Effingham County, Illinois Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Nationwide Claims to Fame

Effingham County is 35th out of 3,143 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Statewide Claims to Fame

Effingham County is 2nd in Illinois out of 102 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Effingham County is 11th in Illinois out of 102 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Effingham County is 13th in Illinois out of 102 other counties in Race - White

Effingham County is 16th in Illinois out of 102 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Effingham County is 18th in Illinois out of 102 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Effingham County is 20th in Illinois out of 102 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Main Cities Within Effingham County, Illinois

Effingham, Illinois

Effingham County, Illinois Border Map - Phone Size

General Demographics

Size Demographics

Size Demographics
	Effingham County	Rank	Illinois	US
Current population (2012)	34,353	44th	12,875,255	313,914,040
Size in square miles	478.8	57th	55,518.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	71.5	35th	231.1	87.4

People Demographics

Age Demographics
	Effingham County	Rank	Illinois	US
Residents younger than 5	6.5%	11th	6.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	24.2%	16th	23.8%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	15.8%	75th	13.2%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Effingham County	Rank	Illinois	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	90.1%	18th	86.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	19.3%	34th	30.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Effingham County	Rank	Illinois	US
Race - White	98.2%	13th	77.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.3%	97th	14.8%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	88th	0.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.4%	67th	5.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	64th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.7%	94th	1.7%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	62nd	16.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	96.7%	20th	63.0%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Effingham County	Rank	Illinois	US
Female residents	50.1%	62nd	50.9%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.0%	81st	13.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics

Housing Demographics
	Effingham County	Rank	Illinois	US
Housing units	14,598	45th	5,297,318	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	12.8%	36th	32.9%	25.9%
Households	13,496	45th	4,773,002	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	79.5%	28th	68.7%	66.1%
Home median value	$108,100	34th	$198,500	$186,200
People per household	2.5	29th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	16	60th	13,797	829,658

Income Demographics

Income Demographics
	Effingham County	Rank	Illinois	US
Income per capita	$25,566	30th	$29,376	$27,915
Income per household	$50,938	29th	$56,576	$52,762
Income below poverty line	10.7%	67th	13.1%	14.3%

Business Demographics

Business Demographics
	Effingham County	Rank	Illinois	US
Non-farm private establishments	1,172	27th	312,437	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	17,716	24th	5,038,462	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	3,422	32nd	1,123,817	27,092,908
Retail sales	$857,847	23rd	$165,450,520	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$25,050	2nd	$12,947	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$85,192	22nd	$25,469,026	$613,795,732

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