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White County, Illinois

A county in Illinois, ranked 78 of 102 by population.

CountyFIPS 17193

Within Illinois
White County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Carmi, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
13,250
-557 (-4.0%) since 2020
Land area
495
square miles. A further 1.4% of the total area is water
Population density
26.8
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Carmi
Seat of county government.
Established
1815
210 years ago
Largest city
Carmi city
Population 4,623.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of White County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of White County, Illinois from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 787 by 800 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where White County ranks

Position among the 102 counties of Illinois, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn IllinoisNationally
Population13,25078th of 1022,211th of 3,144
Land area495 sq mi54th of 1022,103rd of 3,144
Population density26.8 per sq mi80th of 1022,017th of 3,144
Median household income$54,81396th of 1022,486th of 3,143

Full data for White County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population13,250Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202013,807Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?13,872Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area495 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area6.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area501.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?26.8 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$54,813American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$108,100American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age44.3American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households5,672American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units6,730American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
-107
121 births, 228 deaths
Net migration
-91
More people moved out than moved in.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 7 areas bordering White County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Posey CountyIndiana54 mi24,988
Hamilton CountyIllinois24 mi7,859
Gallatin CountyIllinois17 mi4,616
Wayne CountyIllinois12 mi15,882
Edwards CountyIllinois9.0 mi5,898
Gibson CountyIndiana2.0 mi33,091
Wabash CountyIllinois0.3 mi10,907

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 102 counties of Illinois

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.