Scott County, Illinois

• White (non-Hispanic) 4,712 95.4%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 80 1.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 51 1.0%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 22 0.4%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 69 1.4%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 3 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

• Under 18 1,030 20.9%
• 18–24 376 7.6%
• 25–44 1,028 20.8%
• 45–64 1,361 27.6%
• 65 and over 1,142 23.1%

Median household income

$70,164

90% interval $62,210–$78,118

−$13,163 vs IL · 44th of 102

Below poverty line

12.0%

90% interval 9.3%–14.7%

+0.5 pp vs IL · 56th of 102

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.0%

+0.11 pp vs. state

County GDP

$207.8M

0.02% of state

Avg. annual pay

$54,048

Establishments

99

• Trade, transportation & utilities 215 23.2%
• Public administration 175 18.9%
• Leisure & hospitality 98 10.6%
• Financial activities 45 4.9%
• Construction 31 3.3%
• Professional & business services 18 1.9%

The sectors listed cover 62.8% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

79.0%

+11.9 pp vs IL · 35th of 102

Median gross rent

$689

−$585 vs IL · 92nd of 102

Owner-occupied

1,616

Renter-occupied

430

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 53% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Trade, transportation & utilities, $61,166/yr) pays 3.3× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $18,440/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 9.4 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 $72,697 average in Financial activities is BLS's published figure for 45 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. The $70,782 average in Construction is BLS's published figure for 31 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 2,071 80.1%
• Democratic 488 18.9%
• Other / third-party 28 1.1%

• Spanish 72 1.5%
• German or other West Germanic 4 0.1%
• Tagalog 1 0.0%

Households

2,046

Family households

1,306

63.8% of households

Married couples w/ children

312

23.9% of families

Single-mother families

113

8.7% of families

Veterans

286

7.3% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 1,224 24.7%
• Mainline Protestant 863 17.4%
• Catholic 506 10.2%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2 0.0%

Health insured

94.5%

±1.7 pp

Uninsured

5.5%

±1.7 pp

35th of 102

With a disability

15.6%

±1.8 pp

52nd of 102

Bachelor's or higher

21.5%

±4.4 pp

−16.3 pp vs IL · 45th of 102

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

5.0%

90% interval 4.3%–5.7% · 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

25.6 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

1