Population By Race and Ethnicity in Mercer County, IL in 2017

Updated on January 29, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2017, the 15,618 population of Mercer County, Illinois comprised of 389 people who identified as Hispanic (2.49%), and 15,229 people who identified as Non-Hispanic (97.51%).

Race: The White Alone population was the largest racial group in Mercer County, Illinois with a population of 15,217 (97.43%); Two Or More Races population was the second largest racial group with a population of 177 (1.13%); and Black or African American Alone was the third largest racial group with a population of 107 (0.69%).

Ethnicity: The White Alone - Non Hispanic population was the largest ethnic group in Mercer County, Illinois in 2017, with a population of 14,867 (95.19%); the second largest ethnic group was White Alone - Hispanic with a population of 350 (2.24%); and the third largest ethnic group was Two Or More Races - Non Hispanic with a population of 164 (1.05%).

The charts and tables below shows the population and percentage of each racial and ethnicity group in Mercer, Illinois.

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Data Source: US Census Bureau (Vintage).

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Hispanics and Non Hispanics in Mercer County, IL in 2017

Total Population:15,618

Non Hispanic (97.51%)

Hispanic (2.49%)

Race in Mercer County, IL in 2017

Total Population:15,618

White Alone (97.43%)

Two or more races (1.13%)

Black or African American Alone (0.69%)

Asian Alone (0.43%)

American Indian and Alaska Native Alone (0.28%)

Native Hawaiian And Pacific Islander Alone (0.04%)

Ethnicity in Mercer County, IL in 2017

Total Population:15,618

Non-Hispanic White Alone (95.19%)

Hispanic White Alone (2.24%)

Non-Hispanic Two or more races (1.05%)

Non-Hispanic Black or African American Alone (0.67%)

All Other Ethnicities (0.43%)

Non-Hispanic Asian Alone (0.42%)

Population By Race in Mercer , IL in 2017

Race	Population	Percentage
White Alone	15,217	97.43%
Two Or More Races	177	1.13%
Black or African American Alone	107	0.69%
Asian Alone	67	0.43%
American Indian and Alaska Native Alone	44	0.28%
Native Hawaiian And Pacific Islander Alone	6	0.04%

Population By Ethnicity in Mercer , IL in 2017

Ethnicity	Population	Percentage
White Alone - Non Hispanic	14,867	95.19%
White Alone - Hispanic	350	2.24%
Two Or More Races - Non Hispanic	164	1.05%
Black or African American Alone - Non Hispanic	104	0.67%
Asian Alone - Non Hispanic	66	0.42%
American Indian and Alaska Native Alone - Non Hispanic	23	0.15%
American Indian and Alaska Native Alone - Hispanic	21	0.13%
Two Or More Races - Hispanic	13	0.08%
Native Hawaiian And Pacific Islander Alone - Non Hispanic	5	0.03%
Black or African American Alone - Hispanic	3	0.02%
Asian Alone - Hispanic	1	0.01%
Native Hawaiian And Pacific Islander Alone - Hispanic	1	0.01%