Carmi has always had a Midwestern mentality. Its people believed in hard work, family, religion and community. That still makes it a vital place to raise a family or set up a business.

Southern Illinois has long been an agricultural and oil and gas dominated economy, and now throw in the coal industry and Carmi has several natural resource reserves to pull from. In educating its youth, the Carmi-White County Unit 5 School System has proven itself a leader in education services. Southeastern Illinois College now maintains a Carmi campus that is ever expanding to meeting growing education needs.

For more information about Carmi, please contact the Chamber of Commerce 618-382-7606