Jackson County, Illinois (IL)

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• • 37,56071.9%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 7,30614.0%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 2,5164.8%Hispanic or Latino
  • 2,3804.6%Two or more races
  • 1,9773.8%Asian alone
  • 3930.8%Some other race alone
  • 630.1%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 350.07%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $176,476

Here:	$176,476
State:	$310,164

Townhouses or other attached units: $238,562

Here:	$238,562
State:	$286,230

In 2-unit structures: $128,134

Here:	$128,134
State:	$299,638

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $62,235

Here:	$62,235
State:	$330,907

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $294,074

Here:	$294,074
State:	$318,887

Mobile homes: $81,758

Here:	$81,758
State:	$78,855

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

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 31
• Robberies: 2
• Assaults: 22
• Burglaries: 92
• Thefts: 86
• Auto thefts: 20

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

• Murders: 1
• Rapes: 8
• Robberies: 1
• Assaults: 24
• Burglaries: 90
• Thefts: 183
• Auto thefts: 26

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $2,796 (2.0%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $1,901 (1.6%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Jackson County is $406 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $511 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $696 a month.

Cities in this county include: Carbondale, Murphysboro, De Soto, Elkville, Harrison, Ava, Grand Tower, Vergennes, Dowell, Makanda.

Neighboring counties: Woodson County, Kansas .

Current college students: 16,882
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 91.8%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 35.2%

Number of foreign born residents: 3,024 (38.3% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 1,8442010 or later
• 5232000 to 2009
• 3861990 to 1999
• 3861980 to 1989
• 2381970 to 1979
• 216Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute):  minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 98.3%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 14,306
• One, attached: 496
• Two: 1,672
• 3 or 4: 2,307
• 5 to 9: 1,472
• 10 to 19: 1,605
• 20 to 49: 1,910
• 50 or more: 949
• Mobile homes: 3,001
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 47

Housing units in Jackson County with a mortgage: 5,387 (418 second mortgage, 14 home equity loan, 248 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 210

Religion statistics for Jackson County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Jackson 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: February 24, 2019 - July 3, 2019, FEMA Id: 4461, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• 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 Storm, Flooding, Incident Period: May 15, 1995 to June 15, 1995, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1053: May 30, 1995, FEMA Id: 1053, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Illinois Flooding, Severe Storms, Incident Period: April 13, 1993 to October 22, 1993, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-997: July 09, 1993, FEMA Id: 997, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• 4 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

8.29% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($37,975 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
4.96% relocated from other counties in Illinois ($20,358 average AGI)
3.34% relocated from other states ($17,618 average AGI)

Jackson County:	3.34%
Illinois average:	2.01%

from Williamson County, IL	1.34% ($34,428 average AGI)
from Cook County, IL	0.53% ($31,594)
from Perry County, IL	0.42% ($30,671)
from Union County, IL	0.34% ($33,145)
from Franklin County, IL	0.29% ($30,423)
from Randolph County, IL	0.25% ($44,933)
from Madison County, IL	0.14% ($34,360)

9.50% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($43,310 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
4.99% relocated to other counties in Illinois ($20,153 average AGI)
4.52% relocated to other states ($23,156 average AGI)

Jackson County:	4.52%
Illinois average:	3.06%

to Williamson County, IL	1.55% ($46,502 average AGI)
to Cook County, IL	0.66% ($21,992)
to Perry County, IL	0.31% ($45,596)
to Union County, IL	0.25% ($32,064)
to Franklin County, IL	0.25% ($30,174)
to Randolph County, IL	0.21% ($34,718)
to St. Louis city, MO	0.19% ($32,657)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.3
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 11.5

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 7.7
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 7.9
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2020: 8.4

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 10.2
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 8.3

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Jackson County

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

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 17%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 14%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 11,514 (4,372 living alone), Female householders: 12,027 (5,063 living alone)

• 7,774 spouses (7,748 opposite-sex spouses), 1,837 unmarried partners, (1,713 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 11,354 children (10,600 natural, 296 adopted, 459 stepchildren), 850 grandchildren, 495 brothers or sisters, 268 parents, 26 foster children, 649 other relatives, 2,375 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 3,437

Size of family households: 5,980 2-persons, 2,666 3-persons, 1,650 4-persons, 759 5-persons, 214 6-persons, 207 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 9,440 1-person, 2,173 2-persons, 430 3-persons, 148 4-persons, 49 5-persons, 9 7-or-more-persons.

5,165 married couples with children.
3,326 single-parent households (574 men, 2,752 women).

89.9% of residents of Jackson speak English at home.
3.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (72% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
3.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (66% speak English very well, 30% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
1.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (66% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
1.1% of residents speak other language at home (78% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $301,792,000 ($5,179 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $15,319,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $111,353,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $79,835,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $5,500,000
Federal grants: $73,713,000
Federal procurement contracts: $13,095,000 ($8,166,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $18,296,000 ($1,762,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $64,249,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $8,115,000
Federal Government insurance: $20,128,000

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

Here:	-75 per 1000 residents
State:	-31 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 6.38 millions of gallons per day (1% from ground, 99% from surface)

• Year house built in Jackson County, Illinois
• 132020 or later
• 1,6412010 to 2019
• 3,4232000 to 2009
• 3,4221990 to 1999
• 3,5971980 to 1989
• 5,1451970 to 1979
• 4,1921960 to 1969
• 2,2301950 to 1959
• 1,2431940 to 1949
• 3,0621939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Jackson County, Illinois

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Jackson County, Illinois
• 71 room
• 222 rooms
• 2433 rooms
• 1,0504 rooms
• 2,2195 rooms
• 2,2956 rooms
• 2,1107 rooms
• 1,3758 rooms
• 2,1149+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Jackson County, Illinois
• 9371 room
• 8802 rooms
• 2,4333 rooms
• 3,4004 rooms
• 2,3075 rooms
• 1,0496 rooms
• 4907 rooms
• 2678 rooms
• 2309+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Jackson County, Illinois

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Jackson County, Illinois
• 22no bedroom
• 3441 bedroom
• 2,3352 bedrooms
• 5,5573 bedrooms
• 2,5394 bedrooms
• 6655+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Jackson County, Illinois
• 980no bedroom
• 2,8071 bedroom
• 5,3672 bedrooms
• 2,1783 bedrooms
• 5434 bedrooms
• 1225+ bedrooms

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

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Jackson County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 350no vehicle
• 3,0781 vehicle
• 4,6902 vehicles
• 2,3513 vehicles
• 6954 vehicles
• 2735+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Jackson County in renter-occupied apartments
• 2,420no vehicle
• 6,4021 vehicle
• 2,3822 vehicles
• 6223 vehicles
• 1204 vehicles
• 315+ vehicles

77.9% of Jackson County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 29% 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: 36,561
• Other state: 12,467
• Northeast: 1,199
• Midwest: 5,522
• South: 3,791
• West: 1,932

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 1,297
• Number of aged recipients: 90
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 1,207
• Number of recipients under 18: 207
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 892
• Number of recipients older than 64: 198
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 453
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 582

Jackson County on our top lists:

• #14 on the list of "Top 101 counties with highest percentage of residents voting for 3rd party candidates in the 2012 Presidential Election (pop. 50,000+)"
• #22 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest ground withdrawal of fresh water for public supply (pop. 50,000+)"
• #44 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating to other counties in 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #64 on the list of "Top 101 counties with highest percentage of residents voting for 3rd party candidates in the 2012 Presidential Election"