Election results: Wikipedia
3rd party votes: 17% in 1992, 10.2% in 1996, 5.9% in 2016
(Alabama segregationist George Wallace received nearly 10.7% of the vote in 1968)
Headline: New York Times, 12/10/2024
To the workers here, those mills — the largest in the world — are their livelihoods. “It’d have a huge impact,” a 37-year-old electrician who would identify himself by only his first name, Tyler, said of Mr. Kennedy’s declaration of war on corn syrup and corn oil. He was grabbing lunch at Debbie’s Diner in the shadow of the mills. “That shuts down Central Illinois, if A.D.M. shuts down.”
The population of Macon County peaked at 131,175 in 1980 and has since decline 23% to just over 100,000.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts
% of population 25 and older with bachelor's degree:
- 23.9% - Macon County
- 36.7% - Illinois
- 34.3% - U.S.
% of population 65 and older:
- 21.6% - Macon County
- 17.6% - Illinois
- 17.7% - U.S.
% of population living in poverty:
- 14.8% - Macon County
- 11.6% - Illinois
- 11.1% - U.S.
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