Pulaski County, IL

Designated Market Area: Paducah-Cape Girardeau-Harrisburg, KY-MO-IL-TN
USDA County Type (2015): Government, Low Employment, Persistent Poverty
American Communities Project County Type (2023): African American South

Places in Pulaski County, IL [Sort places by population]

2022 population: 4,991 ( 1,170 from 2010 , 200 from 2020)
Land area: 199.3 square miles
Population density: 25.0 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	3,174	63.59%	19.4%
Black:	1,470	29.45%	25.6%
Indian:	35	0.70%	40.0%
Asian:	27	0.54%	68.8%
2+ races:	146	2.93%	52.1%
Hispanic:	139	2.79%	43.3%

Total non-White:	1,817	36.41%	18.3%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	122	11.8
Deaths:	181	17.4
Net Migration:	-137	-13.2
Net Immigration:	-1	-0.1

Change in White population:	-763	-12.4
Change in Non-White pop.:	-407	-6.6

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
6,161
3,937	63.90%
1,976	32.07%
25	0.41%
16	0.26%
96	1.56%
97	1.57%
2,224	36.10%

2000
7,348
4,841	65.88%
2,249	30.61%
10	0.14%
68	0.93%
67	0.91%
107	1.46%
2,507	34.12%

1990
7,523
5,016	66.68%
2,466	32.78%
11	0.15%
0	0.00%
n/a
30	0.40%
2,507	33.32%

1980
8,840
5,838	66.04%
2,926	33.10%
41	0.46%
9	0.10%
n/a
24	0.27%
3,002	33.96%

1970
8,741
5,719	65.43%
2,972	34.00%
10	0.11%
4	0.05%
n/a
23	0.26%
3,022	34.57%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
850	11.6
819	11.1
-1,150	-15.7
6	0.1

-904	-12.3
-283	-3.9

Number	Rate
1990's
1,035	13.8
1,063	14.1
-307	-4.1
3	0.0

-175	-2.3
0	0.0

Number	Rate
1980's
1,361	15.4
1,162	13.1
-1,399	-15.8
n/a

-822	-9.3
-495	-5.6

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-210	-2.4
n/a

119	1.4
-20	-0.2

Age, Family & Household Data for Pulaski 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
43.9
1,061	21.3%
3,930	78.7%
1,170	23.4%

1,886
2.70

1,129	59.9%
851	75.4%
112	9.9%
757	40.1%

2010
Number	Percent
43.2
1,405	22.8%
4,756	77.2%
1,124	18.2%

2,642
2.32

1,658	62.8%
1,151	69.4%
208	12.5%
984	37.2%

2000
Number	Percent
37.6
2,012	27.4%
5,336	72.6%
1,278	17.4%

2,872
2.46

1,937	67.4%
1,397	72.1%
238	12.3%
935	32.6%

1990
Number	Percent
34.9
2,166	28.8%
5,357	71.2%
1,415	18.8%

2,958
2.53

2,040	69.0%
1,598	78.3%
234	11.5%
918	31.0%

1980
Number	Percent
33.4
2,636	29.8%
6,204	70.2%
1,664	18.8%

3,351
2.62

2,398	71.6%
1,915	79.9%
239	10.0%
953	28.4%

2022 Housing Data for Pulaski County, IL

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	153	8.1%
$10,000 to $14,999	204	10.8%
$15,000 to $19,999	107	5.7%
$20,000 to $24,999	110	5.8%
$25,000 to $29,999	151	8.0%
$30,000 to $34,999	79	4.2%
$35,000 to $39,999	112	5.9%
$40,000 to $44,999	96	5.1%
$45,000 to $49,999	49	2.6%
$50,000 to $59,999	119	6.3%
$60,000 to $74,999	151	8.0%
$75,000 to $99,999	261	13.8%
$100,000 to $124,999	140	7.4%
$125,000 to $149,999	96	5.1%
$150,000 to $199,999	23	1.2%
$200,000 or more	35	1.9%

Median Household Income	41,038
Per Capita Income	22,947

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	88
Compared to U.S.	87

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	167	8.9%
Public Assistance	187	9.9%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	443	23.5%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	1,613	53.9%
Unemployed	73	2.4%
In Armed Forces	0	0.0%

Total Labor Force	1,686	56.3%
Not in Labor Force	1,308	43.7%

Real Unemployment Rate		46.1%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	637	474	57.3%
Non-Profit	4	39	9.3%
Self-Employed	117	80	59.4%

Local Government	68	43	61.3%
State Government	97	179	35.1%
Federal Government	28	12	70.0%

Total Private + Self	754	554	57.6%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	197	273	41.9%
Total	951	827	53.5%

Pct. Govt.	24.0%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	158	8.9%
Sales and Office Occupations	383	21.5%
Professional, Technical	281	15.8%
Service Occupations	432	24.3%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	67	3.8%
All others	524	29.5%

