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People QuickFacts | Mason County | Illinois
Population, 2012 estimate | 14,327 | 12,875,255
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 14,666 | 12,830,632
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | -2.3% | 0.3%
Population, 2010 | 14,666 | 12,830,632
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2012 | 4.8% | 6.3%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2012 | 21.5% | 23.8%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2012 | 20.2% | 13.2%
Female persons, percent, 2012 | 50.8% | 50.9%
White alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 97.9% | 77.9%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.5% | 14.8%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.3% | 0.6%
Asian alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.4% | 5.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2012 (a) | Z | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2012 | 1.0% | 1.7%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 (b) | 1.0% | 16.3%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 | 97.0% | 63.0%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 86.9% | 86.7%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 1.3% | 13.7%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 2.7% | 22.0%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 83.8% | 86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 15.9% | 30.7%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 1,353 | 770,388
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 25.3 | 28.1
Housing units, 2011 | 7,060 | 5,297,318
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 79.6% | 68.7%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 6.6% | 32.9%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $81,500 | $198,500
Households, 2007-2011 | 6,426 | 4,773,002
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.27 | 2.62
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $23,992 | $29,376
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $42,929 | $56,576
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 15.5% | 13.1%
Business QuickFacts | Mason County | Illinois
Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 299 | 312,437
Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 2,394 | 5,038,462
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | -4.2% | 1.2%
Nonemployer establishments, 2011 | 738 | 920,076
Total number of firms, 2007 | 651 | 1,123,817
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 9.5%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.5%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 5.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 5.0%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 30.3% | 30.5%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 0 | 257,760,713
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 192,326 | 231,082,768
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 98,760 | 165,450,520
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $6,563 | $12,947
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 10,399 | 25,469,026
Building permits, 2012 | 11 | 13,797
Geography QuickFacts | Mason County | Illinois
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 539.24 | 55,518.93
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 27.2 | 231.1
FIPS Code | 125 | 17
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area
(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.
FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms
Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts