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

Statewide Claims to Fame

Union County is 7th in Illinois out of 102 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Union County is 8th in Illinois out of 102 other counties in Income below poverty line

Union County, Illinois Border Map - Phone Size

General Demographics

Size Demographics

Size Demographics
	Union County	Rank	Illinois	US
Current population (2012)	17,647	63rd	12,875,255	313,914,040
Size in square miles	413.5	71st	55,518.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	43.1	58th	231.1	87.4

People Demographics

Age Demographics
	Union County	Rank	Illinois	US
Residents younger than 5	5.5%	60th	6.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	21.2%	76th	23.8%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	19.0%	26th	13.2%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Union County	Rank	Illinois	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	82.6%	91st	86.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	18.6%	39th	30.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Union County	Rank	Illinois	US
Race - White	96.3%	46th	77.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.1%	60th	14.8%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.7%	7th	0.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.4%	70th	5.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	92nd	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.4%	37th	1.7%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	27th	16.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	91.9%	50th	63.0%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Union County	Rank	Illinois	US
Female residents	50.0%	69th	50.9%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	3.2%	26th	13.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics

Housing Demographics
	Union County	Rank	Illinois	US
Housing units	7,906	64th	5,297,318	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	9.8%	56th	32.9%	25.9%
Households	6,787	66th	4,773,002	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	74.1%	75th	68.7%	66.1%
Home median value	$88,200	59th	$198,500	$186,200
People per household	2.5	31st	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	21	56th	13,797	829,658

Income Demographics

Income Demographics
	Union County	Rank	Illinois	US
Income per capita	$20,138	90th	$29,376	$27,915
Income per household	$40,696	83rd	$56,576	$52,762
Income below poverty line	20.5%	8th	13.1%	14.3%

Business Demographics

Business Demographics
	Union County	Rank	Illinois	US
Non-farm private establishments	351	71st	312,437	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	3,331	75th	5,038,462	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,445	65th	1,123,817	27,092,908
Retail sales	$145,142	64th	$165,450,520	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$8,009	68th	$12,947	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$10,029	72nd	$25,469,026	$613,795,732

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