Jury Pool Profile

Christian County, Illinois

Republican +47 (2024)

Population: 33,684
Median household income: $59,253
Unemployment: 4.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 31,334 93.0%
Black or African American alone 890 2.6%
Asian alone 242 0.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 26 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 7 0.0%
Some other race alone 286 0.8%
Two or more races 899 2.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,093 3.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.7

Under 18 6,734 20.0%
18–24 2,567 7.6%
25–44 8,441 25.1%
45–64 9,311 27.6%
65 and over 6,631 19.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.3%; -0.35 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.0B; 0.17% of state
Avg. annual pay: $51,042
Establishments: 706

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 2,412 25.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,150 23.0%
Manufacturing 1,280 13.7%
Leisure & hospitality 1,064 11.4%
Professional & business services 420 4.5%
Public administration 402 4.3%
Financial activities 361 3.9%
Construction 348 3.7%
Other services 220 2.4%
Natural resources & mining 170 1.8%
Information 131 1.4%
Unclassified 2 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 74.3%
Median gross rent: $729
Owner-occupied: 10,052
Renter-occupied: 3,482

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 15,534 votes cast

Republican 11,278 72.6%
Democratic 4,026 25.9%
Other / third-party 230 1.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 446 1.4%
Other Indo-European 201 0.6%
Other Asian/Pacific 39 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 36 0.1%
Vietnamese 32 0.1%
Other 20 0.1%
Chinese 10 0.0%
German 8 0.0%
Tagalog 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 13,534
Family households: 7,650; 56.5% of households
Married w/ children: 5,866
Single-mother households: 760
Veterans: 2,152; 8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

32.3% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 4,491 13.2%
Mainline Protestant 3,182 9.4%
Catholic 2,900 8.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 231 0.7%
Black Protestant 202 0.6%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.6%
With a disability: 15.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 16.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 4th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 14 (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: Carlyle, Effingham, Hillsboro, Louisville, Newton, Salem, Shelbyville, Taylorville, Vandalia

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Illinois statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 4; 14.84 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023