Clinton County, Illinois

• White (non-Hispanic) 33,295 90.1%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,512 4.1%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1,147 3.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 213 0.6%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 728 2.0%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 49 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 10 0.0%

• Under 18 7,980 21.6%
• 18–24 2,549 6.9%
• 25–44 9,515 25.7%
• 45–64 9,955 26.9%
• 65 and over 6,955 18.8%

Median household income

$87,958

90% interval $80,333–$95,583

+$4,631 vs IL · 12th of 102

Below poverty line

8.0%

90% interval 6.2%–9.8%

−3.5 pp vs IL · 89th of 102

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.5%

−1.4 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.6B

0.14% of state

Avg. annual pay

$53,836

Establishments

928

• Education & health services 3,011 23.7%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 2,919 22.9%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,130 8.9%
• Construction 1,031 8.1%
• Manufacturing 874 6.9%
• Natural resources & mining 836 6.6%
• Financial activities 410 3.2%
• Other services 410 3.2%
• Professional & business services 409 3.2%
• Public administration 71 0.6%
• Information 7 0.1%

The sectors listed cover 87.3% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

80.3%

+13.2 pp vs IL · 25th of 102

Median gross rent

$912

−$362 vs IL · 25th of 102

Owner-occupied

11,698

Renter-occupied

2,872

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 55% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Public administration, $91,973/yr) pays 4.5× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $20,228/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 14 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 14,407 75.0%
• Democratic 4,447 23.1%
• Other / third-party 361 1.9%

• Spanish 977 2.8%
• German or other West Germanic 119 0.3%
• Tagalog 66 0.2%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 45 0.1%
• Chinese 8 0.0%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 7 0.0%
• Korean 6 0.0%
• Vietnamese 6 0.0%

Households

14,570

Family households

9,728

66.8% of households

Married couples w/ children

3,004

30.9% of families

Single-mother families

564

5.8% of families

Veterans

2,497

8.6% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 16,093 43.6%
• Evangelical Protestant 3,542 9.6%
• Mainline Protestant 1,638 4.4%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 111 0.3%

Health insured

95.2%

±0.8 pp

Uninsured

4.8%

±0.8 pp

60th of 102

With a disability

14.0%

±1.2 pp

73rd of 102

Bachelor's or higher

25.9%

±2 pp

−11.9 pp vs IL · 27th of 102

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

5.7%

90% interval 5.0%–6.4% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

4th Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

14 (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

Carlyle, Effingham, Hillsboro, Louisville, Newton, Salem, Shelbyville, Taylorville, Vandalia

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

3

10.35 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

3