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Madison County, IL

263,017 Population
715.5 square miles 367.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.8 ±0.6 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Illinois: 39.4 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$42,403 ±$1,692 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Illinois: $46,937 ±$406
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$78,751 ±$3,841 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Illinois: $83,211 ±$898
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

9.2% ±1.3% (23,473  ±3,392) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Illinois: 11.6% 1,438,470 (±0.3% / ±31,443)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

24.3 minutes ±1.3 (2,791,095  ±180,290) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 28.3 154,658,770 (±0.2 / ±1,330,777)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

111,452 ±2,158 Number of households
  • Illinois: 5,105,448 ±12,305
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0 (256,745  ±157) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 2.4 12,417,746
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

3.7% ±1.4% (2,223  ±839) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Illinois: 4.6% 138,998 (±0.2% / ±6,570)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

119,589 ±64 Number of housing units
  • Illinois: 5,482,133 ±1,080
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$195,500 ±$9,933 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $280,700 ±$1,768
  • about half the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

10% ±1.4% (26,158  ±3,722.9) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 10.2% 1,289,197 (±0.3% / ±31,884.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

93.7% ±3.7% (172,938  ±6,869.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.7% 8,028,089 (±0.5% / ±45,818.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
32% ±2.2% (59,033  ±4,044) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Illinois: 39.2% 3,471,705 (±0.3% / ±28,867)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

2.4% (6,307  ±1,571) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Illinois: 15.4% 1,957,482
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

7.9% ±0.9% (16,533  ±1,894) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 4.5% 452,391 (±0.1% / ±11,018)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
16,533 Total veterans ±1,894 15,215 Male ±1,673 1,318 Female ±549

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