Jury Pool Profile
Cass County, Illinois
- County seat
- Virginia
- Judicial district
- 8th Judicial Circuit Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 12,463
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 12,784.
At a glance
Cass County is a 12,463-person venue. The county population is 75% White (Census race-alone categories). 23% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Those figures overlap rather than adding up; counted separately, non-Hispanic White residents are 69.9%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $65,933, $17,394 below the IL state median of $83,327; 20.8% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 22.1% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish and French, Haitian, or Cajun. The largest employment sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 56.3% of covered employment, average pay $61,982/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.66%, below the 4.85% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 64% to 71% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 12,784
- Median household income
- $68,125
- Unemployment
- 4.7%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 75% / 4%.
Cass County has a population of 12,784, with a median age of 38.3. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 74.8%; Black residents 4.0%. Independently, 22.9% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $65,933; 20.8% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 12.1% 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 56% of covered jobs.
Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest employment sector at 56.3% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 15.0%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.66%, below the Illinois state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 68%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Cass County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 70.8% in 2024, 68.1% in 2020, 63.6% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 68% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 22.1% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
22.1% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, French, Haitian, or Cajun, Tagalog. Veterans account for 5.8% of the adult civilian population (565 individuals).