Pulaski County, Illinois

Pulaski County population, land area and income

Pulaski County had 4,879 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 199.3 square miles of land. It ranks 97th of 102 in Illinois by population and 100th by land area. That works out to 24.5 people per square mile, below the US average of 96.3, and below the national county median.

The median county-equivalent in Illinois has 24,447 residents, so Pulaski County has 20% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $50,863 is in the bottom quarter among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Pulaski County's population changed since 2020

Pulaski County lost 300 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 5.8%. That ranks 101st of 102 in Illinois for growth. The median Illinois county changed by -1.7%, and the state as a whole by -0.7%.

Since the April 2020 estimates base, Pulaski County recorded 239 births and 408 deaths, a natural change of -169. Net international migration added +1 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -154. The largest single component was natural change, which removed 169 people.

Where Pulaski County is

The Census internal point of Pulaski County is at 37.215600, -89.127800. It sits in UTM zone 16N. The map shades Illinois's 102 county-equivalents by population change from 2020 to 2024, darker for faster growth, with Pulaski County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Pulaski County

No incorporated place of 1,000 or more people has residents in Pulaski County. Its 4,879 residents live in smaller towns, census-designated places, or unincorporated land, which the subcounty estimates do not list at this size.

Counties bordering Pulaski County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 6 neighbors for Pulaski County, including 2 across a state line. The most populous is McCracken County, KY, with 67,550 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• KY

  McCracken County, KY

  67,550 people

  25 mi ESE

• Union County

  16,886 people

  20 mi NNW

• Massac County

  13,627 people

  23 mi E

• Johnson County

  13,320 people

  22 mi NE

• KY

  Ballard County, KY

  7,626 people

  13 mi SSE

• Alexander County

  4,594 people

  12 mi W

Distance to Springfield and the nearest big city

Springfield is 179.5 miles N of Pulaski County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Evansville, IN (population 115,395), 102.2 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Cape Girardeau, MO (population 40,818), 24.5 miles away.

Pulaski County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Pulaski County is 17153: state code 17 for Illinois plus county code 153. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $50,863.