 According to the 2000 census, the population of Logan County was
31,183, an increase of 400 residents from 10 years earlier.
Seventy-eight percent of the county's residents were over the age of
18, which was four percentage points above the national average. The
percent of those under 18 years of age in the county figured below
the national average. Ninety-two percent of the county's residents
were of the Caucasian race, 15 percentage points above the national
average. Approximately 6 percent of the residents were black,
roughly half the average nationwide. In all other racial
classifications, Logan County was also below the average, with the
number of Hispanic ancestry accounting for the largest discrepancy
-- under 2 percent here, 12 percentage points below the average. The
2000 census figures show that the vast majority of the county's
residents were native-born, as only 1 percent of the county
population was foreign-born, compared with 12 percent nationally.
The census reports also showed that 80 percent of all adult Logan
County residents had graduated from high school, which exactly
mirrored the national average. However, the county lagged behind the
national rate in the number of bachelor's degrees earned. Whereas 24
percent of all U.S. residents had earned a bachelor's degree, only
14 percent of all Logan County residents had. The number of people
who owned homes, as opposed to renting, was 71 percent, a percentage
of five points above the national average. The vacancy rate of all
available housing units in the county was 6.4 percent, two points
below the average.
Census figures showed that 59 percent of the Logan County
population 16 years and older were actively in the labor force,
below the 64 percent average nationwide. The median family income
was $48,655, only $1,500 off the rate nationally of $50,046. While
Logan County did figure below the national rate in income, 6.2
percent of all individuals in the county lived below the poverty
line, three points better the national average.
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Twelve percent of all Logan County residents had served in some form
of duty with the armed services, which exactly mirrors the national
figure.
Delivery of the 2010 census forms in Illinois is scheduled to
begin in the first week of March. Once households receive the form,
they are asked to complete it and mail it back in the postage-paid
envelope provided.
If an additional form or additional help is needed, many
communities have set up community centers for census information.
One such place in Logan County is at the Lincoln Heritage Museum at
Lincoln College.
The Census Bureau is under the direction of the U.S. Department
of Commerce. For more information about the 2010 census, visit
2010census.gov or call
866-872-6868.
[Text from file received from Ron
J. Keller]
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