Jury Pool Profile

Alexander County, Illinois

Republican +19 (2024)

Population: 5,042
Median household income: $43,523
Unemployment: 6.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 3,186 63.2%
Black or African American alone 1,642 32.6%
Asian alone 15 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 0 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 0 0.0%
Two or more races 199 3.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 67 1.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 45.8

Under 18 1,092 21.7%
18–24 390 7.7%
25–44 995 19.7%
45–64 1,344 26.7%
65 and over 1,221 24.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 6.4%; +1.82 pp vs. state
County GDP: $273.5M; 0.02% of state
Avg. annual pay: $50,443
Establishments: 96

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 309 34.8%
Manufacturing 118 13.3%
Public administration 88 9.9%
Education & health services 47 5.3%
Leisure & hospitality 31 3.5%
Professional & business services 20 2.3%
Other services 14 1.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 77.7%
Median gross rent: $540
Owner-occupied: 1,418
Renter-occupied: 408

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 2,271 votes cast

Republican 1,341 59.0%
Democratic 904 39.8%
Other / third-party 26 1.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

99.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 13 0.3%
Tagalog 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 1,826
Family households: 1,027; 56.2% of households
Married w/ children: 700
Single-mother households: 117
Veterans: 405; 10.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

43.1% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 1,021 19.5%
Mainline Protestant 512 9.8%
Black Protestant 500 9.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 151 2.9%
Catholic 75 1.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 88.9%
With a disability: 24.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 12.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 1st Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 12 (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: Cairo, Golconda, Harrisburg, Jonesboro, Marion, Metropolis, Mound City, Murphysboro, Vienna

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Illinois statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 25.32 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023