People QuickFacts	Madison County	Illinois
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	267,883	12,875,255
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	269,282	12,830,632
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	-0.5%	0.3%
 	Population, 2010    	269,282	12,830,632
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	6.0%	6.4%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	22.5%	24.1%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	14.5%	12.7%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	51.2%	50.9% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	89.0%	78.0%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	8.0%	14.8%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.3%	0.6%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	0.9%	4.8%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	Z	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011     	1.7%	1.7%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	2.9%	16.2%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	86.5%	63.3% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	86.9%	86.7%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	2.3%	13.7%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	3.7%	22.0%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	89.8%	86.6%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	23.3%	30.7%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	24,827	770,388
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	24.1	28.1 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	117,246	5,297,318
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	74.4%	68.7%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	16.6%	32.9%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$124,300	$198,500
 	Households, 2007-2011    	106,792	4,773,002
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.45	2.62
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$26,939	$29,376
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$53,143	$56,576
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	13.3%	13.1%

   	Business QuickFacts	Madison County	Illinois
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2010    	5,970	314,171
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2010    	83,947	4,980,011
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010    	-1.6	-9.5
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	13,929	903,025 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	18,588	1,123,817
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	3.1%	9.5%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	0.5%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	5.3%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.1%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	2.8%	5.0%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	30.9%	30.5% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	18,978,164	257,760,713
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	1,643,600	231,082,768
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	3,104,222	165,450,520
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$11,622	$12,947
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	382,660	25,469,026
 	Building permits, 2011     	527	11,809

   	Geography QuickFacts	Madison County	Illinois
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	715.58	55,518.93
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	376.3	231.1
 	FIPS Code    	119	17
 	Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area    	St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area	 

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms

Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts