Wayne County, IL

Wayne County, Illinois

Cancer Resources

Local Health Department
Wayne County Health Department
405 N. Basin Rd.
Fairfield, Illinois 62837
Phone: 618-842-5166
Fax: 618-842-3305

Hospitals
Fairfield Memorial Hospital
303 N.W. Eleventh St.
Fairfield, IL 62837-1298
Phone: 618-842-2611
www.fairfieldmemorial.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

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

Mental Health Services
Southeastern Illinois Counseling Center
407 North Basin
Fairfield, IL 62837
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		17,151
Racial/Ethnic rates
	White	98.7%	73.5%	75.1%
	Black or African American	0.2%	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	0.1%	5.8%	5.5%
	Hispanic or Latino (any race)	0.6%	12.3%	12.5%
Age
	18 years and older	76.3%	73.9%	74.3%
	65 years and older	18.8%	12.1%	12.4%
Education Levels
	Over 25 with high school education	75.2%	81.4%	80.4%
Labor Force
	Over 16	60.4%	65.4%	63.9%
Poverty
	Families below poverty level	9.4%	7.8%	9.2%
	Individuals below poverty level	12.4%	10.7%	12.4%