2022 population: 6,330 ( 607 from 2010 , 83 from 2020)
Land area: 305.7 square miles
Population density: 20.7 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	4,672	73.81%	10.0%
Black:	1,102	17.41%	13.6%
Indian:	14	0.22%	40.0%
Asian:	21	0.33%	16.7%
2+ races:	68	1.07%	94.3%
Hispanic:	453	7.16%	12.7%

Total non-White:	1,658	26.19%	5.0%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	130	10.4
Deaths:	151	12.1
Net Migration:	104	8.3
Net Immigration:	6	0.5

Change in White population:	-519	-7.5
Change in Non-White pop.:	-88	-1.3

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
6,937
5,191	74.83%
1,275	18.38%
10	0.14%
18	0.26%
35	0.50%
402	5.80%
1,746	25.17%

2000
6,950
5,368	77.24%
1,257	18.09%
6	0.09%
13	0.19%
31	0.45%
273	3.93%
1,582	22.76%

1990
5,836
5,150	88.25%
547	9.37%
2	0.03%
15	0.26%
n/a
122	2.09%
686	11.75%

1980
5,411
5,396	99.72%
0	0.00%
0	0.00%
2	0.04%
n/a
13	0.24%
15	0.28%

1970
5,586
5,567	99.66%
4	0.07%
3	0.05%
3	0.05%
n/a
0	0.00%
19	0.34%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
559	8.0
554	8.0
-336	-4.8
3	0.0

-177	-2.5
164	2.4

Number	Rate
1990's
572	9.8
583	10.0
1,010	17.3
-3	-0.1

218	3.7
896	15.4

Number	Rate
1980's
669	12.4
699	12.9
551	10.2
n/a

-246	-4.5
671	12.4

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-198	-3.5
n/a

-171	-3.1
-4	-0.1

Age, Family & Household Data for Brown County, IL

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
38.5
1,117	17.6%
5,213	82.4%
940	14.8%

2,066
2.25

1,168	56.5%
886	75.9%
112	9.6%
898	43.5%

2010
Number	Percent
37.3
1,114	16.1%
5,823	83.9%
859	12.4%

2,099
2.30

1,346	64.1%
1,077	80.0%
112	8.3%
753	35.9%

2000
Number	Percent
35.4
1,231	17.7%
5,719	82.3%
882	12.7%

2,107
2.36

1,385	65.7%
1,212	87.5%
70	5.1%
722	34.3%

1990
Number	Percent
33.6
1,276	21.9%
4,560	78.1%
981	16.8%

1,949
2.48

1,318	67.6%
1,177	89.3%
57	4.3%
631	32.4%

1980
Number	Percent
35.7
1,481	27.4%
3,930	72.6%
1,087	20.1%

2,094
2.55

1,506	71.9%
1,340	89.0%
56	3.7%
588	28.1%

2022 Housing Data for Brown County, IL

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	37	1.8%
$10,000 to $14,999	135	6.5%
$15,000 to $19,999	137	6.6%
$20,000 to $24,999	112	5.4%
$25,000 to $29,999	93	4.5%
$30,000 to $34,999	27	1.3%
$35,000 to $39,999	113	5.5%
$40,000 to $44,999	123	6.0%
$45,000 to $49,999	47	2.3%
$50,000 to $59,999	127	6.1%
$60,000 to $74,999	314	15.2%
$75,000 to $99,999	294	14.2%
$100,000 to $124,999	182	8.8%
$125,000 to $149,999	225	10.9%
$150,000 to $199,999	60	2.9%
$200,000 or more	40	1.9%

Median Household Income	64,760
Per Capita Income	25,951

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	85
Compared to U.S.	83

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	78	3.8%
Public Assistance	48	2.3%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	264	12.8%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	2,172	52.6%
Unemployed	52	1.3%
In Armed Forces	0	0.0%

Total Labor Force	2,224	53.9%
Not in Labor Force	1,903	46.1%

Real Unemployment Rate		47.4%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	834	747	52.8%
Non-Profit	99	197	33.4%
Self-Employed	169	78	68.4%

Local Government	31	70	30.7%
State Government	116	45	72.0%
Federal Government	18	10	64.3%

Total Private + Self	1,003	825	54.9%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	264	322	45.1%
Total	1,267	1,147	52.5%

Pct. Govt.	12.0%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	316	13.1%
Sales and Office Occupations	525	21.7%
Professional, Technical	293	12.1%
Service Occupations	507	21.0%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	83	3.4%
All others	777	32.1%

