Morgan County, Illinois

• White (non-Hispanic) 28,781 87.2%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 967 2.9%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1,605 4.9%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 270 0.8%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,325 4.0%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 32 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 19 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 22 0.1%

• Under 18 6,252 18.9%
• 18–24 3,859 11.7%
• 25–44 7,787 23.6%
• 45–64 8,226 24.9%
• 65 and over 6,897 20.9%

Median household income

$67,794

90% interval $61,803–$73,785

−$15,533 vs IL · 56th of 102

Below poverty line

14.1%

90% interval 11.4%–16.8%

+2.6 pp vs IL · 30th of 102

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.4%

−0.49 pp vs. state

County GDP

$2.1B

0.18% of state

Avg. annual pay

$53,333

Establishments

708

• Education & health services 3,840 27.1%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 2,754 19.4%
• Manufacturing 2,328 16.4%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,903 13.4%
• Public administration 623 4.4%
• Financial activities 602 4.2%
• Professional & business services 577 4.1%
• Construction 386 2.7%
• Other services 306 2.2%
• Information 90 0.6%
• Natural resources & mining 75 0.5%

The sectors listed cover 95.0% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

72.8%

+5.7 pp vs IL · 75th of 102

Median gross rent

$722

−$552 vs IL · 89th of 102

Owner-occupied

9,513

Renter-occupied

3,563

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 63% 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 (Manufacturing, $78,632/yr) pays 3.8× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $20,439/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Institutional employer scale

  Average establishment employs 20 workers, typical of an institutional-employer economy where large hospitals, plants, schools, and government agencies dominate. Expect many panelists to share an employer rather than work for themselves.

• Republican 9,607 65.6%
• Democratic 4,848 33.1%
• Other / third-party 194 1.3%

• Spanish 447 1.4%
• Korean 86 0.3%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 64 0.2%
• German or other West Germanic 39 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 36 0.1%
• Chinese 25 0.1%
• Tagalog 25 0.1%
• Arabic 10 0.0%

Households

13,076

Family households

7,702

58.9% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,523

19.8% of families

Single-mother families

913

11.9% of families

Veterans

2,077

7.8% of civilians 18+

• Mainline Protestant 4,804 14.6%
• Catholic 3,926 11.9%
• Evangelical Protestant 3,813 11.6%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 674 2.0%
• Black Protestant 350 1.1%

Health insured

95.6%

±0.9 pp

Uninsured

4.4%

±0.9 pp

72nd of 102

With a disability

18.3%

±1.7 pp

24th of 102

Bachelor's or higher

22.6%

±2.1 pp

−15.2 pp vs IL · 41st of 102

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

6.8%

90% interval 6.0%–7.6% · 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

6

22.41 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

5