Franklin County, Illinois

• White (non-Hispanic) 35,133 94.1%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 756 2.0%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 135 0.4%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 131 0.4%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,062 2.8%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 28 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 78 0.2%

• Under 18 8,240 22.1%
• 18–24 2,650 7.1%
• 25–44 8,611 23.1%
• 45–64 9,987 26.8%
• 65 and over 7,835 21.0%

Median household income

$59,310

90% interval $53,822–$64,798

−$24,017 vs IL · 92nd of 102

Below poverty line

16.4%

90% interval 13.4%–19.4%

+4.9 pp vs IL · 13th of 102

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.2%

+0.33 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.4B

0.12% of state

Avg. annual pay

$47,948

Establishments

693

• Education & health services 2,485 27.6%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,772 19.7%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,128 12.5%
• Public administration 844 9.4%
• Professional & business services 480 5.3%
• Financial activities 454 5.0%

The sectors listed cover 79.6% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

74.1%

+7.0 pp vs IL · 71st of 102

Median gross rent

$803

−$471 vs IL · 55th of 102

Owner-occupied

11,962

Renter-occupied

4,175

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 60% 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 (Financial activities, $62,274/yr) pays 3.3× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $18,777/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 13,200 74.6%
• Democratic 4,257 24.1%
• Other / third-party 228 1.3%

• Spanish 437 1.2%
• German or other West Germanic 189 0.5%
• Vietnamese 57 0.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 51 0.1%
• Tagalog 46 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 31 0.1%
• Arabic 23 0.1%

Households

16,137

Family households

10,091

62.5% of households

Married couples w/ children

2,398

23.8% of families

Single-mother families

1,063

10.5% of families

Veterans

2,380

8.2% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 14,685 38.8%
• Mainline Protestant 1,863 4.9%
• Catholic 590 1.6%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 387 1.0%
• Black Protestant 376 1.0%
• Orthodox 92 0.2%

Health insured

92.7%

±1.1 pp

Uninsured

7.3%

±1.1 pp

14th of 102

With a disability

21.3%

±1.4 pp

12th of 102

Bachelor's or higher

15.8%

±1.5 pp

−22.0 pp vs IL · 91st of 102

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

7.3%

90% interval 6.5%–8.1% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

2nd 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

Albion, Benton, Carmi, Elizabethtown, Fairfield, Lawrenceville, McLeansboro, Mount Carmel, Mount Vernon, Olney, Robinson, Shawneetown

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

3

10.32 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

2