White Collar		46.9%

Industry
	Number	%
Wholesale trade	579	23.9%
Health care and social assistance	398	16.5%
Construction	228	9.4%
Retail trade	200	8.3%
Manufacturing	157	6.5%
Accommodation and food services	147	6.1%
Public administration	127	5.3%
Transportation and warehousing	112	4.6%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	95	3.9%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	89	3.7%
Educational services	79	3.3%
Other services	56	2.3%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	37	1.5%
Professional, scientific, technical	33	1.4%
Finance and insurance	25	1.0%
Information	18	0.7%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	12	0.5%
Utilities	10	0.4%
Management	9	0.4%
Real estate and rental and leasing	7	0.3%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	325	5.13%
Puerto Rican	42	0.66%
Cuban	8	0.13%
Dominican	7	0.11%

Total Central American	30	0.47%
Costa Rican	0	0.00%
Guatemalan	0	0.00%
Honduran	0	0.00%
Nicaraguan	29	0.46%
Panamanian	0	0.00%
Salvadoran	1	0.02%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	9	0.14%
Argentinean	9	0.14%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	0	0.00%
Colombian	0	0.00%
Ecuadorian	0	0.00%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	0	0.00%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	0	0.00%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	18	0.28%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Cambodian	3	0.05%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	5,659	93.7%
Spanish	277	4.6%
German, other Germanic	58	1.0%
Other Indo-European	12	0.2%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	11	0.2%
Other	9	0.1%
Arabic	8	0.1%
Other Asian	3	0.0%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	1,340	21.2%
Irish	525	8.3%
English	516	8.1%
American	466	7.4%
Polish	78	1.2%
Dutch	73	1.2%
European	72	1.1%
French	72	1.1%
Italian	60	0.9%
Swiss	55	0.9%
Norwegian	46	0.7%
Scotch-Irish	35	0.6%
Albanian	28	0.4%
African	28	0.4%
French Canadian	24	0.4%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	6,301	99.5%
Not a citizen	33	0.5%

Native	6,163	97.3%
Foreign-born	171	2.7%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
170	3.7%	737	16.0%	1,841	40.0%	1,210	26.3%	496	10.8%	150	3.3%
Average years of education: 12.4

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	170	3.7%
9-12 Years	737	16.0%
H.S. Grad or GED	1,841	40.0%
Some College	1,210	26.3%
Bach. Degree	496	10.8%
Grad Degree	150	3.3%
Average years of education: 12.4

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	2,474	2,319	155	6.3%	6.3%
1991	2,421	2,283	138	5.7%	7.3%
1992	2,488	2,335	153	6.1%	7.9%
1993	2,544	2,410	134	5.3%	7.5%
1994	2,711	2,604	107	3.9%	5.8%
1995	2,706	2,626	80	3.0%	5.2%
1996	2,700	2,603	97	3.6%	5.3%
1997	2,749	2,673	76	2.8%	4.8%
1998	3,058	2,986	72	2.4%	4.5%
1999	3,119	3,026	93	3.0%	4.4%

2000	2,794	2,702	92	3.3%	4.4%
2001	2,993	2,897	96	3.2%	5.4%
2002	3,032	2,926	106	3.5%	6.6%
2003	3,061	2,928	133	4.3%	6.7%
2004	3,156	3,030	126	4.0%	6.2%
2005	3,328	3,204	124	3.7%	5.7%
2006	3,371	3,270	101	3.0%	4.6%
2007	3,463	3,367	96	2.8%	5.1%
2008	3,530	3,394	136	3.9%	6.5%
2009	3,454	3,297	157	4.5%	10.2%

2010	2,581	2,400	181	7.0%	10.5%
2011	2,589	2,428	161	6.2%	9.8%
2012	2,617	2,460	157	6.0%	9.0%
2013	2,612	2,452	160	6.1%	9.1%
2014	2,733	2,618	115	4.2%	7.2%
2015	2,782	2,683	99	3.6%	6.0%
2016	2,868	2,771	97	3.4%	5.9%
2017	2,865	2,783	82	2.9%	5.0%
2018	2,890	2,815	75	2.6%	4.4%
2019	3,011	2,940	71	2.4%	4.0%

2020	2,996	2,881	115	3.8%	9.5%
2021	3,015	2,935	80	2.7%	6.1%
2022	3,084	3,015	69	2.2%	4.6%
2023	3,095	3,022	73	2.4%	4.5%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	2,342
Median Value	$122,100

Occupied	2,066	88.2%
Vacant	276	11.8%

Owned	1,463	70.8%
Rented	603	29.2%
Median Rent	$625

Single-Family Units	1,806	77.1%
Detached	1,802	76.9%
Attached	4	0.2%
Buldings with 5+ Units	183	7.8%
Mobile Homes	198	8.5%

Brown County, IL

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Brown County, IL

2022 Housing Data for Brown County, IL

2022 Income & Employment Data for Brown County, IL

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Brown County, IL

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Brown County, IL

Historical Labor Force Data for Brown County, IL