City Clerk's Office:
302 E. Poplar St., DuQuoin, IL 62832

Email address: dq@duquoin.org

Ph: 618-542-3841
Fx: 618-542-4735

 

The following information is provided by the United States Census Bureau recorded in the 2000 Census. For more information click here...

 

 

People QuickFacts

Perry County Illinois
  Population, 2006 estimate 22,865 12,831,970
  Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 -1.0% 3.3%
  Population, 2000 23,094 12,419,293
  Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 7.9% 8.6%
  Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2005 5.4% 7.0%
  Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2005 21.0% 25.4%
  Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2005 15.3% 12.0%
  Female persons, percent, 2005 46.3% 50.9%
 
  White persons, percent, 2005 (a) 90.4% 79.4%
  Black or African American persons, percent, 2005 (a) 8.5% 15.1%
  American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2005 (a) 0.3% 0.3%
  Asian persons, percent, 2005 (a) 0.3% 4.1%
  Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2005 (a) 0.1% 0.1%
  Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2005 0.5% 1.1%
  White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2005 88.5% 65.8%
  Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2005 (b) 2.1% 14.3%
 
  Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000 63.1% 56.8%
  Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 1.0% 12.3%
  Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 2.7% 19.2%
  High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 72.3% 81.4%
  Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 10.1% 26.1%
  Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 3,907 1,999,717
  Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 23.4 28.0
 
  Housing units, 2005 9,782 5,144,623
  Homeownership rate, 2000 78.6% 67.3%
  Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 10.0% 34.0%
  Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $55,000 $130,800
 
  Households, 2000 8,504 4,591,779
  Persons per household, 2000 2.43 2.63
  Median household income, 2004 $35,243 $47,711
  Per capita money income, 1999 $15,935 $23,104
  Persons below poverty, percent, 2004 13.8% 11.9%

 

 
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