Calhoun County, Illinois

• White (non-Hispanic) 4,085 94.3%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 36 0.8%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 64 1.5%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 139 3.2%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 1 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 5 0.1%

• Under 18 861 19.9%
• 18–24 367 8.5%
• 25–44 760 17.6%
• 45–64 1,241 28.7%
• 65 and over 1,101 25.4%

Median household income

$72,934

90% interval $64,489–$81,379

−$10,393 vs IL · 36th of 102

Below poverty line

10.0%

90% interval 7.5%–12.5%

−1.5 pp vs IL · 69th of 102

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.9%

+0.07 pp vs. state

County GDP

$131.1M

0.01% of state

Avg. annual pay

$37,510

Establishments

88

• Education & health services 111 14.9%
• Leisure & hospitality 102 13.7%
• Financial activities 69 9.3%
• Construction 34 4.6%
• Professional & business services 18 2.4%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 12 1.6%
• Public administration 6 0.8%

The sectors listed cover 47.3% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

88.7%

+21.6 pp vs IL · 1st of 102

Median gross rent

$583

−$691 vs IL · 98th of 102

Owner-occupied

1,099

Renter-occupied

140

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 38% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $46,911/yr) pays 3.2× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $14,859/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 8.5 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 $65,747 average in Construction is BLS's published figure for 34 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 2,059 76.8%
• Democratic 560 20.9%
• Other / third-party 61 2.3%

• Spanish 10 0.2%
• German or other West Germanic 2 0.0%

Households

1,239

Family households

933

75.3% of households

Married couples w/ children

256

27.4% of families

Single-mother families

60

6.4% of families

Veterans

331

9.5% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 870 19.6%
• Evangelical Protestant 688 15.5%
• Mainline Protestant 160 3.6%

Health insured

97.6%

±1.2 pp — too imprecise at this sample size to compare

With a disability

15.7%

±3 pp

48th of 102

Bachelor's or higher

20.1%

±3.8 pp

−17.7 pp vs IL · 63rd of 102

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

4.8%

90% interval 4.2%–5.4% · 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

0

0 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

0