Jury Pool Profile

Boone County, Illinois

Republican +14 (2024)

Population: 53,316
Median household income: $81,638
Unemployment: 5.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 39,578 74.2%
Black or African American alone 1,312 2.5%
Asian alone 534 1.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 220 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 6,692 12.6%
Two or more races 4,980 9.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 13,273 24.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.5

Under 18 12,886 24.2%
18–24 5,001 9.4%
25–44 12,329 23.1%
45–64 14,381 27.0%
65 and over 8,719 16.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.5%; +0.87 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.0B; 0.17% of state
Avg. annual pay: $55,414
Establishments: 880

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 2,381 20.7%
Education & health services 2,104 18.3%
Manufacturing 2,070 18.0%
Construction 1,492 12.9%
Professional & business services 1,020 8.8%
Leisure & hospitality 932 8.1%
Public administration 622 5.4%
Other services 413 3.6%
Natural resources & mining 212 1.8%
Financial activities 205 1.8%
Information 74 0.6%
Unclassified 1 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 83.0%
Median gross rent: $1,011
Owner-occupied: 15,907
Renter-occupied: 3,248

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 24,216 votes cast

Republican 13,673 56.5%
Democratic 10,159 42.0%
Other / third-party 384 1.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

80.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 8,645 17.1%
Slavic languages 629 1.2%
Arabic 336 0.7%
Other Indo-European 175 0.3%
Tagalog 71 0.1%
German 66 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 57 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 28 0.1%
Vietnamese 24 0.0%
Other 21 0.0%
Korean 19 0.0%
Chinese 15 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 19,155
Family households: 13,821; 72.2% of households
Married w/ children: 10,378
Single-mother households: 1,240
Veterans: 2,278; 5.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

46.9% overall adherence rate

Catholic 15,585 29.2%
Evangelical Protestant 4,523 8.5%
Mainline Protestant 3,832 7.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,110 2.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.2%
With a disability: 13.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 23.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 17th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 27 (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: Belvidere, Rockford

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Illinois statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 11; 27.21 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 10

NHTSA FARS 2023