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

Statewide Claims to Fame

Richland County is 18th in Illinois out of 102 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Main Cities Within Richland County, Illinois

Olney, Illinois

Richland County, Illinois Border Map - Phone Size

General Demographics

Size Demographics

Size Demographics
	Richland County	Rank	Illinois	US
Current population (2012)	16,176	72nd	12,875,255	313,914,040
Size in square miles	360.0	83rd	55,518.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	45.1	55th	231.1	87.4

People Demographics

Age Demographics
	Richland County	Rank	Illinois	US
Residents younger than 5	6.0%	30th	6.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	22.3%	51st	23.8%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	19.5%	18th	13.2%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Richland County	Rank	Illinois	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	89.3%	27th	86.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	18.9%	37th	30.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Richland County	Rank	Illinois	US
Race - White	97.3%	37th	77.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.6%	73rd	14.8%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	74th	0.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.0%	21st	5.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	101st	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.9%	75th	1.7%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	76th	16.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	96.1%	29th	63.0%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Richland County	Rank	Illinois	US
Female residents	51.1%	24th	50.9%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	2.3%	40th	13.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics

Housing Demographics
	Richland County	Rank	Illinois	US
Housing units	7,478	69th	5,297,318	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	9.3%	60th	32.9%	25.9%
Households	6,687	68th	4,773,002	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	76.8%	51st	68.7%	66.1%
Home median value	$76,000	84th	$198,500	$186,200
People per household	2.4	65th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	5	79th	13,797	829,658

Income Demographics

Income Demographics
	Richland County	Rank	Illinois	US
Income per capita	$23,922	52nd	$29,376	$27,915
Income per household	$42,305	74th	$56,576	$52,762
Income below poverty line	13.4%	43rd	13.1%	14.3%

Business Demographics

Business Demographics
	Richland County	Rank	Illinois	US
Non-farm private establishments	466	56th	312,437	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	5,320	58th	5,038,462	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,481	63rd	1,123,817	27,092,908
Retail sales	$161,489	62nd	$165,450,520	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$10,346	43rd	$12,947	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$14,233	59th	$25,469,026	$613,795,732

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