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

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000
Populations in the Major Villages in Franklin County

	Ewing		Royalton		Thompsonville		Valier		West City
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total Population	310	100.0	1,130	100.0	571	100.0	662	100.0	716	100.0
Sex
Male	145	46.8	530	46.9	279	48.9	321	48.5	348	48.6
Female	165	53.2	600	53.1	292	51.1	341	51.5	368	51.4
Age
Under 15 years	73	23.5	218	19.3	104	18.2	124	18.7	124	17.2
15-19 years	23	7.4	65	5.8	46	8.1	53	8.0	52	7.3
20-24 years	11	3.5	53	4.7	40	7.0	38	5.7	42	5.9
25-34 years	36	11.6	131	11.6	79	13.8	88	13.3	97	13.5
35-44 years	47	15.2	143	12.7	98	17.2	105	15.9	87	12.2
45-54 years	35	11.3	144	12.7	67	11.7	93	14.0	100	14.0
55-59 years	23	7.4	88	7.8	23	4.0	31	4.7	48	6.7
60-64 years	20	6.5	68	6.0	27	4.7	24	3.6	26	3.6
65 and over	42	13.5	220	19.5	87	15.2	106	16.0	140	19.6
Median Age	37.6	(×)	41.0	(×)	38.3	(×)	36.7	(×)	40.3	(×)
Race
One Race	310	100.0	1,127	99.7	566	99.1	655	98.9	703	98.2
White	310	100.0	1,126	99.6	564	98.8	650	98.2	696	97.2
Black (one race)	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	4	0.6
Other Races	0	0.0	1	0.1	2	0.4	5	0.8	3	0.2
Two or More Races	0	0.0	3	0.3	5	0.9	7	1.1	13	1.8
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)¹	4	1.3	3	0.3	571	100.0	1	0.2	3	0.4
Not Hispanic or Latino	306	98.7	1,127	99.7	567	99.3	661	99.8	713	99.6
White alone	306	98.7	1,123	99.4	560	98.1	650	98.2	693	96.8
Housing Tenure
Occupied Housing Units	121	100.0	516	100.0	222	100.0	271	100.0	305	100.0
Owner-occupied housing units	104	86.0	403	78.1	165	74.3	226	83.4	213	69.8
Renter-occupied housing unites	17	14.0	113	21.9	57	25.7	45	16.6	92	30.2
Average Household Size²	2.56	(×)	2.19	(×)	2.57	(×)	2.44	(×)	2.32	(×)
Average Household size of owner-occupied unit	2.58	(×)	2.17	(×)	2.55	(×)	2.47	(×)	2.38	(×)
Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.47	(×)	2.26	(×)	2.65	(×)	2.31	(×)	2.21	(×)
Average Family Size³	3.10	(×)	2.81	(×)	2.96	(×)	2.86	(×)	2.92	(×)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000
Age Group Distribution (2000)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000

Population Change in Franklin County (2000-2006)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Population Estimates and Projections (2000-2010)

Note: The City of Benton is the core area.

Source: Easi Analytic Software, Inc.

Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity

Missouri Census Data Center

U.S. Census Bureau

Commute Population within 15- and 30-Mile Radii

		15-mile Radius		30-mile Radius
		Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total population		60,067	100.0	249,227	100.0
Age	19 years and under	14,935	24.9	64,449	25.8
	20-24 years	3,505	5.8	22,447	9.0
	25-34 years	7,575	12.6	31,834	12.8
	35-44 years	9,020	15	35,442	14.2
	45-54 years	8,158	13.6	31,634	12.7
	55-59 years	3,478	5.8	12,701	5.1
	60-64 years	2,872	4.8	11,007	4.4
	65 and over	10,524	17.5	39,713	15.9
Race and Hispanic	One Race	59,563	99.2	246,101	98.7
	White alone	57,869	96.3	226,388	90.8
	Black alone	1,233	2.1	15,145	6.1
	Other races	461	0.7	4,568	1.7
	Two or More Races	504	0.8	3,126	1.3
	Hispanic	761	1.3	3,797	1.5
	White Alone Not Hispanic	57,356	95.5	224,370	90.0
Household Income (in 1999)	Total Household	24,304	100.0	100,906	100.0
	Less than $10,000	3,507	14.4	16,048	15.9
	$10,000 to $14,999	2,523	10.4	9,716	9.6
	$15,000 to $24,999	4,488	18.5	17,442	17.3
	$25,000 to $34,999	3,645	15.0	14,283	14.2
	$35,000 to $49,999	4,431	18.2	17,306	17.2
	$50,000 to $74,999	3,583	14.7	15,470	15.3
	$75,000 to $99,999	1,259	5.2	5,871	5.8
	$100,000 or more	868	3.5	4,770	4.7

Note: The City of Benton is the core area.

Source: Missouri Census Data Center

U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000