Williamson County, Illinois (IL)

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• • 57,86587.3%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 2,7804.2%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 2,4123.6%Two or more races
  • 2,0083.0%Hispanic or Latino
  • 9991.5%Asian alone
  • 1700.3%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 750.1%Some other race alone

Crime in 2019 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 2
• Rapes: 4
• Robberies: 1
• Assaults: 1
• Burglaries: 45
• Thefts: 183
• Auto thefts: 20

Crime in 2018 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 11
• Robberies: 1
• Assaults: 0
• Burglaries: 67
• Thefts: 189
• Auto thefts: 24

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2024: $3,412 (1.9%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2024: $2,321 (1.5%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Williamson County is $375 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $492 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $709 a month.

Cities in this county include: Marion, Herrin, Carterville, Johnston City, Cambria, Energy, Crainville, Hurst, Creal Springs, Pittsburg.

Neighboring counties: Franklin County , Jackson County , Johnson County , Pope County , Saline County , Union County .

Current college students: 3,462
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 94.3%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 24.5%

Number of foreign born residents: 1,446 (87.1% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 4532010 or later
• 2802000 to 2009
• 1921990 to 1999
• 1331980 to 1989
• 1151970 to 1979
• 238Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 23 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 99.3%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 25,482
• One, attached: 388
• Two: 1,530
• 3 or 4: 965
• 5 to 9: 1,072
• 10 to 19: 167
• 20 to 49: 233
• 50 or more: 243
• Mobile homes: 2,198

Housing units in Williamson County with a mortgage: 11,611 (869 second mortgage, 20 home equity loan, 700 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 121

Religion statistics for Williamson County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Williamson County:

Tornado activity:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Illinois Covid-19, Incident Period: Jan 20, 2020 - May 11, 2023, FEMA Id: 3435, Natural disaster type: Other
• Illinois Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, FEMA Id: 4489, Natural disaster type: Other
• Illinois Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: April 19, 2011 to June 14, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1991: June 07, 2011, FEMA Id: 1991, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Illinois Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes, Incident Period: May 08, 2009 to May 09, 2009, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1850: July 02, 2009, FEMA Id: 1850, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Illinois Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3230: September 07, 2005, FEMA Id: 3230, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Illinois Snow, Incident Period: December 21, 2004 to December 23, 2004, Emergency Declared EM-3199: February 01, 2005, FEMA Id: 3199, Natural disaster type: Snow
• Illinois Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Incident Period: April 21, 2002 to May 23, 2002, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1416: May 21, 2002, FEMA Id: 1416, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Illinois Severe Storms/Flooding, Incident Period: April 28, 1996 to May 17, 1996, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1112: May 06, 1996, FEMA Id: 1112, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Illinois Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Incident Period: June 05, 1982, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-660: June 05, 1982, FEMA Id: 660, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado

6.72% of this county's 2022 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2021 ($51,024 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
4.44% relocated from other counties in Illinois ($33,307 average AGI)
2.27% relocated from other states ($17,717 average AGI)

Williamson County:	2.27%
Illinois average:	2.13%

from Jackson County, IL	1.21% ($50,139 average AGI)
from Franklin County, IL	0.95% ($45,148)
from Johnson County, IL	0.29% ($54,013)
from Saline County, IL	0.27% ($49,056)
from Union County, IL	0.16% ($44,000)
from Jefferson County, IL	0.13% ($40,514)
from Perry County, IL	0.12% ($61,906)

6.38% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2022 ($56,829 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
3.94% relocated to other counties in Illinois ($29,417 average AGI)
2.44% relocated to other states ($27,412 average AGI)

Williamson County:	2.44%
Illinois average:	2.99%

to Franklin County, IL	1.02% ($43,569 average AGI)
to Jackson County, IL	1.01% ($36,049)
to Johnson County, IL	0.31% ($52,012)
to Saline County, IL	0.25% ($38,909)
to Union County, IL	0.12% ($57,258)
to St. Clair County, IL	0.11% ($85,643)
to Cook County, IL	0.10% ($123,444)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.8
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 11.9

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.5
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 11.8
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2020: 11.4

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 8.6
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 6.0

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Williamson County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 13%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 10%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 14,325 (3,591 living alone), Female householders: 14,785 (3,961 living alone)

• 14,787 spouses (14,433 opposite-sex spouses), 2,378 unmarried partners, (2,304 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 15,751 children (14,297 natural, 617 adopted, 837 stepchildren), 1,064 grandchildren, 365 brothers or sisters, 92 parents, 74 foster children, 477 other relatives, 857 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 2,109

Size of family households: 10,023 2-persons, 3,278 3-persons, 3,125 4-persons, 2,739 5-persons, 304 6-persons, 85 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 7,552 1-person, 1,678 2-persons, 92 3-persons, 234 4-persons.

8,320 married couples with children.
4,605 single-parent households (993 men, 3,612 women).

96.2% of residents of Williamson speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (77% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (89% speak English very well, 11% speak English well).
1.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (68% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $534,942,000 ($8,478 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $135,267,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $174,818,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $84,240,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $5,772,000
Federal grants: $68,025,000
Federal procurement contracts: $127,882,000 ($122,024,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $74,206,000 ($5,709,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $4,557,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $19,205,000
Federal Government insurance: $21,569,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Here:	+37 per 1000 residents
State:	-31 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 2.46 millions of gallons per day (2% from ground, 98% from surface)

• Year house built in Williamson County, Illinois
• 8442020 or later
• 2,3592010 to 2019
• 4,2362000 to 2009
• 4,7691990 to 1999
• 3,2931980 to 1989
• 4,8321970 to 1979
• 3,3811960 to 1969
• 2,3491950 to 1959
• 1,3131940 to 1949
• 4,9021939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Williamson County, Illinois

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Williamson County, Illinois
• 01 room
• 822 rooms
• 3843 rooms
• 1,7234 rooms
• 4,2165 rooms
• 4,7516 rooms
• 3,6387 rooms
• 2,8518 rooms
• 3,7729+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Williamson County, Illinois
• 1021 room
• 522 rooms
• 8213 rooms
• 2,1244 rooms
• 1,4725 rooms
• 1,3666 rooms
• 1,2167 rooms
• 1158 rooms
• 4259+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Williamson County, Illinois

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Williamson County, Illinois
• 32no bedroom
• 1911 bedroom
• 4,5642 bedrooms
• 12,0913 bedrooms
• 3,2924 bedrooms
• 1,2475+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Williamson County, Illinois
• 102no bedroom
• 6551 bedroom
• 4,1442 bedrooms
• 1,4863 bedrooms
• 1,3064 bedrooms
• 05+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Williamson County, Illinois in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Williamson County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 801no vehicle
• 4,6261 vehicle
• 10,2292 vehicles
• 3,4623 vehicles
• 1,8974 vehicles
• 4025+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Williamson County in renter-occupied apartments
• 730no vehicle
• 3,6571 vehicle
• 2,6622 vehicles
• 5553 vehicles
• 444 vehicles
• 455+ vehicles

88.5% of Williamson County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 34% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 64% lived in Illinois.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 48,501
• Other state: 16,904
• Northeast: 1,551
• Midwest: 7,255
• South: 5,578
• West: 2,520

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 1,464
• Number of aged recipients: 89
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 1,375
• Number of recipients under 18: 186
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 1,052
• Number of recipients older than 64: 226
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 469
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 705

Williamson County on our top lists:

• #23 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest ground withdrawal of fresh water for public supply (pop. 50,000+)"
• #38 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply (pop. 50,000+)"
• #94 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest number of deaths per 1000 residents 2007-2013 (pop. 50,000+)"