were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38.9 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.6 males. The median income for a household in the city was $43,971, and the median income for a family was $64,375. Males had a median income of $37,422 versus $30,370 for females. The per capita income for the city was $24,818. About 16.5% of families and 18.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 23.4% of those under age 18 and 6.6% of those age 65 or over. Notable people Harold Huntley Bassett, U.S. Air Force major general Morris Birkbeck, first Illinois Secretary of State, one of Albion's founders Louis Lincoln Emmerson, served as Secretary of State of Illinois and Governor of Illinois Benjamin Orange Flower, Journalist Edward Fordham Flower, English brewer Harold A. Garman, U.S. Army medic and Medal of Honor recipient in World War II Guy U. Hardy, former congressman from Colorado Jeff Keener, former pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals H. H. Kohlsaat, publisher and confidante of five U.S. presidents George Frederick Pentecost, prominent clergyman, evangelist and co-worker with revivalist D.L. Moody William Pickering, fifth governor of Washington Territory Bruce Mendenhall, convicted murderer and alleged serial killer Rodney K. Metcalf, DJ from WJPS Evansville IN, As The "Real" Rodney Russell. References Further reading A History of Edwards County, Illinois, Volume One (1980), Library of Congress Card number 80-70649 Charles Boewe, Prairie Albion: An English Settlement in Pioneer Illinois, Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale, c. 1962 External links Albion Chamber of Commerce Cities in Illinois Cities in Edwards County, Illinois County seats in Illinois Populated places established in 1816 1816 establishments in Illinois Territory