Williamson County, Illinois

• White (non-Hispanic) 58,776 87.9%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,947 2.9%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 2,864 4.3%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 935 1.4%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 2,158 3.2%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 112 0.2%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 84 0.1%

• Under 18 14,227 21.3%
• 18–24 4,362 6.5%
• 25–44 17,704 26.5%
• 45–64 17,447 26.1%
• 65 and over 13,136 19.6%

Median household income

$67,879

90% interval $63,411–$72,347

−$15,448 vs IL · 55th of 102

Below poverty line

12.3%

90% interval 10.0%–14.6%

+0.8 pp vs IL · 52nd of 102

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.4%

−0.46 pp vs. state

County GDP

$4.0B

0.35% of state

Avg. annual pay

$55,243

Establishments

1,445

• Education & health services 9,510 32.2%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 5,273 17.8%
• Manufacturing 3,617 12.2%
• Leisure & hospitality 3,498 11.8%
• Professional & business services 1,793 6.1%
• Financial activities 1,725 5.8%
• Construction 1,080 3.7%
• Other services 589 2.0%
• Natural resources & mining 458 1.5%
• Public administration 407 1.4%
• Information 278 0.9%

The sectors listed cover 95.5% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

70.7%

+3.6 pp vs IL · 86th of 102

Median gross rent

$930

−$344 vs IL · 22nd of 102

Owner-occupied

20,477

Renter-occupied

8,506

• 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 (Public administration, $96,873/yr) pays 3.9× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $24,677/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 22,686 68.7%
• Democratic 9,890 30.0%
• Other / third-party 422 1.3%

• Spanish 875 1.4%
• Chinese 195 0.3%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 122 0.2%
• Tagalog 109 0.2%
• German or other West Germanic 77 0.1%
• Vietnamese 63 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 48 0.1%
• Korean 41 0.1%

Households

28,983

Family households

18,206

62.8% of households

Married couples w/ children

4,573

25.1% of families

Single-mother families

2,100

11.5% of families

Veterans

4,588

8.7% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 15,913 23.7%
• Catholic 4,394 6.5%
• Mainline Protestant 3,492 5.2%
• Black Protestant 402 0.6%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 364 0.5%

Health insured

95.4%

±0.6 pp

Uninsured

4.6%

±0.6 pp

68th of 102

With a disability

19.1%

±1.5 pp

21st of 102

Bachelor's or higher

26.2%

±1.6 pp

−11.6 pp vs IL · 26th of 102

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

6.0%

90% interval 5.3%–6.7% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

1st 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

Cairo, Golconda, Harrisburg, Jonesboro, Marion, Metropolis, Mound City, Murphysboro, Vienna

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

10

18.99 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

10