Jury Pool Profile
Bond County, Illinois
- County seat
- Greenville
- Judicial district
- 3rd Judicial Circuit Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 16,959
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 16,716.
At a glance
Bond County is a 16,959-person venue. The county population is 87% White and 6% Black (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $66,398, $16,929 below the IL state median of $83,327; 21.6% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 2.3% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest employment sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 24.1% of covered employment, average pay $51,821/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.48%, below the 4.85% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 66% to 71% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 16,716
- Median household income
- $65,959
- Unemployment
- 4.5%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 87% / 6%.
Bond County has a population of 16,716, with a median age of 39.7. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 86.7%; Black residents 6.1%. Independently, 2.0% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $66,398; 21.6% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 12.6% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW: Trade, transportation & utilities, about 1,090 jobs; Education & health services, about 930, is within 20% of it, counting the jobs BLS withholds.
Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest employment sector at 24.1% of covered employment, followed by Manufacturing at 17.0%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.48%, below the Illinois state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 69%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Bond County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 71.3% in 2024, 69.1% in 2020, 65.5% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 61% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 2.3% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
2.3% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Tagalog, Russian, Polish, or other Slavic. Veterans account for 6.5% of the adult civilian population (890 individuals).