Alexander County, Illinois

• White (non-Hispanic) 3,066 62.9%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 33 0.7%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1,604 32.9%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 21 0.4%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 151 3.1%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

• Under 18 1,040 21.3%
• 18–24 338 6.9%
• 25–44 945 19.4%
• 45–64 1,337 27.4%
• 65 and over 1,215 24.9%

Median household income

$48,493

90% interval $42,807–$54,179

−$34,834 vs IL · 102nd of 102

Below poverty line

24.8%

90% interval 18.5%–31.1%

+13.3 pp vs IL · 1st of 102

Unemployment (12-mo)

6.5%

+1.66 pp vs. state

County GDP

$273.5M

0.02% of state

Avg. annual pay

$51,124

Establishments

92

• Trade, transportation & utilities 302 35.2%
• Manufacturing 116 13.5%
• Education & health services 45 5.2%
• Professional & business services 21 2.4%
• Financial activities 18 2.1%
• Public administration 5 0.6%

The sectors listed cover 59.0% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

77.6%

+10.5 pp vs IL · 44th of 102

Median gross rent

$656

−$618 vs IL · 95th of 102

Owner-occupied

1,477

Renter-occupied

427

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 54% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Compressed wage spread

  Highest-paid sector pays only 1.1× the lowest ($62,677 vs $54,591/yr), a relatively flat local wage distribution.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 9.3 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Small-sector pay

  The $57,284 average in Professional & business services is BLS's published figure for 21 jobs. With so few jobs, a few high-paying employers or contracts can set the average, so it is left out of the wage-spread read.

• Republican 1,341 59.0%
• Democratic 904 39.8%
• Other / third-party 26 1.1%

• Spanish 12 0.3%
• Tagalog 1 0.0%

Households

1,904

Family households

1,135

59.6% of households

Married couples w/ children

123

10.8% of families

Single-mother families

142

12.5% of families

Veterans

354

9.2% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 1,021 19.5%
• Mainline Protestant 512 9.8%
• Black Protestant 500 9.5%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 151 2.9%
• Catholic 75 1.4%

Health insured

90.5%

±2.6 pp

Uninsured

9.5%

±2.6 pp

5th of 102

With a disability

23.8%

±3 pp

6th of 102

Bachelor's or higher

12.6%

±2.8 pp

−25.2 pp vs IL · 101st of 102

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

6.6%

90% interval 5.8%–7.4% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

1st Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

12 (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

Cairo, Golconda, Harrisburg, Jonesboro, Marion, Metropolis, Mound City, Murphysboro, Vienna

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

3

78.23 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

2