Adams County, Illinois

• White (non-Hispanic) 58,307 90.0%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,350 2.1%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1,826 2.8%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 435 0.7%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 2,660 4.1%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 47 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 9 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 120 0.2%

• Under 18 14,578 22.5%
• 18–24 5,152 8.0%
• 25–44 15,505 23.9%
• 45–64 16,202 25.0%
• 65 and over 13,317 20.6%

Median household income

$68,432

90% interval $62,253–$74,611

−$14,895 vs IL · 51st of 102

Below poverty line

13.3%

90% interval 11.4%–15.2%

+1.8 pp vs IL · 42nd of 102

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.5%

−1.3 pp vs. state

County GDP

$4.7B

0.41% of state

Avg. annual pay

$56,401

Establishments

1,752

• Education & health services 9,007 27.8%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 7,211 22.3%
• Manufacturing 4,410 13.6%
• Leisure & hospitality 3,308 10.2%
• Financial activities 1,960 6.1%
• Professional & business services 1,454 4.5%
• Public administration 1,242 3.8%
• Information 47 0.1%
• Other services 14 0.0%

The sectors listed cover 88.5% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

72.1%

+5.0 pp vs IL · 79th of 102

Median gross rent

$828

−$446 vs IL · 46th of 102

Owner-occupied

20,137

Renter-occupied

7,778

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 64% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Manufacturing, $70,413/yr) pays 3.3× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $21,513/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Institutional employer scale

  Average establishment employs 18 workers, typical of an institutional-employer economy where large hospitals, plants, schools, and government agencies dominate. Expect many panelists to share an employer rather than work for themselves.

• Republican 23,161 73.0%
• Democratic 8,111 25.6%
• Other / third-party 472 1.5%

• Spanish 700 1.1%
• German or other West Germanic 182 0.3%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 145 0.2%
• Tagalog 141 0.2%
• Arabic 64 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 53 0.1%
• Chinese 18 0.0%
• Korean 13 0.0%

Households

27,915

Family households

16,343

58.5% of households

Married couples w/ children

4,418

27.0% of families

Single-mother families

1,554

9.5% of families

Veterans

3,872

7.7% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 25,414 38.7%
• Catholic 15,124 23.0%
• Mainline Protestant 5,967 9.1%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,947 3.0%
• Black Protestant 550 0.8%
• Orthodox 34 0.1%

Health insured

95.6%

±0.8 pp

Uninsured

4.4%

±0.8 pp

71st of 102

With a disability

18.1%

±1.4 pp

26th of 102

Bachelor's or higher

27.5%

±1.8 pp

−10.3 pp vs IL · 23rd of 102

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

5.9%

90% interval 5.2%–6.6% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

8th Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

10 (Combined Circuit Judge + Associate Judge counts per circuit. Vintage 2024-2025; hand-sourced from per-circuit official court websites and the 2023-2024 Illinois Blue Book (ilsos.gov) judge roster, cross-referenced against the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts directory. Cook County total of ~400 reflects the Circuit Court of Cook County's combined elected Circuit Judges (~257) plus appointed Associate Judges (~145), the largest unified trial court in the United States. Several smaller downstate circuits carry estimates (see source comments).)

Court seats

Hardin, Havana, Mount Sterling, Petersburg, Pittsfield, Quincy, Rushville, Virginia

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

1

1.99 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

1