Sangamon County, Illinois (IL)

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• • 152,67678.4%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 23,03311.8%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 8,6134.4%Two or more races
  • 5,0812.6%Hispanic or Latino
  • 4,7242.4%Asian alone
  • 3540.2%Some other race alone
  • 2530.1%American Indian and Alaska Native alone

Mean price in 2021:

Detached houses: $183,800

Here:	$183,800
State:	$285,490

Townhouses or other attached units: $243,639

Here:	$243,639
State:	$267,853

In 2-unit structures: $148,436

Here:	$148,436
State:	$305,909

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $167,888

Here:	$167,888
State:	$356,547

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $149,278

Here:	$149,278
State:	$327,261

Mobile homes: $66,503

Here:	$66,503
State:	$69,530

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

• Murders: 4
• Rapes: 18
• Robberies: 19
• Assaults: 116
• Burglaries: 181
• Thefts: 309
• Auto thefts: 79

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

• Murders: 1
• Rapes: 20
• Robberies: 12
• Assaults: 149
• Burglaries: 205
• Thefts: 167
• Auto thefts: 77

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: $3,369 (2.1%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2021: $2,788 (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.

2019 air pollution in Sangamon County:

Ozone (1-hour): 0.037 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual: 9.6 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: 93.5%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 37.1%

Number of foreign born residents: 6,687 (50.5% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 2,4982010 or later
• 1,2652000 to 2009
• 1,0271990 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: 67,629
• One, attached: 4,925
• Two: 1,977
• 3 or 4: 3,455
• 5 to 9: 4,300
• 10 to 19: 3,456
• 20 to 49: 1,160
• 50 or more: 2,858
• Mobile homes: 3,457
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 40

Housing units in Sangamon County with a mortgage: 34,874 (3,039 second mortgage, 268 home equity loan, 2,422 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,055

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

4.36% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($52,972 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
2.62% relocated from other counties in Illinois ($29,437 average AGI)
1.73% relocated from other states ($23,535 average AGI)

Sangamon County:	1.73%
Illinois average:	2.01%

from Cook County, IL	0.34% ($46,802 average AGI)
from Menard County, IL	0.20% ($55,160)
from Morgan County, IL	0.18% ($46,961)
from Macon County, IL	0.17% ($64,261)
from Christian County, IL	0.17% ($51,746)
from Macoupin County, IL	0.16% ($40,880)
from Logan County, IL	0.11% ($41,926)

4.89% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($64,483 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
2.39% relocated to other counties in Illinois ($23,915 average AGI)
2.51% relocated to other states ($40,568 average AGI)

Sangamon County:	2.51%
Illinois average:	3.06%

to Cook County, IL	0.28% ($51,570 average AGI)
to Menard County, IL	0.22% ($57,389)
to Christian County, IL	0.17% ($43,238)
to Macon County, IL	0.16% ($51,672)
to Macoupin County, IL	0.14% ($51,403)
to Morgan County, IL	0.13% ($47,881)
to Logan County, IL	0.11% ($53,000)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 13.9
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 13.1
Births per 1000 population from 2010 to 2019: 11.6

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.3
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 9.4
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2019: 9.7

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: 40,161 (14,800 living alone), Female householders: 44,253 (16,369 living alone)

• 34,669 spouses (34,338 opposite-sex spouses), 5,994 unmarried partners, (5,735 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 54,740 children (52,515 natural, 715 adopted, 1,510 stepchildren), 2,420 grandchildren, 1,701 brothers or sisters, 2,140 parents, 205 foster children, 1,036 other relatives, 3,875 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 3,540

Size of family households: 25,780 2-persons, 9,439 3-persons, 7,238 4-persons, 3,621 5-persons, 1,397 6-persons, 738 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 31,169 1-person, 4,515 2-persons, 377 3-persons, 102 4-persons, 38 5-persons.

24,469 married couples with children.
15,292 single-parent households (2,713 men, 12,579 women).

95.6% of residents of Sangamon speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (72% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (73% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (68% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (80% speak English very well, 20% speak English 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
• 1492020 or later
• 5,6882010 to 2019
• 8,2532000 to 2009
• 11,1511990 to 1999
• 8,6571980 to 1989
• 16,9961970 to 1979
• 12,7481960 to 1969
• 9,6231950 to 1959
• 4,6651940 to 1949
• 15,3271939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Sangamon County, Illinois

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Sangamon County, Illinois
• 1341 room
• 492 rooms
• 6853 rooms
• 6,5574 rooms
• 12,4825 rooms
• 12,7496 rooms
• 8,5917 rooms
• 7,4888 rooms
• 11,8049+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Sangamon County, Illinois
• 4641 room
• 5712 rooms
• 5,5713 rooms
• 7,7904 rooms
• 4,2615 rooms
• 2,1416 rooms
• 8417 rooms
• 9898 rooms
• 1,2479+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Sangamon County, Illinois

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Sangamon County, Illinois
• 134no bedroom
• 9591 bedroom
• 13,2742 bedrooms
• 30,4323 bedrooms
• 12,2394 bedrooms
• 3,5015+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Sangamon County, Illinois
• 464no bedroom
• 5,7721 bedroom
• 11,1122 bedrooms
• 5,0303 bedrooms
• 9194 bedrooms
• 5785+ 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
• 1,151no vehicle
• 18,8221 vehicle
• 25,1392 vehicles
• 11,5003 vehicles
• 2,6774 vehicles
• 1,2505+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Sangamon County in renter-occupied apartments
• 3,541no vehicle
• 13,8641 vehicle
• 4,9402 vehicles
• 1,3893 vehicles
• 584 vehicles
• 835+ vehicles

86.5% 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, 64% lived in Illinois.

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

• This state: 158,361
• Other state: 28,715
• Northeast: 2,269
• Midwest: 11,586
• South: 9,938
• West: 4,922

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+)"