Jury Pool Profile

Adams County, Illinois

Republican +47 (2024)

Population: 65,166
Median household income: $64,962
Unemployment: 3.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 59,271 91.0%
Black or African American alone 2,320 3.6%
Asian alone 437 0.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 23 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 11 0.0%
Some other race alone 324 0.5%
Two or more races 2,780 4.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,312 2.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.1

Under 18 14,793 22.7%
18–24 5,205 8.0%
25–44 15,534 23.8%
45–64 16,562 25.4%
65 and over 13,072 20.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.4%; -1.19 pp vs. state
County GDP: $4.7B; 0.41% of state
Avg. annual pay: $54,986
Establishments: 1,747

U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 8,951 27.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 7,190 22.4%
Manufacturing 4,466 13.9%
Leisure & hospitality 3,148 9.8%
Financial activities 1,901 5.9%
Professional & business services 1,456 4.5%
Public administration 1,263 3.9%
Construction 1,256 3.9%
Other services 1,150 3.6%
Natural resources & mining 366 1.1%
Information 256 0.8%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 72.5%
Median gross rent: $826
Owner-occupied: 20,132
Renter-occupied: 7,638

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 31,744 votes cast

Republican 23,161 73.0%
Democratic 8,111 25.6%
Other / third-party 472 1.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 780 1.3%
German 207 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 143 0.2%
Tagalog 137 0.2%
Other Indo-European 73 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 71 0.1%
Arabic 60 0.1%
Other 57 0.1%
Korean 44 0.1%
Slavic languages 41 0.1%
Chinese 14 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 27,770
Family households: 16,556; 59.6% of households
Married w/ children: 12,512
Single-mother households: 1,573
Veterans: 4,056; 8.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

74.6% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 25,414 38.7%
Catholic 15,124 23.0%
Mainline Protestant 5,967 9.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,947 3.0%
Black Protestant 550 0.8%
Orthodox 34 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.2%
With a disability: 17.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 27.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 8th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 10 (Combined Circuit Judge + Associate Judge counts per circuit. Vintage 2024-2025; hand-sourced from per-circuit official court websites and the 2023-2024 Illinois Blue Book (ilsos.gov) judge roster, cross-referenced against the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts directory. Cook County total of ~400 reflects the Circuit Court of Cook County's combined elected Circuit Judges (~257) plus appointed Associate Judges (~145) — the largest unified trial court in the United States. Several smaller downstate circuits carry estimates (see source comments).)
Court seats: Hardin, Havana, Mount Sterling, Petersburg, Pittsfield, Quincy, Rushville, Virginia

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Illinois statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 5; 9.93 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023