Richland County, IL

Richland County, Illinois

Cancer Resources

Local Health Department
No Local Health Department

Hospitals
Richland Memorial Hospital
800 E. Locust St.
Olney, IL 62450-2598
Phone: 618-395-7340
www.richlandmemorial.com

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

Lincolnland Hospice of Sarah Bush Lincoln
700 Broadway Ave. East
Ste. 9
Mattoon, IL 61938-4671
Phone: 217-234-4075
Phone: 800-454-4055
www.sblhs.org

Mental Health Services
Southeastern Illinois Counseling Center
504 Micah Drive
Olney, IL 62450
Phone: 618-395-4306

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		16,149
Racial/Ethnic rates
	White	98.2%	73.5%	75.1%
	Black or African American	0.3%	15.1%	12.3%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%	0.9%
	Asian	0.6%	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)	0.8%	12.3%	12.5%
Age
	18 years and older	75.5%	73.9%	74.3%
	65 years and older	17.6%	12.1%	12.4%
Education Levels
	Over 25 with high school education	83.4%	81.4%	80.4%
Labor Force
	Over 16	62.0%	65.4%	63.9%
Poverty
	Families below poverty level	9.8%	7.8%	9.2%
	Individuals below poverty level	12.9%	10.7%	12.4%