Clark County, Illinois

• White (non-Hispanic) 14,503 95.0%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 285 1.9%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 70 0.5%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 19 0.1%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 383 2.5%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 6 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

• Under 18 3,412 22.4%
• 18–24 1,078 7.1%
• 25–44 3,542 23.2%
• 45–64 4,139 27.1%
• 65 and over 3,095 20.3%

Median household income

$72,272

90% interval $65,017–$79,527

−$11,055 vs IL · 40th of 102

Below poverty line

11.0%

90% interval 8.4%–13.6%

−0.5 pp vs IL · 63rd of 102

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.3%

+0.43 pp vs. state

County GDP

$715.5M

0.06% of state

Avg. annual pay

$46,794

Establishments

337

• Education & health services 836 19.4%
• Manufacturing 812 18.9%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 774 18.0%
• Leisure & hospitality 558 13.0%
• Public administration 301 7.0%
• Financial activities 257 6.0%
• Other services 158 3.7%
• Professional & business services 3 0.1%

The sectors listed cover 85.9% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

80.3%

+13.2 pp vs IL · 24th of 102

Median gross rent

$861

−$413 vs IL · 34th of 102

Owner-occupied

5,263

Renter-occupied

1,292

• 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, $62,485/yr) pays 3.2× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $19,664/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 13 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 6,130 74.7%
• Democratic 1,927 23.5%
• Other / third-party 146 1.8%

• Spanish 172 1.2%
• German or other West Germanic 49 0.3%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 24 0.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 17 0.1%
• Vietnamese 8 0.1%

Households

6,555

Family households

4,420

67.4% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,113

25.2% of families

Single-mother families

489

11.1% of families

Veterans

925

7.8% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 7,742 50.1%
• Mainline Protestant 2,125 13.7%
• Catholic 790 5.1%

Health insured

95.3%

±1.1 pp

Uninsured

4.7%

±1.1 pp

61st of 102

With a disability

13.6%

±1.8 pp

79th of 102

Bachelor's or higher

24.9%

±3 pp

−12.9 pp vs IL · 30th of 102

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

6.5%

90% interval 5.7%–7.3% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

5th Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

8 (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

Charleston, Danville, Marshall, Paris, Toledo

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

3

25.31 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

3