# Moultrie County, Illinois: Power, Data Centers and the Local Economy Home to Sullivan Township, Sullivan and Lowe Township No data center or power plant project is on record in Moultrie County, but the national build-out still reaches it through its utility bill, its labor market and the projects next door. Moultrie County is home to Sullivan Township, Sullivan, Lowe Township and Marrowbone Township. Electrical contractors employ 49, up 44.1% since 2019 against up 3.9% statewide, at an average $81,973 a year. Next door, Coles County has 300 MW of planned generation. 2 MW has retired here since 2019, including Sullivan (IL) (petroleum, 2 MW, 2023). Its power plants have 24 MW of capacity, 100% of it petroleum. 2 MW of generating capacity retired since 2019 24 MW of operating power plants, mostly petroleum -1.0% total jobs since 2019, now 5,171 ## Cities and towns in Moultrie County Moultrie County is home to Sullivan Township, Sullivan, Lowe Township and Marrowbone Township. Sullivan Township6,229 residents Sullivan4,310 residents Lowe Township1,754 residents Marrowbone Township1,562 residents Lovington Township1,515 residents Bethany1,200 residents Jonathan Creek Township1,033 residents Lovington1,010 residents East Nelson Township1,007 residents Arthur809 residents · 36% of the city Dora Township681 residents Whitley Township590 residents Dalton City432 residents Gays212 residents Allenville129 residents - Arthur also extends into [Douglas County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/illinois/douglas-county). Unincorporated communities (governed by the county): Lake City. Residents are 2025 Census estimates for the part of each city, town or township inside this county. Census publishes no annual estimate for unincorporated communities. ## What changed in Moultrie County | Measure | Then | Now | Change | Rank in Illinois | |---|---|---|---|---| | Population (2020 → 2025) | 14,485 | 14,371 | ▼ 0.8% | 72nd of 102 by size | | Total jobs (2019 → 2025) | 5,221 | 5,171 | ▼ 1.0% | 54th of 102 by growth | | Average annual pay (2019 → 2025) | $40,469 | $54,308 | ▲ 34.2% | — | | Electrical contractor jobs (2019 → 2025) | 34 | 49 | ▲ 44.1% | — | | Unemployment rate (2019 → August 2026) | 3.4% | 3.0% | ▼ 0.4pts | — | | Generating capacity added since 2019 | — | 0 MW | | — | | Generating capacity retired since 2019 | — | 2 MW | | — | Ameren Illinois Company is the largest utility serving Moultrie County, one of 6 with territory here. Its residential customers paid an average 15.26¢/kWh in 2024. Unemployment was 3.0% in August 2026, against 3.4% in 2019. Employers here counted 5,171 jobs in 2025, down 1.0% from 2019. 14,371 people live here, down 0.8% since 2020. ## Who powers Moultrie County ### Utilities with service territory in Moultrie County | Utility | Ownership | Service | Residential customers (systemwide) | Residential price, 2024 | Commercial share of sales | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | Ameren Illinois Company | Investor Owned | Bundled | 1,060,894 | 15.26¢ | 28% | | Eastern Illinois Elec Coop | Cooperative | Bundled | 11,115 | 17.10¢ | 22% | | Shelby Electric Coop, Inc - (IL) | Cooperative | Bundled | 9,871 | 18.63¢ | 11% | | Coles-Moultrie Electric Coop | Cooperative | Bundled | 8,456 | 17.14¢ | 25% | | Village of Bethany - (IL) | — | — | — | — | — | | City of Sullivan - (IL) | — | — | — | — | — | Customer counts, prices and sales shares cover each utility's whole system in the state, not only this county. Commercial sales include data centers. ### Operating power plants | Technology | Capacity | Share | |---|---|---| | Petroleum | 24 MW | 100% | | Largest plants | Owner | Technology | MW | Since | |---|---|---|---|---| | Sullivan (IL) | City of Sullivan - (IL) | Petroleum | 24 MW | 1948 | ### Retired since 2019 | Plant | Technology | MW | Year | |---|---|---|---| | Sullivan (IL) | Petroleum | 2 MW | 2023 | ## The Moultrie County labor market | Industry (2025) | Jobs | Average pay | Concentration vs U.S. | |---|---|---|---| | All industries | 5,171 | $54,308 | 1.00 | | Electrical contractors | 49 | $81,973 | 1.31 | Concentration is the BLS location quotient: 1.0 means the industry holds the same share of local jobs as it does nationally. Industry rows count private employers; cells BLS suppresses are left out. ## Data centers and local rules in Moultrie County No data center, local measure or delayed project is on record in Moultrie County. Illinois has 28 local measures on record statewide, and 1 neighboring county has one: [Macon County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/illinois/macon-county). ## Moultrie County and its neighbors Of the 5 counties that border Moultrie County, Shelby County carries the most build-out activity: data centers, planned generation and operating plants combined. [[[[[ | County | Population | Jobs since 2019 | Operating MW | Planned MW | Data centers | Local measures | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | Moultrie County | 14,371 | ▼ 1.0% | 24 MW | — | — | — | | Coles County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/illinois/coles-county) | 46,607 | ▲ 0.2% | 301 MW | 300 MW | — | — | | Douglas County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/illinois/douglas-county) | 19,880 | ▲ 1.3% | 204 MW | — | — | — | | Macon County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/illinois/macon-county) | 99,300 | ▼ 6.4% | 422 MW | 2 MW | 2 | 1 | | Piatt County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/illinois/piatt-county) | 16,791 | ▲ 5.0% | 988 MW | 5 MW | — | — | | Shelby County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/illinois/shelby-county) | 20,576 | ▼ 3.9% | 1,185 MW | 250 MW | — | — | ## More of Illinois [All Illinois countiesThe state power page and county mapOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/illinois)[Macon County99,300 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/illinois/macon-county)[Coles County46,607 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/illinois/coles-county)[Shelby County20,576 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/illinois/shelby-county)[Douglas County19,880 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/illinois/douglas-county)[Piatt County16,791 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/illinois/piatt-county) ## Moultrie County, answered from the record ### Who provides electricity in Moultrie County, Illinois? 6 utilities have service territory in Moultrie County in the EIA-861 2024 report: Ameren Illinois Company, Eastern Illinois Elec Coop, Shelby Electric Coop, Inc - (IL), Coles-Moultrie Electric Coop. The largest, Ameren Illinois Company, charged residential customers 15.26¢/kWh on average in 2024. ### What power plants are in Moultrie County? 1 operating plant with 24 MW of capacity. The largest is Sullivan (IL) (24 MW, petroleum). ### Are there data centers in Moultrie County? The SAVRN Data Center Map has no data center in Moultrie County. The nearest activity on record is next door in Coles County. ### Is Moultrie County adding jobs? Employers counted 5,171 jobs in 2025 against 5,221 in 2019 (-1.0%, BLS QCEW). ### Does Moultrie County have a data center moratorium? No county-level measure is on record for Moultrie County. Illinois has 28 local measures statewide, listed on the state page. --- Canonical: https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/illinois/moultrie-county Updated: 2026-10-08. Refreshed weekly by SAVRN from EIA, BLS, BEA, Census and the SAVRN trackers. License: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).