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People QuickFacts | Jefferson County | Illinois
Population, 2012 estimate | 38,720 | 12,875,255
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 38,827 | 12,830,632
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | -0.3% | 0.3%
Population, 2010 | 38,827 | 12,830,632
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2012 | 6.3% | 6.3%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2012 | 22.0% | 23.8%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2012 | 16.9% | 13.2%
Female persons, percent, 2012 | 48.7% | 50.9%
White alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 88.5% | 77.9%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 8.8% | 14.8%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.3% | 0.6%
Asian alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.7% | 5.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2012 (a) | Z | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2012 | 1.7% | 1.7%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 (b) | 2.3% | 16.3%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 | 86.8% | 63.0%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 86.2% | 86.7%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 1.2% | 13.7%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 3.5% | 22.0%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 85.5% | 86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 15.2% | 30.7%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 3,737 | 770,388
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 19.9 | 28.1
Housing units, 2011 | 16,847 | 5,297,318
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 74.0% | 68.7%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 12.8% | 32.9%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $87,000 | $198,500
Households, 2007-2011 | 15,314 | 4,773,002
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.41 | 2.62
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $22,032 | $29,376
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $42,679 | $56,576
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 17.2% | 13.1%
Business QuickFacts | Jefferson County | Illinois
Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 968 | 312,437
Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 16,811 | 5,038,462
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | -2.3% | 1.2%
Nonemployer establishments, 2011 | 2,417 | 920,076
Total number of firms, 2007 | 2,846 | 1,123,817
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 3.0% | 9.5%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.5%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 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 | 18.6% | 30.5%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | D | 257,760,713
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | D | 231,082,768
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 567,630 | 165,450,520
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $14,157 | $12,947
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 67,783 | 25,469,026
Building permits, 2012 | 14 | 13,797
Geography QuickFacts | Jefferson County | Illinois
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 571.17 | 55,518.93
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 68 | 231.1
FIPS Code | 81 | 17
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Mount Vernon, IL Micro 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