Jersey County Facts

Census Statistics

	Jersey County	Illinois
Population, 2003 estimate	22,188	12,653,544
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	2.4%	1.9%
Population, 2000	21,668	12,419,293
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	5.5%	8.6%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	5.9%	7.1%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	25.4%	26.1%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	14.4%	12.1%
Female persons, percent, 2000	51.1%	51.0%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	98.1%	73.5%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.5%	15.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.2%	0.2%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.3%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	Z	Z
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	0.2%	5.8%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	0.7%	1.9%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	0.7%	12.3%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	97.6%	67.8%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	60.8%	56.8%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	1.0%	12.3%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	2.6%	19.2%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	82.5%	81.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	12.6%	26.1%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	3,110	1,999,717
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	28.9	28.0?
Housing units, 2002	9,126	4,981,258
Homeownership rate, 2000	77.7%	67.3%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	8.4%	34.0%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$82,800	$130,800?
Households, 2000	8,096	4,591,779
Persons per household, 2000	2.57	2.63
Median household income, 1999	$42,065	$46,590
Per capita money income, 1999	$19,581	$23,104
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	7.1%	10.7%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	412	307,356
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	4,569	5,447,349
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	-1.5%	-1.0%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	1,003	668,171
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	NA	200,019,991
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	171,044	108,002,177
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$8,037	$8,992
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	F	12.5%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	15.6%	27.2%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	100	60,971
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	97,187	70,275,202
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	369	55,584
Persons per square mile, 2000	58.7	223.4
Metropolitan Area	St. Louis, MO-IL MSA	?
FIPS Code	083	17

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