Jury Pool Profile

Bureau County, Illinois

Republican +24 (2024)

Population: 33,027
Median household income: $65,894
Unemployment: 5.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 29,410 89.0%
Black or African American alone 212 0.6%
Asian alone 286 0.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 20 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,215 3.7%
Two or more races 1,884 5.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,251 9.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 44.1

Under 18 6,922 21.0%
18–24 2,555 7.7%
25–44 7,327 22.2%
45–64 8,735 26.4%
65 and over 7,488 22.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.2%; +0.62 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.6B; 0.14% of state
Avg. annual pay: $53,297
Establishments: 771

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 3,557 35.5%
Education & health services 1,911 19.0%
Manufacturing 1,427 14.2%
Leisure & hospitality 764 7.6%
Construction 479 4.8%
Public administration 463 4.6%
Professional & business services 440 4.4%
Other services 321 3.2%
Financial activities 276 2.8%
Natural resources & mining 270 2.7%
Information 28 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 76.2%
Median gross rent: $838
Owner-occupied: 10,673
Renter-occupied: 3,338

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 15,992 votes cast

Republican 9,784 61.2%
Democratic 5,900 36.9%
Other / third-party 308 1.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,483 4.7%
German 271 0.9%
Tagalog 113 0.4%
Other Indo-European 97 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 75 0.2%
Arabic 32 0.1%
Chinese 30 0.1%
Slavic languages 29 0.1%
Vietnamese 10 0.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 9 0.0%
Other 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 14,011
Family households: 8,924; 63.7% of households
Married w/ children: 6,845
Single-mother households: 915
Veterans: 1,725; 6.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

38.1% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 4,518 13.6%
Mainline Protestant 3,951 11.9%
Catholic 3,950 11.9%
Black Protestant 150 0.5%
Orthodox 90 0.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 3 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.1%
With a disability: 14.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 21.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 13th 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: Morris, Ottawa, Princeton

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Illinois statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 8; 30.65 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 8

NHTSA FARS 2023