Demographics of Pike County, Illinois

Pike County, Illinois had 14,231 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: −404 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the American Community Survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Pike County, in four figures

14,231
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; −2.8%
Change since July 2020: −404 people.; 43.0 ±1.2
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $59,777 ±$3,316
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. Each year's change is births less deaths, net moves from abroad and net moves from elsewhere in the country, with the Bureau's small residual. The 2020 row's components run 3 months, from the April census to July 1.

Pike County, Illinois's population shrank 2.8% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Pike County, Illinois's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

U.S. Census Bureau — Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change

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Pike County, Illinois's population shrank 2.8% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Pike County, Illinois's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	14,635	100.0	100.0
2021	14,600	99.8	100.2
2022	14,539	99.3	100.7
2023	14,351	98.1	101.6
2024	14,286	97.6	102.5
2025	14,231	97.2	103.1

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Population of Pike County, Illinois on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change	Births less deaths	From abroad	From elsewhere in the country
2020	14,635	−93	−14	0	−73
2021	14,600	−35	−77	+4	+28
2022	14,539	−61	−89	+9	+25
2023	14,351	−188	−59	+14	−149
2024	14,286	−65	−48	+13	−29
2025	14,231	−55	−54	+8	−10

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 43.0 ±1.2: for men 40.5 ±0.5 and for women 44.0 ±0.6. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Pike County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Illinois	United States
Under 5	896 ±20	6.2% ±0.1	5.4% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	2,457 ±161	17.0% ±1.1	16.4% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	950 ±111	6.6% ±0.8	9.1% ±<0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	3,379 ±174	23.4% ±1.2	26.9% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	3,635 ±189	25.1% ±1.3	25.2% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	3,152 ±219	21.8% ±1.5	17.0% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $59,777 ±$3,316, and income per person $32,134 ±$1,509, in 2024 dollars. The median is $83,390 ±$362 in Illinois and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Pike County by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Illinois	United States
Under $25,000	1,315 ±190	22.0% ±3.1	14.6% ±0.1	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	1,214 ±178	20.4% ±2.9	16.0% ±0.2	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	978 ±156	16.4% ±2.6	14.8% ±0.1	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	904 ±166	15.2% ±2.8	12.6% ±0.1	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	910 ±141	15.3% ±2.3	18.0% ±0.2	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	477 ±114	8.0% ±1.9	10.1% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	167 ±61	2.8% ±1.0	13.8% ±0.1	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Pike County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Illinois	United States
All ages	2,083 ±437	14.8% ±3.1	11.8% ±0.1	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	678 ±194	20.9% ±5.7	15.1% ±0.2	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	835 ±185	12.3% ±2.7	11.0% ±0.1	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	570 ±130	14.2% ±3.1	10.6% ±0.1	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Pike County, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Pike County	Illinois	United States
Housing units	7,273 ±51	5,457,452 ±471	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	82.0% ±2.2	92.3% ±0.1	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	18.0% ±2.1	7.7% ±0.1	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	77.7% ±2.8	67.1% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	22.3% ±2.6	32.9% ±0.2	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$101,400 ±$8,247	$263,300 ±$797	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$676 ±$62	$1,274 ±$5	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1961 ±2	1971 ±2	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Pike County by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Illinois	United States
Hispanic or Latino	298 ±0	2.1% ±<0.1	18.8% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	13,698 ±63	94.7% ±0.4	58.1% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	87 ±38	0.6% ±0.3	13.3% ±<0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	19 to 63	0.1% to 0.4%	5.9% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 4	0% to < 0.1%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	9 to 99	0.1% to 0.7%	< 0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 10	0% to 0.1%	0.4% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	285 ±75	2.0% ±0.5	3.4% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Pike County by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Illinois	United States
Born in the state	11,359 ±354	78.5% ±2.4	66.5% ±0.1	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	2,943 ±335	20.3% ±2.3	17.5% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	3 to 83	< 0.1% to 0.6%	1.3% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	52 to 196	0.4% to 1.4%	14.7% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	11 to 57	0.1% to 0.4%	7.7% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	25 to 155	0.2% to 1.1%	7.0% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Pike County among the counties of Illinois

73rd of 102 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the Illinois page.

Counties of Illinois near Pike County in population, July 2025
County	July 2025	Change since 2020
Mercer County	15,229	−2.6%
Richland County	15,219	−3.7%
De Witt County	15,118	−2.1%
Clark County	15,114	−2.2%
Moultrie County	14,371	−0.8%
Pike County	14,231	−2.8%
Lawrence County	13,790	−9.7%
Washington County	13,564	−1.2%
Massac County	13,502	−4.5%
Johnson County	13,363	+0.3%
White County	13,250	−4.0%

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Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Data retrieved September 25, 2026