People QuickFacts Mount Zion Illinois Population, 2012 estimate 5,875 12,875,255 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 5,833 12,830,632 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 0.7% 0.3% Population, 2010 5,833 12,830,632 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 7.0% 6.5% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 28.3% 24.4% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 13.0% 12.5% Female persons, percent, 2010 52.1% 51.0%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 96.5% 71.5% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.7% 14.5% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.1% 0.3% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 1.1% 4.6% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) Z 0.0% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 1.3% 2.3% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 1.4% 15.8% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 95.6% 63.7%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 91.7% 86.7% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 0.8% 13.7% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 3.3% 22.0% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 94.2% 86.6% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 34.4% 30.7% Veterans, 2007-2011 358 770,388 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 18.8 28.1  Housing units, 2010 2,324 5,296,715 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 78.7% 68.7% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 14.3% 32.9% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $134,400 $198,500 Households, 2007-2011 2,098 4,773,002 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.60 2.62 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $35,185 $29,376 Median household income, 2007-2011 $67,634 $56,576 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 5.6% 13.1%     Business QuickFacts Mount Zion Illinois Total number of firms, 2007 477 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) NA 257,760,713 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) D 231,082,768 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 22,431 165,450,520 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $4,407 $12,947 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) D 25,469,026     Geography QuickFacts Mount Zion Illinois Land area in square miles, 2010 4.20 55,518.93 Persons per square mile, 2010 1,389.5 231.1 FIPS Code 51206 17 Counties Macon County (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