Carroll County, Illinois

• White (non-Hispanic) 13,674 87.8%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 820 5.3%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 612 3.9%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 125 0.8%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 266 1.7%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 42 0.3%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 37 0.2%

• Under 18 2,759 17.7%
• 18–24 1,218 7.8%
• 25–44 3,749 24.1%
• 45–64 4,082 26.2%
• 65 and over 3,768 24.2%

Median household income

$69,537

90% interval $61,908–$77,166

−$13,790 vs IL · 48th of 102

Below poverty line

14.6%

90% interval 12.2%–17.0%

+3.1 pp vs IL · 22nd of 102

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.8%

−0.04 pp vs. state

County GDP

$761.5M

0.07% of state

Avg. annual pay

$51,869

Establishments

397

• Trade, transportation & utilities 768 18.8%
• Manufacturing 762 18.7%
• Education & health services 735 18.0%
• Public administration 675 16.5%
• Leisure & hospitality 335 8.2%
• Other services 180 4.4%
• Financial activities 171 4.2%
• Professional & business services 1 0.0%

The sectors listed cover 88.9% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

77.2%

+10.1 pp vs IL · 48th of 102

Median gross rent

$818

−$456 vs IL · 48th of 102

Owner-occupied

5,077

Renter-occupied

1,501

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 56% 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, $73,599/yr) pays 3.8× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $19,308/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 10 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 5,082 64.9%
• Democratic 2,600 33.2%
• Other / third-party 154 2.0%

• Spanish 471 3.2%
• German or other West Germanic 240 1.6%
• Arabic 31 0.2%
• Korean 30 0.2%
• Vietnamese 18 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 16 0.1%
• Chinese 15 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 7 0.0%
• Tagalog 3 0.0%

Households

6,578

Family households

3,843

58.4% of households

Married couples w/ children

889

23.1% of families

Single-mother families

277

7.2% of families

Veterans

1,105

8.6% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 3,252 20.7%
• Mainline Protestant 3,227 20.6%
• Evangelical Protestant 1,212 7.7%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 158 1.0%

Health insured

94.2%

±1.3 pp

Uninsured

5.8%

±1.3 pp

27th of 102

With a disability

16.2%

±1.5 pp

41st of 102

Bachelor's or higher

17.8%

±1.8 pp

−20.0 pp vs IL · 84th of 102

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

8.0%

90% interval 7.1%–8.9% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

15th Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

9 (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

Dixon, Freeport, Galena, Mount Carroll, Oregon

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

1

7.8 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

1