Henderson County, Illinois

• White (non-Hispanic) 5,801 93.7%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 76 1.2%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 19 0.3%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 11 0.2%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 214 3.5%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 41 0.7%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 31 0.5%

• Under 18 1,145 18.5%
• 18–24 362 5.8%
• 25–44 1,224 19.8%
• 45–64 1,752 28.3%
• 65 and over 1,710 27.6%

Median household income

$66,009

90% interval $58,405–$73,613

−$17,318 vs IL · 70th of 102

Below poverty line

13.4%

90% interval 10.7%–16.1%

+1.9 pp vs IL · 41st of 102

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.2%

−0.61 pp vs. state

County GDP

$224.5M

0.02% of state

Avg. annual pay

$47,267

Establishments

142

• Education & health services 343 29.2%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 269 22.9%
• Leisure & hospitality 118 10.0%
• Financial activities 98 8.3%
• Professional & business services 67 5.7%
• Construction 47 4.0%
• Public administration 4 0.3%

The sectors listed cover 80.4% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

81.1%

+14.0 pp vs IL · 19th of 102

Median gross rent

$764

−$510 vs IL · 78th of 102

Owner-occupied

2,193

Renter-occupied

511

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 62% 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, $49,477/yr) pays 3.4× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $14,665/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 8.3 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Small-sector pay

  The $215,905 average in Professional & business services is BLS's published figure for 67 jobs. With so few jobs, a few high-paying employers or contracts can set the average, so it is left out of the wage-spread read.

• Republican 2,369 68.4%
• Democratic 1,026 29.6%
• Other / third-party 67 1.9%

• German or other West Germanic 15 0.3%
• Spanish 7 0.1%
• Tagalog 3 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 2 0.0%

Households

2,704

Family households

1,798

66.5% of households

Married couples w/ children

357

19.9% of families

Single-mother families

150

8.3% of families

Veterans

475

9.4% of civilians 18+

• Mainline Protestant 1,135 17.8%
• Evangelical Protestant 358 5.6%
• Catholic 150 2.3%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2 0.0%

Health insured

97.4%

±0.9 pp

Uninsured

2.6%

±0.9 pp

97th of 102

With a disability

23.7%

±2.9 pp

7th of 102

Bachelor's or higher

20.6%

±3.4 pp

−17.2 pp vs IL · 58th of 102

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

6.6%

90% interval 5.8%–7.4% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

9th 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

Carthage, Galesburg, Lewistown, Macomb, Monmouth, Oquawka

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

1

19.81 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

1