Menard County, Illinois

• White (non-Hispanic) 11,461 94.8%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 204 1.7%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 63 0.5%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 31 0.3%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 334 2.8%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 2 0.0%

• Under 18 2,643 21.9%
• 18–24 831 6.9%
• 25–44 2,826 23.4%
• 45–64 3,282 27.1%
• 65 and over 2,513 20.8%

Median household income

$93,131

90% interval $84,960–$101,302

+$9,804 vs IL · 11th of 102

Below poverty line

8.4%

90% interval 6.3%–10.5%

−3.1 pp vs IL · 86th of 102

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.5%

−0.34 pp vs. state

County GDP

$364.2M

0.03% of state

Avg. annual pay

$42,977

Establishments

232

• Education & health services 525 28.3%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 378 20.3%
• Leisure & hospitality 198 10.7%
• Professional & business services 142 7.6%
• Financial activities 136 7.3%
• Construction 109 5.9%
• Public administration 7 0.4%

The sectors listed cover 80.5% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

79.5%

+12.4 pp vs IL · 30th of 102

Median gross rent

$885

−$389 vs IL · 32nd of 102

Owner-occupied

4,154

Renter-occupied

1,074

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 59% 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, $61,036/yr) pays 3.3× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $18,688/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 8.0 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 4,499 70.0%
• Democratic 1,834 28.6%
• Other / third-party 90 1.4%

• Spanish 100 0.9%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 35 0.3%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 9 0.1%
• German or other West Germanic 7 0.1%
• Chinese 4 0.0%

Households

5,228

Family households

3,623

69.3% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,125

31.1% of families

Single-mother families

326

9.0% of families

Veterans

885

9.4% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 2,516 20.5%
• Catholic 1,676 13.6%
• Mainline Protestant 1,073 8.7%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 6 0.0%

Health insured

97.8%

±0.7 pp

Uninsured

2.2%

±0.7 pp

101st of 102

With a disability

16.1%

±2.2 pp

44th of 102

Bachelor's or higher

28.3%

±3.1 pp

−9.5 pp vs IL · 22nd of 102

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

5.8%

90% interval 5.1%–6.5% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

8th Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

10 (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

Hardin, Havana, Mount Sterling, Petersburg, Pittsfield, Quincy, Rushville, Virginia

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

4

42.32 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

4