms
• 05+ bedrooms

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

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Sangamon County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 839no vehicle
• 17,4531 vehicle
• 24,4212 vehicles
• 9,9483 vehicles
• 2,1504 vehicles
• 6225+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Sangamon County in renter-occupied apartments
• 4,973no vehicle
• 15,8161 vehicle
• 5,9142 vehicles
• 9613 vehicles
• 64 vehicles
• 1605+ vehicles

84.7% of Sangamon County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 42% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 66% lived in Illinois.

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

• This state: 154,408
• Other state: 33,473
• Northeast: 3,300
• Midwest: 16,226
• South: 9,367
• West: 4,580

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 4,363
• Number of aged recipients: 167
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 4,196
• Number of recipients under 18: 1,266
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 2,670
• Number of recipients older than 64: 427
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 1,327
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 2,059

Sangamon County on our top lists:

• #2 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating from foreign countries between 2010 and 2011"
• #2 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating from foreign countries between 2010 and 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #45 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating to foreign countries in 2011"
• #75 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating to foreign countries in 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #97 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating to other counties in 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"