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Table 3: County Demographics and Agricultural Statistics
Source: General population data from the 1990 Census of Population and Housing, STF 3. Farm
statistics from the 1997 Census of Agriculture.
Note: Table features data for Marion, Fayette and Shelby counties, which comprise over 85
percent of the watershed.
Marion County Fayette County Shelby County Illinois
11% of watershed 43% of watershed 33% of watershed
Total Population 41,561 20,893 22,261 11,430,602
Persons per square mile 72.6 29.2 29.3 205.6
Under 18 years 11,079 (27%) 5,213 (25%) 5,751 (26%) 2,946,366 (26%)
65 years and over 7,081 3,736 (18%) 3,993 (18%) 1,436,545 (13%)
White 39,647 20,148 22,190 8,952,978
Black 1,519 599 14 1,694,273
Amer. Indian, Eskimo or Aleut 106 40 27 21,836
Asian or Pacific Isl. 232 35 27 285,311
Other race 57 71 3 476,204
Hispanic Origin 232 154 45 904,446
Median value owner-occupied homes 36,000 34,600 39,100 80,900
Percent high school grad. or higher 70.1 68.8 72.7 76.2
Median household income 22,813 $22,029 $26,040 $32,252
Per capita income 11,500 $10,496 $11,608 $15,201
No. persons below poverty level 6,678 (16%) 2,649 (13.6%) 2,202 (10%) 1,326,731 (11.9%)
Unemployment rate 5.6% 6.6% 5% 6.6%
Farm Characteristics
Number of farms 882 1,119 1,250 73,051
Land in farms 249,395 (68.1%) 333,232 (72.7%) 418,688 (86.2%) 27,204,780 (76.5%)
Average size of farm (acres) 283 298 335 372
Average CRP and WRP payments per farm $3,457 $3,198 $3,294 $3,730
Land under CRP or WRP (acres) 18,308 (7.3%) 15,818 (4.7%) 10,546 (2.5%) 657,665 (2.4%)
Market value of ag. products sold (average per farm) $63,037 $64,320 $89,973 $117,130
Operators for whom farming is NOT principal
occupation
485 (55%) 609 (54%) 559 (45%) 31,406 (43%)
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