 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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