Jury Pool Profile

Carroll County, Illinois

Republican +32 (2024)

Population: 15,621
Median household income: $60,871
Unemployment: 4.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 14,177 90.8%
Black or African American alone 604 3.9%
Asian alone 106 0.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 47 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 139 0.9%
Two or more races 548 3.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 794 5.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 44.9

Under 18 2,827 18.1%
18–24 1,296 8.3%
25–44 3,719 23.8%
45–64 4,030 25.8%
65 and over 3,749 24.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.9%; +0.25 pp vs. state
County GDP: $761.5M; 0.07% of state
Avg. annual pay: $46,933
Establishments: 405

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 751 19.0%
Education & health services 739 18.7%
Public administration 685 17.3%
Manufacturing 618 15.6%
Leisure & hospitality 365 9.2%
Other services 182 4.6%
Financial activities 172 4.3%
Professional & business services 150 3.8%
Information 27 0.7%
Unclassified 1 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 77.8%
Median gross rent: $784
Owner-occupied: 5,037
Renter-occupied: 1,441

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 7,836 votes cast

Republican 5,082 64.9%
Democratic 2,600 33.2%
Other / third-party 154 2.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.8% speak only English at home

German 321 2.1%
Spanish 318 2.1%
Other Indo-European 65 0.4%
Slavic languages 18 0.1%
Vietnamese 16 0.1%
Arabic 14 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 12 0.1%
Chinese 6 0.0%
Other 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 6,478
Family households: 3,819; 59.0% of households
Married w/ children: 3,080
Single-mother households: 235
Veterans: 1,203; 9.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

50.0% overall adherence rate

Catholic 3,252 20.7%
Mainline Protestant 3,227 20.6%
Evangelical Protestant 1,212 7.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 158 1.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.2%
With a disability: 15.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 18.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 15th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 9 (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: Dixon, Freeport, Galena, Mount Carroll, Oregon

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Illinois statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 2; 15.63 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023