Clay County, IL

Clay County, Illinois

Cancer Resources

Local Health Department

Clay County Health Department
601 East 12th Street
Flora, Illinois 62839
Phone: 618-662-4406
Fax: 618-662-2801
www.healthdept.org

Hospitals
Clay County Hospital
911 Stacy Burk Dr
PO Box 280
Flora, IL 62839-0280
Phone: 618-662-2131
www.bjc.org

Hospice Services
Clay County Health Department Hospice
601 E 12th St.
Flora, IL 62839-2335
Phone: 618-662 4406
www.healthdept.org

Hospice of Southeastern Illinois
800 E Locust St
Olney, IL 62450-2553
Phone: 618-395-2131
Phone: 800-375-9343
www.richlandmemorial.com

Mental Health Services
Heartland Human Services
118 West North Ave
Flora, IL 62839
Phone: 618-662-2289
www.heartlandhs.org

Support Organizations
American Cancer Society
Champaign - Eastern Regional Office
2509 S Neil St, Suite 1
Champaign, IL 61820
Phone: 217-356-9076
Fax: 217-356-7721
www.cancer.org

American Lung Association
3000 Kelly Lane
Springfield, IL 62707
Phone: 217-787-5864
www.lungusa.org

Illinois Tobacco Quitline
1-866-QUIT-YES (784-8937)

County Profile

Demographics		County	Illinois	U.S.
2000 Population		14,560
Racial/Ethnic rates
	White	98.5%	73.5%	75.1%
	Black or African American	0.1%	15.1%	12.3%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%	0.9%
	Asian	0.5%	3.4%	3.6%
	Native Hawaiian & Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
	Other	0.2%	5.8%	5.5%
	Hispanic or Latino (any race)	0.6%	12.3%	12.5%
Age
	18 years and older	76.1%	73.9%	74.3%
	65 years and older	19.2%	12.1%	12.4%
Education Levels
	Over 25 with high school education	75.9%	81.4%	80.4%
Labor Force
	Over 16	60.2%	65.4%	63.9%
Poverty
	Families below poverty level	9.0%	7.8%	9.2%
	Individuals below poverty level	11.8%	10.7%	12.4%