Jury Pool Profile

Brown County, Illinois

Republican +60 (2024)

Population: 6,320
Median household income: $72,288
Unemployment: 3.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 4,777 75.6%
Black or African American alone 1,091 17.3%
Asian alone 2 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 53 0.8%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 192 3.0%
Two or more races 205 3.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 321 5.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.9

Under 18 1,102 17.4%
18–24 490 7.8%
25–44 1,949 30.8%
45–64 1,755 27.8%
65 and over 1,024 16.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.1%; -1.52 pp vs. state
County GDP: $624.0M; 0.05% of state
Avg. annual pay: $64,340
Establishments: 132

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 3,433 71.7%
Education & health services 205 4.3%
Leisure & hospitality 136 2.8%
Public administration 116 2.4%
Professional & business services 62 1.3%
Construction 53 1.1%
Financial activities 51 1.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 73.6%
Median gross rent: $724
Owner-occupied: 1,488
Renter-occupied: 533

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 2,455 votes cast

Republican 1,938 78.9%
Democratic 467 19.0%
Other / third-party 50 2.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 269 4.5%
Other Indo-European 31 0.5%
German 18 0.3%
Other 18 0.3%
Arabic 17 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 2,021
Family households: 1,223; 60.5% of households
Married w/ children: 986
Single-mother households: 65
Veterans: 241; 4.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

27.2% overall adherence rate

Catholic 798 12.8%
Mainline Protestant 578 9.3%
Evangelical Protestant 318 5.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 5 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 97.3%
With a disability: 20.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 15.1%

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: 2; 38.33 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023