Perry County, IL

Perry County, Illinois

Cancer Resources

Local Health Department
Perry County Health Department
907 South Main Street
P.O. Box 49
Pinckneyville, Illinois 62274
Phone: 618-357-5371
Fax: 618-357-3190
www.perryhealth.net

Hospitals
Marshall Browning Hospital
900 N. Washington St.
PO Box 192
DuQuoin, IL 62832-9788
Phone: 618-542-2146
www.marshallbrowninghospital.com

Pinckneyville Community Hospital
101 N. Walnut St.
Pinckneyville, IL 62274-1099
Phone: 618-357-2187

Hospice Services
Hospice of The Good Samaritan
605 N 12th St
Mount Vernon, IL 62864-2857
Phone: 618-241-1621
Phone: 800-310-0484

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
Perry County Counseling Center
1016 South Madison
Suite A
DuQuoin, IL 62832
Phone: 618-542-4357

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		23,094
Racial/Ethnic rates
	White	89.6%	73.5%	75.1%
	Black or African American	8.0%	15.1%	12.3%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%	0.9%
	Asian	0.3%	3.4%	3.6%
	Native Hawaiian & Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
	Other	1.1%	5.8%	5.5%
	Hispanic or Latino (any race)	1.8%	12.3%	12.5%
Age
	18 years and older	78.0%	73.9%	74.3%
	65 years and older	16.0%	12.1%	12.4%
Education Levels
	Over 25 with high school education	72.3%	81.4%	80.4%
Labor Force
	Over 16	53.5%	65.4%	63.9%
Poverty
	Families below poverty level	10.1%	7.8%	9.2%
	Individuals below poverty level	13.2%	10.7%	12.4%