People QuickFacts	White County	Illinois
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	14,568	12,875,255
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	14,665	12,830,632
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	-0.7%	0.3%
 	Population, 2010    	14,665	12,830,632
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	6.3%	6.4%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	21.1%	24.1%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	21.0%	12.7%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	51.6%	50.9% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	98.0%	78.0%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.6%	14.8%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.3%	0.6%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	0.2%	4.8%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	Z	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011     	0.8%	1.7%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	1.3%	16.2%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	97.1%	63.3% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	86.5%	86.7%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	1.2%	13.7%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	1.8%	22.0%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	85.3%	86.6%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	12.7%	30.7%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	1,445	770,388
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	25.4	28.1 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	7,113	5,297,318
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	79.6%	68.7%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	7.7%	32.9%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$67,800	$198,500
 	Households, 2007-2011    	6,327	4,773,002
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.27	2.62
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$23,398	$29,376
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$43,639	$56,576
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	15.1%	13.1%

   	Business QuickFacts	White County	Illinois
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2010    	376	314,171
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2010    	3,314	4,980,011
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010    	-7.6	-9.5
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	1,162	903,025 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	1,249	1,123,817
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	9.5%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.5%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	5.3%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.1%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	5.0%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	30.5% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	0	257,760,713
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	400,258	231,082,768
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	123,142	165,450,520
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$8,392	$12,947
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	11,408	25,469,026
 	Building permits, 2011     	0	11,809

   	Geography QuickFacts	White County	Illinois
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	494.77	55,518.93
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	29.6	231.1
 	FIPS Code    	193	17
 	Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area    	None	 

(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