Jury Pool Profile
Bureau County, Illinois
- County seat
- Princeton
- Judicial district
- 13th Judicial Circuit Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 32,510
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 32,866.
At a glance
Bureau County is a 32,510-person venue. The county population is 87% White (Census race-alone categories). 10% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Median household income is $75,022, $8,305 below the IL state median of $83,327; 21.7% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 7.3% 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 36.1% of covered employment, average pay $55,206/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 5.28%, above the 4.85% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 57% to 61% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 32,866
- Median household income
- $69,257
- Unemployment
- 5.3%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 87% / 1%.
Bureau County has a population of 32,866, with a median age of 44.1. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 87.5%; Black residents 0.6%. Independently, 10.2% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $75,022; 21.7% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 9.2% 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 36% of covered jobs.
Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest employment sector at 36.1% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 19.7%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 5.28%, above the Illinois state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 59%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Bureau County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 61.2% in 2024, 59.7% in 2020, 56.8% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 64% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 7.3% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
7.3% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic, Tagalog. Veterans account for 6.3% of the adult civilian population (1,632 individuals).