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Effingham, Fayette, Wayne, Richland, Lawrence, Clay & Jasper Counties PUMA, IL

121,325 Population
3,604.2 square miles 33.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

43 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 39.4 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$34,711 ±$2,027 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Illinois: $46,937 ±$406
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$68,394 ±$3,482 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $83,211 ±$898
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

13.6% ±2.5% (16,013  ±2,918) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 11.6% 1,438,470 (±0.3% / ±31,443)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

22.1 minutes ±0.7 (1,150,390  ±42,809) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

49,636 ±1,403 Number of households
  • Illinois: 5,105,448 ±12,305
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0.1 (117,671  ±2,490) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 2.4 12,417,746
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.6% ±1.8% (1,059  ±417) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 4.6% 138,998 (±0.2% / ±6,570)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

55,911 ±1,209 Number of housing units
  • Illinois: 5,482,133 ±1,080
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$151,200 ±$10,643 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Illinois: $280,700 ±$1,768
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

10.2% ±2% (12,259  ±2,473) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 10.2% 1,289,197 (±0.3% / ±31,884.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

90.4% ±3.6% (78,995  ±3,538.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 90.7% 8,028,089 (±0.5% / ±45,818.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
19.1% ±2% (16,680  ±1,766.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 39.2% 3,471,705 (±0.3% / ±28,867)
  • about half the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

3.5% ±0.5% (4,125  ±639) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Illinois: 24.1% 2,886,369 (±0.1% / ±15,830.2)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

1.5% ±0.6% (1,849  ±663) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Illinois: 15.4% 1,957,482
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

6% ±1% (5,714  ±948) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Illinois: 4.5% 452,391 (±0.1% / ±11,018)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
5,714 Total veterans ±948 5,510 Male ±927 204 Female ±143

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