Jury Pool Profile

Cass County, Illinois

Republican +43 (2024)

Population: 12,826
Median household income: $64,907
Unemployment: 4.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 9,965 77.7%
Black or African American alone 489 3.8%
Asian alone 102 0.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 60 0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 75 0.6%
Some other race alone 1,115 8.7%
Two or more races 1,020 8.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,808 21.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.1

Under 18 3,141 24.5%
18–24 995 7.8%
25–44 3,283 25.6%
45–64 3,025 23.6%
65 and over 2,382 18.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.4%; -0.19 pp vs. state
County GDP: $883.5M; 0.08% of state
Avg. annual pay: $51,068
Establishments: 266

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 1,249 24.3%
Education & health services 752 14.6%
Public administration 300 5.8%
Financial activities 225 4.4%
Construction 158 3.1%
Leisure & hospitality 152 3.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 74.9%
Median gross rent: $723
Owner-occupied: 3,847
Renter-occupied: 1,288

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 5,241 votes cast

Republican 3,712 70.8%
Democratic 1,438 27.4%
Other / third-party 91 1.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

78.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 2,060 17.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 251 2.1%
Other 125 1.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 56 0.5%
Tagalog 40 0.3%
Slavic languages 7 0.1%
German 6 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 5,135
Family households: 3,363; 65.5% of households
Married w/ children: 2,483
Single-mother households: 345
Veterans: 587; 6.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

58.2% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 2,469 18.9%
Evangelical Protestant 2,368 18.2%
Catholic 2,334 17.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 419 3.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.7%
With a disability: 16.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 20.0%

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