Jury Pool Profile
Brown County, Illinois
- County seat
- Mount Sterling
- Judicial district
- 8th Judicial Circuit Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 6,401
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 6,322.
At a glance
Brown County is a 6,401-person venue. The county population is 75% White and 18% Black (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $70,812, $12,515 below the IL state median of $83,327; 12.6% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 7.0% 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 72.5% of covered employment, average pay $70,803/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.37%, below the 4.85% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 76% to 79% of the vote across the three. At least 27% of residents here live in group quarters rather than households, barracks, dormitories, correctional facilities or nursing homes; the ACS survey and the 2020 census disagree on how many, and this is the lower of the two, so the figures above describe a population substantially larger than the one a summons reaches.
- Population
- 6,322
- Median household income
- $67,917
- Unemployment
- 3.4%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 75% / 18%.
Brown County has a population of 6,322, with a median age of 41.0. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 74.5%; Black residents 17.9%. Independently, 6.7% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $70,812; 12.6% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 13.8% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Trade, transportation & utilities, about 72% of covered jobs.
Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest employment sector at 72.5% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 4.2%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.37%, below the Illinois state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 77%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Brown County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 78.9% in 2024, 76.5% in 2020, 76.0% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 59% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 7.0% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
7.0% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Arabic, German or other West Germanic. Veterans account for 4.0% of the adult civilian population (212 individuals).