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Alexander County, IL

5,042 Population
235.4 square miles 21.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.8 ±1.2 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$25,261 ±$1,800 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$43,523 ±$10,035 Median household income
  • about half the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363
  • about half the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

21% ±5.7% (1,034  ±278) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

31.5 minutes ±3.3 (51,455  ±7,093) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

1,826 ±109 Number of households
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.7 ±0.2 (4,916  ±8) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

4% ±2.7% (36  ±24) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

2,964 ±19 Number of housing units
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$58,700 ±$10,578 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863
  • about one-fifth of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

9.6% ±3.8% (481  ±191.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

86.7% ±6.1% (3,085  ±228.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
12.6% ±2.8% (447  ±99.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in Illinois: 37.2% 3,249,494 (±0.2% / ±13,788.4)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.6% (31  ±22) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

10.3% ±2% (405  ±80) Population with veteran status
  • about double the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
405 Total veterans ±80 366 Male ±78 39 Female ±21

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