Jury Pool Profile

Calhoun County, Illinois

Republican +56 (2024)

Population: 4,406
Median household income: $92,095
Unemployment: 4.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 4,183 94.9%
Black or African American alone 45 1.0%
Asian alone 1 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 5 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 6 0.1%
Two or more races 166 3.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 42 1.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 48.5

Under 18 897 20.4%
18–24 374 8.5%
25–44 768 17.4%
45–64 1,281 29.1%
65 and over 1,086 24.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.6%; +0.01 pp vs. state
County GDP: $131.1M; 0.01% of state
Avg. annual pay: $36,322
Establishments: 92

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 254 34.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 136 18.3%
Leisure & hospitality 104 14.0%
Financial activities 67 9.0%
Construction 35 4.7%
Professional & business services 18 2.4%
Public administration 6 0.8%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 89.1%
Median gross rent: $479
Owner-occupied: 1,089
Renter-occupied: 133

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 2,680 votes cast

Republican 2,059 76.8%
Democratic 560 20.9%
Other / third-party 61 2.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

99.3% speak only English at home

German 13 0.3%
Spanish 10 0.2%
Other Indo-European 4 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 1,222
Family households: 942; 77.1% of households
Married w/ children: 832
Single-mother households: 55
Veterans: 353; 10.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

38.7% overall adherence rate

Catholic 870 19.6%
Evangelical Protestant 688 15.5%
Mainline Protestant 160 3.6%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 98.7%
With a disability: 18.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 18.4%

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: 0; 0 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 0

NHTSA FARS 2023