Ogle County, IL
Demographic and economic profile of Ogle County, IL, sourced from the US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) via Data USA.
AI Overview
Ogle County is a small rural Illinois county of 51,536 residents with a median household income of $82,132 and median worker earnings of $42,814, supported by a labor force participation rate of 63.0% and an unemployment rate of 5.4%. The workforce skews toward trade and manual occupations, with 91.0% holding a high school diploma but only 24.0% a bachelor's degree or higher, and a median age of 42.2 years. Housing costs remain low—median home value of $184,100 and median gross rent of $901/month—against a GDP per capita of $57,365, and population has held nearly flat with just 0.4% growth over five years.
Claude Sonnet 4.6 · generated Jul 6, 2026 · derived from cached Census, BEA & ACS data on this page
Population Growth (5-year)
+0.4% since 2018
Ogle County added population at this rate over the prior 5-year ACS5 window.
Demographics
Race & Ethnicity
- White Alone44,083 (85.6%)
- Two Races Including Some Other Race3,887 (7.5%)
- Some Other Race Alone1,411 (2.7%)
- Two Races Excluding Some Other Race, & Three or More Races918 (1.8%)
- Black or African American Alone636 (1.2%)
- Asian Alone294 (0.6%)
Top Languages Spoken at Home
- 1.Spanish3,210
- 2.German or other West Germanic159
- 3.Other Indo-European146
- 4.Russian, Polish, or other Slavic126
- 5.Chinese (incl. Mandarin, Cantonese)122
Economy
Cost of Living Index
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Top Industries
- 1.Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance5,718
- 2.Manufacturing (Group)4,252
- 3.Retail Trade (Group)2,661
- 4.Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities2,183
- 5.Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services1,870
Top Occupations
- 1.Management, Business, Science, & Arts Occupations8,562
- 2.Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations5,249
- 3.Sales & Office Occupations4,060
- 4.Service Occupations3,949
- 5.Natural Resources, Construction, & Maintenance Occupations2,387
Specialized Industries (Location Quotient)
- 1.Manufacturing (LQ 1.83×)4,499
- 2.Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining (LQ 1.53×)603
- 3.Transportation, Warehousing, & Utilities (LQ 1.51×)2,184
- 4.Educational Services & Health Care (LQ 1.07×)6,185
- 5.Construction (LQ 1.00×)1,709
Housing
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Workforce
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Data: US Census Bureau American Community Survey, served via Data USA and the Census Bureau API. See each metric tile for the specific dataset.