- State:IllinoisCounty:Randolph CountyZips:62259,62261,62297,62280,62292,62241,62278,62217,62242,62277,62272,62237,62288,62233,62286,62278Coordinates:38.052082633198296, -89.82517625914562Area total:597.05 sq. mi., 1546.34 sq. km, 382110.08 acresArea land:575.37 sq. mi., 1490.19 sq. km, 368234.88 acresArea water:21.68 sq. mi., 56.15 sq. km, 13875.20 acresEstablished:1795Capital seat:
Chester
Address: 1 Taylor St
County Courthouse
Chester, IL 62233-1970
Governing Body: Board of Commissioners with 3 board size
Governing Authority: Dillon's Rule
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Randolph County, Illinois, United States
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- Population:30,163; Population change: -9.90% (2010 - 2020)Population density:52 persons per square mileHousehold income:$44,359Households:6,497Unemployment rate:7.10% per 13,764 county labor force
- Sales taxes:6.25%Income taxes:3.00%GDP:$1.43 B, gross domestic product (GDP)
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Randolph County's population of Illinois of 14,053 residents in 1930 has increased 1,13-fold to 15,813 residents after 90 years, according to the official 2020 census. U.S. Bureau of the Census beginning in 1900. Data for 1870-1890 are on a de facto or unspecified basis; data for 1900 and later years are resident totals.
Approximately 51.41% female residents and 48.59% male residents live in as of 2020, 59.49% in Randolph County, Illinois are married and the remaining 40.51% are single population.
As of 2020, 59.49% in Randolph County, Illinois are married and the remaining 40.51% are single population.
- Housing units:13,373 residential units of which 87.44% share occupied residential units.
25.1 minutes is the average time that residents in Randolph County require for a one-way commute to work. A long commute can have different effects on health. A Gallup poll in the US found that in terms of mental health, long haul commuters are up to 12 percent more likely to experience worry, and ten percent less likely to feel well rested. The Gallup poll also found that of people who commute 61–90 minutes each day, a whopping one third complained of neck and back pain, compared to less than a quarter of people who only spend ten minutes getting to work.
80.65% of the working population which commute to work alone in their car, 12.17% of the working population which commutes to work in a carpool, 0.32% of the population that commutes using mass transit, including bus, light rail, subway, and ferry. 4.01% of the population that has their home as their principal place of work.
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Of the total residential buildings in Randolph County, Illinois 70.62% are owner-occupied homes, another 18.05% are rented apartments, and the remaining 11.33% are vacant.
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The 61.61% of the population in Randolph County, Illinois who identify themselves as belonging to a religion are distributed among the following most diverse religions.
Since the 1860s, the two main parties have been the Republican Party (here in 2022 = 49.590%) and the Democratic Party (here in 2022 = 48.640%) of those eligible to vote in Randolph County, Illinois.
