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Ford County, IL

13,484 Population
485.6 square miles 27.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42 ±1.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 38.7 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$31,754 ±$1,492 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Illinois: $43,198 ±$199
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $41,261 ±$112
$58,930 ±$4,209 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Illinois: $78,433 ±$297
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $75,149 ±$152

12.1% ±2.2% (1,578  ±284) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,467,893 (±0.1% / ±16,574)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,521,584 (±0.1% / ±259,207)

24 minutes ±1.9 (138,715  ±12,717) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Illinois: 28.4 154,142,480 (±0.1 / ±641,806)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.7 3,689,928,200 (±0 / ±7,200,288)

Families

5,689 ±139 Number of households
  • Illinois: 4,968,761 ±7,953
  • United States: 125,736,350 ±198,714
2.3 ±0.1 (13,097  ±8) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,480,854
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.6 322,994,300

3.9% ±1.6% (110  ±46) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Illinois: 5.1% 152,825 (±0.1% / ±3,352)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,404 (±0% / ±23,722)

Housing

6,266 ±28 Number of housing units
  • Illinois: 5,427,357 ±1,016
  • United States: 140,943,620 ±3,164

$113,400 ±$3,639 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Illinois: $239,100 ±$749
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $281,900 ±$221

10.7% ±2% (1,426  ±,272.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,494,528 (±0.1% / ±15,496.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 13.1% 42,965,005 (±0% / ±,138,498.5)

Social

91.7% ±4.6% (8,565  ±,430.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 90.1% 7,883,680 (±0.3% / ±22,258.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.1% 202,001,292 (±0.1% / ±266,504)
19.8% ±2.3% (1,846  ±,218.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 36.7% 3,207,450 (±0.2% / ±14,003.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 34.3% 77,751,346 (±0.1% / ±,166,366.8)

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

1.7% (232  ±111) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Illinois: 14.2% 1,804,681
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 13.7% 45,281,072

7.8% ±1.3% (814  ±133) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 5.2% 518,426 (±0.1% / ±6,053)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.6% 17,038,808 (±0% / ±48,952)
814 Total veterans ±133 707 Male ±118 107 Female ±56

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