in the city was $30,154, and the median income for a family was $37,368. Males had a median income of $33,194 versus $19,211 for females. The per capita income for the city was $16,340. About 6.4% of families and 9.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 13.7% of those under age 18 and 8.2% of those age 65 or over. Notable people Karen Allen (born 1951), actress (Raiders of the Lost Ark and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull) Edward Dickinson Baker, soldier, former U.S. congressman from Illinois, U.S. senator from Oregon Thomas Carlin, 7th Governor of Illinois, lived and died in Carrollton Sam Coonrod, pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies and member of the 2011 IHSA Class A State Champion Carrollton Hawks baseball team Alicia DeShasier, athlete, All-American softball player at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville; Gold Medal winner in javelin throw at the 2011 Pan American Games James Barnet Fry (1827-1894), US Army brevet major general; military historian; born in Carrollton John Hyde (1865-1912), Presbyterian missionary to India; known as "Praying Hyde" Norman L. Jones, Illinois Supreme Court justice Barbara Owens, mystery and suspense writer; winner of the Edgar Award for Best Short Story ("The Cloud Beneath the Eaves") Henry Thomas Rainey (1860–1934), Speaker of the United States House of Representatives during the first 100 days of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's first term. Major Marcus Reno, commanded a battalion of the 7th U.S. Cavalry at the Battle of the Little Bighorn William Sharon, lawyer, U.S. senator from Nevada; ran mercantile business in Carrollton Gregon A. Williams, Marine Corps Major general; served in Nicaragua, World War II and Korean War David M. Woodson, lawyer, jurist, politician; practiced law in Carrollton References External links City of Carrollton official website Cities in Illinois Cities in Greene County, Illinois County seats in Illinois