2007 Demographic Profile Franklin County, Illinois (County Seat: Benton) About the Publisher

Populations in the Major Cities in Franklin County

	Benton		Christopher		Sesser		West Frankfort		Zeigler
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total Population	6,880	100.0	2,836	100.0	2,128	100.0	8,196	100.0	1,669	100.0
Sex
Male	3,198	46.5	1,314	46.3	977	45.9	3,809	46.5	804	48.2
Female	3,682	53.5	1,522	53.7	1,151	54.1	4,387	53.5	865	51.8
Age
Under 15 years	1,268	18.4	499	17.6	418	19.6	1,531	18.7	305	18.3
15-19 years	412	6.0	176	6.2	126	5.9	514	6.3	107	6.4
20-24 years	370	5.4	176	6.2	138	6.5	503	6.1	105	6.3
25-34 years	774	11.3	325	11.5	267	12.5	994	12.1	221	13.2
35-44 years	927	13.5	361	12.7	273	12.8	1,136	13.9	249	14.9
45-54 years	892	13.0	393	13.9	262	12.3	996	12.2	202	12.1
55-59 years	360	5.2	162	5.7	136	6.4	415	5.1	93	5.6
60-64 years	333	4.8	134	4.7	105	4.9	399	4.9	77	4.6
65 and over	1,544	22.4	610	21.5	403	18.9	1,708	20.8	310	18.7
Median Age	41.8	(×)	41.7	(×)	39.5	(×)	40.0	(×)	39.0	(×)
Race
One Race	6,845	99.5	2,812	99.2	2,115	99.4	8,142	99.3	1,656	99.2
White	6,792	98.7	2,797	98.6	2,098	98.6	8,077	98.5	1,650	98.9
Black (one race)	20	0.3	3	0.1	3	0.1	11	0.1	3	0.2
Other Races	33	0.5	12	0.4	14	0.6	54	0.7	3	0.2
Two or More Races	35	0.5	24	0.8	13	0.6	54	0.7	13	0.8
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)¹	35	0.5	15	0.5	11	0.5	63	0.8	8	0.5
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,845	99.5	2,821	99.5	2,117	99.5	8,133	99.2	1,661	99.5
White alone	6,766	98.3	2.786	98.2	2,095	98.4	8,033	98.0	1,643	98.4
Housing Tenure
Occupied Housing Units	2,938	100.0	1,297	100.0	918	100.0	3,596	100.0	712	100.0
Owner-occupied housing units	2,069	70.4	941	72.6	716	78.0	2,442	67.9	555	77.9
Renter-occupied housing unites	869	29.6	356	27.4	202	22.0	1,154	32.1	157	22.1
Average Household Size²	2.24	(×)	2.19	(×)	2.28	(×)	2.24	(×)	2.28	(×)
Average Household size of owner-occupied unit	2.26	(×)	2.20	(×)	2.28	(×)	2.32	(×)	2.25	(×)
Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.20	(×)	2.15	(×)	2.28	(×)	2.07	(×)	2.39	(×)
Average Family Size³	2.86	(×)	2.79	(×)	2.88	(×)	2.86	(×)	2.94	(×)