White County, Illinois

• White (non-Hispanic) 12,972 95.2%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 221 1.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 78 0.6%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 35 0.3%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 298 2.2%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 2 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 13 0.1%

• Under 18 2,957 21.7%
• 18–24 849 6.2%
• 25–44 3,115 22.9%
• 45–64 3,507 25.8%
• 65 and over 3,191 23.4%

Median household income

$60,953

90% interval $54,499–$67,407

−$22,374 vs IL · 91st of 102

Below poverty line

14.2%

90% interval 11.2%–17.2%

+2.7 pp vs IL · 29th of 102

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.0%

+0.16 pp vs. state

County GDP

$724.4M

0.06% of state

Avg. annual pay

$49,505

Establishments

329

• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,074 26.4%
• Education & health services 986 24.2%
• Natural resources & mining 432 10.6%
• Leisure & hospitality 288 7.1%
• Manufacturing 278 6.8%
• Public administration 252 6.2%
• Financial activities 214 5.3%
• Professional & business services 203 5.0%
• Other services 160 3.9%
• Construction 136 3.3%
• Information 11 0.3%

The sectors listed cover 99.0% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

77.1%

+10.0 pp vs IL · 49th of 102

Median gross rent

$719

−$555 vs IL · 90th of 102

Owner-occupied

4,372

Renter-occupied

1,300

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 61% 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 (Construction, $75,678/yr) pays 3.9× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $19,282/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 12 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 5,586 79.1%
• Democratic 1,390 19.7%
• Other / third-party 88 1.2%

• Spanish 93 0.7%
• German or other West Germanic 65 0.5%
• Chinese 18 0.1%
• Korean 7 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 5 0.0%

Households

5,672

Family households

3,456

60.9% of households

Married couples w/ children

857

24.8% of families

Single-mother families

281

8.1% of families

Veterans

910

8.5% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 7,891 56.9%
• Mainline Protestant 936 6.7%
• Catholic 290 2.1%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 108 0.8%
• Black Protestant 30 0.2%

Health insured

95.1%

±1.6 pp

Uninsured

4.9%

±1.6 pp

59th of 102

With a disability

21.6%

±2.1 pp

11th of 102

Bachelor's or higher

18.3%

±2.8 pp

−19.5 pp vs IL · 80th of 102

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

8.1%

90% interval 7.1%–9.1% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

2nd Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

12 (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

Albion, Benton, Carmi, Elizabethtown, Fairfield, Lawrenceville, McLeansboro, Mount Carmel, Mount Vernon, Olney, Robinson, Shawneetown

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

3

28.14 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

2