Greene County, Illinois

• White (non-Hispanic) 11,196 95.8%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 128 1.1%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 88 0.8%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 61 0.5%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 183 1.6%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 16 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 11 0.1%

• Under 18 2,575 22.0%
• 18–24 832 7.1%
• 25–44 2,601 22.3%
• 45–64 3,241 27.7%
• 65 and over 2,434 20.8%

Median household income

$62,654

90% interval $56,504–$68,804

−$20,673 vs IL · 83rd of 102

Below poverty line

14.0%

90% interval 11.1%–16.9%

+2.5 pp vs IL · 35th of 102

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.0%

−0.83 pp vs. state

County GDP

$430.9M

0.04% of state

Avg. annual pay

$43,064

Establishments

246

• Education & health services 694 30.8%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 508 22.5%
• Leisure & hospitality 236 10.5%
• Public administration 228 10.1%
• Professional & business services 122 5.4%
• Natural resources & mining 115 5.1%
• Financial activities 112 5.0%
• Construction 92 4.1%
• Other services 60 2.7%
• Manufacturing 43 1.9%
• Information 3 0.1%

The sectors listed cover 98.1% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

78.2%

+11.1 pp vs IL · 42nd of 102

Median gross rent

$754

−$520 vs IL · 81st of 102

Owner-occupied

3,483

Renter-occupied

969

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 64% 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 (Trade, transportation & utilities, $53,478/yr) pays 3.7× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $14,463/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 9.2 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 4,719 77.9%
• Democratic 1,220 20.2%
• Other / third-party 115 1.9%

• Spanish 114 1.0%
• German or other West Germanic 14 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 13 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 8 0.1%

Households

4,452

Family households

2,894

65.0% of households

Married couples w/ children

700

24.2% of families

Single-mother families

269

9.3% of families

Veterans

675

7.4% of civilians 18+

• Mainline Protestant 2,745 22.9%
• Evangelical Protestant 2,381 19.9%
• Catholic 1,328 11.1%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%

Health insured

95.9%

±1.2 pp

Uninsured

4.1%

±1.2 pp

75th of 102

With a disability

16.8%

±1.9 pp

37th of 102

Bachelor's or higher

19.0%

±2.4 pp

−18.8 pp vs IL · 71st of 102

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

7.3%

90% interval 6.4%–8.2% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

7th Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

16 (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

Carlinville, Carrollton, Jacksonville, Jerseyville, Springfield, Winchester

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

1

10.98 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

1