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Edwards County, Illinois

A county in Illinois, ranked 93 of 102 by population.

CountyFIPS 17047

Within Illinois
Edwards County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Albion, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
5,898
-309 (-5.0%) since 2020
Land area
222.4
square miles. A further 0.1% of the total area is water
Population density
26.5
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Albion
Seat of county government.
Established
1814
211 years ago
Largest city
Albion city
Population 1,843.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Edwards County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Edwards County, Illinois from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 466 by 800 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Edwards County ranks

Position among the 102 counties of Illinois, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn IllinoisNationally
Population5,89893rd of 1022,737th of 3,144
Land area222.4 sq mi99th of 1022,964th of 3,144
Population density26.5 per sq mi81st of 1022,026th of 3,144
Median household income$60,51982nd of 1022,040th of 3,143

Full data for Edwards County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population5,898Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20206,207Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?6,243Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area222.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area0.30 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area222.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?26.5 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$60,519American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$100,000American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age44.7American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households2,666American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units3,045American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
-25
42 births, 67 deaths
Net migration
-65
More people moved out than moved in.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 4 areas bordering Edwards County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Wabash CountyIllinois41 mi10,907
Wayne CountyIllinois22 mi15,882
Richland CountyIllinois10 mi15,219
White CountyIllinois9.0 mi13,250

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 102 counties of Illinois

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.