Jackson County, IL

Jackson County, Illinois

Cancer Resources

Local Health Department
Jackson County Health Department
415 Health Department Road
P.O. Box 307
Murphysboro, Illinois 62966
Phone: 618-684-3143
Fax: 618-687-1255
www.jchdonline.org

Hospitals
Memorial Hospital of Carbondale
405 W. Jackson St.
PO Box 1000
Carbondale, IL 62902-9000
Phone: 618-549-0721
www.sih.net

St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
2 S. Hospital Dr.
Murphysboro, IL 62966-0580
Phone: 618-684-3156
www.sih.net

Hospice Services
Hospice of Southern Illinois, Inc.
305 S Illinois St
Belleville, IL 62220-2133
Phone: 618-235-1703
Phone: 800-233-1708
www.hospice.org

Mental Health Services
Southern Illinois Regional Social Services
604 East College
Carbondale, IL 62902
Phone: 618-842-2125

Support Organizations
American Cancer Society
Marion - Southern Regional Office
805 W DeYoung St
Suite B
Marion, IL 62959
Phone: 618- 998-9898
Fax: 618- 997-8456
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		59,612
Racial/Ethnic rates
	White	80.8%	73.5%	75.1%
	Black or African American	13.0%	15.1%	12.3%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%	0.9%
	Asian	3.0%	3.4%	3.6%
	Native Hawaiian & Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%
	Other	1.0%	5.8%	5.5%
	Hispanic or Latino (any race)	2.4%	12.3%	12.5%
Age
	18 years and older	80.7%	73.9%	74.3%
	65 years and older	11.0%	12.1%	12.4%
Education Levels
	Over 25 with high school education	85.2%	81.4%	80.4%
Labor Force
	Over 16	61.8%	65.4%	63.9%
Poverty
	Families below poverty level	14.7%	7.8%	9.2%
	Individuals below poverty level	25.2%	10.7%	12.4%