White Collar		46.2%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	492	27.7%
Retail trade	235	13.2%
Manufacturing	164	9.2%
Public administration	144	8.1%
Educational services	133	7.5%
Transportation and warehousing	119	6.7%
Construction	112	6.3%
Accommodation and food services	87	4.9%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	81	4.6%
Other services	35	2.0%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	33	1.9%
Utilities	33	1.9%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	30	1.7%
Wholesale trade	25	1.4%
Information	23	1.3%
Finance and insurance	19	1.1%
Professional, scientific, technical	12	0.7%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	1	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	85	1.64%
Puerto Rican	0	0.00%
Cuban	6	0.12%
Dominican	0	0.00%

Total Central American	0	0.00%
Costa Rican	0	0.00%
Guatemalan	0	0.00%
Honduran	0	0.00%
Nicaraguan	0	0.00%
Panamanian	0	0.00%
Salvadoran	0	0.00%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	2	0.04%
Argentinean	0	0.00%
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	2	0.04%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	5	0.10%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Filipino	9	0.17%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	4,863	99.0%
Arabic	24	0.5%
Spanish	11	0.2%
Tagalog	9	0.2%
Other Indo-European	2	0.0%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	1	0.0%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	684	13.2%
Irish	497	9.6%
English	297	5.7%
American	233	4.5%
Scottish	105	2.0%
Italian	55	1.1%
Other Arab	29	0.6%
Dutch	29	0.6%
French	28	0.5%
Welsh	25	0.5%
Scotch-Irish	21	0.4%
Swedish	21	0.4%
Polish	16	0.3%
Austrian	13	0.3%
Slovak	11	0.2%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	5,168	99.8%
Not a citizen	9	0.2%

Native	5,139	99.3%
Foreign-born	38	0.7%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
111	3.1%	321	8.9%	1,477	40.7%	1,192	32.9%	325	9.0%	201	5.5%
Average years of education: 12.7

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	111	3.1%
9-12 Years	321	8.9%
H.S. Grad or GED	1,477	40.7%
Some College	1,192	32.9%
Bach. Degree	325	9.0%
Grad Degree	201	5.5%
Average years of education: 12.7

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	2,886	2,572	314	10.9%	6.3%
1991	3,003	2,664	339	11.3%	7.3%
1992	2,987	2,627	360	12.1%	7.9%
1993	2,979	2,594	385	12.9%	7.5%
1994	2,797	2,524	273	9.8%	5.8%
1995	2,843	2,553	290	10.2%	5.2%
1996	2,927	2,664	263	9.0%	5.3%
1997	2,823	2,583	240	8.5%	4.8%
1998	3,010	2,740	270	9.0%	4.5%
1999	3,182	2,939	243	7.6%	4.4%

2000	3,104	2,893	211	6.8%	4.4%
2001	3,030	2,798	232	7.7%	5.4%
2002	3,034	2,804	230	7.6%	6.6%
2003	3,003	2,720	283	9.4%	6.7%
2004	2,913	2,659	254	8.7%	6.2%
2005	2,948	2,718	230	7.8%	5.7%
2006	2,927	2,731	196	6.7%	4.6%
2007	2,936	2,725	211	7.2%	5.1%
2008	2,892	2,620	272	9.4%	6.5%
2009	2,838	2,520	318	11.2%	10.2%

2010	2,477	2,166	311	12.6%	10.5%
2011	2,357	2,075	282	12.0%	9.8%
2012	2,367	2,096	271	11.4%	9.0%
2013	2,216	1,939	277	12.5%	9.1%
2014	2,138	1,914	224	10.5%	7.2%
2015	2,093	1,907	186	8.9%	6.0%
2016	2,203	2,017	186	8.4%	5.9%
2017	2,126	1,958	168	7.9%	5.0%
2018	2,078	1,912	166	8.0%	4.4%
2019	1,955	1,830	125	6.4%	4.0%

2020	1,768	1,562	206	11.7%	9.5%
2021	1,701	1,540	161	9.5%	6.1%
2022	1,658	1,543	115	6.9%	4.6%
2023	1,644	1,518	126	7.7%	4.5%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	2,862
Median Value	$81,600

Occupied	1,886	65.9%
Vacant	976	34.1%

Owned	1,352	71.7%
Rented	534	28.3%
Median Rent	$599

Single-Family Units	1,930	67.4%
Detached	1,920	67.1%
Attached	10	0.3%
Buldings with 5+ Units	70	2.4%
Mobile Homes	632	22.1%

Pulaski County, IL

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Pulaski County, IL

2022 Housing Data for Pulaski County, IL

2022 Income & Employment Data for Pulaski County, IL

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

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Pulaski County, IL

Historical Labor Force Data for Pulaski County, IL