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People QuickFacts |
Jersey County |
Illinois |
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Population, 2009 estimate |
22,549 | 12,910,409 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2009 |
4.1% | 4.0% |
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Population estimates base (April 1) 2000 |
21,668 | 12,419,658 |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2009 |
5.8% | 6.9% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2009 |
22.8% | 24.6% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2009 |
15.6% | 12.4% |
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Female persons, percent, 2009 |
50.7% | 50.7% |
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White persons, percent, 2009 (a) |
97.5% | 79.0% |
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Black persons, percent, 2009 (a) |
1.2% | 14.9% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2009 (a) |
0.2% | 0.4% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2009 (a) |
0.3% | 4.4% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2009 (a) |
Z | 0.1% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2009 |
0.8% | 1.3% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2009 (b) |
1.1% | 15.2% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2009 |
96.5% | 64.6% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over |
60.8% | 56.8% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
1.0% | 12.3% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
2.6% | 19.2% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
82.5% | 81.4% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
12.6% | 26.1% |
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Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 |
3,110 | 1,999,717 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
28.9 | 28.0 |
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Housing units, 2009 |
9,929 | 5,292,016 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000 |
77.7% | 67.3% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 |
8.4% | 34.0% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$82,800 | $130,800 |
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Households, 2000 |
8,096 | 4,591,779 |
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Persons per household, 2000 |
2.57 | 2.63 |
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Median household income, 2008 |
$51,256 | $56,230 |
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Per capita money income, 1999 |
$19,581 | $23,104 |
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Persons below poverty level, percent, 2008 |
9.8% | 12.2% |
