Jury Pool Profile

Clark County, Illinois

Republican +51 (2024)

Population: 15,328
Median household income: $70,625
Unemployment: 4.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 14,692 95.9%
Black or African American alone 106 0.7%
Asian alone 25 0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 5 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 44 0.3%
Two or more races 456 3.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 274 1.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42

Under 18 3,423 22.3%
18–24 1,115 7.3%
25–44 3,557 23.2%
45–64 4,215 27.5%
65 and over 3,018 19.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.9%; +0.26 pp vs. state
County GDP: $715.5M; 0.06% of state
Avg. annual pay: $45,606
Establishments: 337

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 980 22.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 786 17.9%
Education & health services 781 17.8%
Leisure & hospitality 540 12.3%
Public administration 286 6.5%
Construction 283 6.4%
Financial activities 261 5.9%
Other services 150 3.4%
Natural resources & mining 141 3.2%
Professional & business services 106 2.4%
Information 33 0.8%
Unclassified 4 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 81.7%
Median gross rent: $828
Owner-occupied: 5,390
Renter-occupied: 1,207

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 8,203 votes cast

Republican 6,130 74.7%
Democratic 1,927 23.5%
Other / third-party 146 1.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 194 1.3%
German 44 0.3%
Other Indo-European 36 0.2%
Slavic languages 18 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 15 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 14 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 6,597
Family households: 4,535; 68.7% of households
Married w/ children: 3,343
Single-mother households: 409
Veterans: 938; 7.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

69.0% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 7,742 50.1%
Mainline Protestant 2,125 13.7%
Catholic 790 5.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.1%
With a disability: 13.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 24.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 5th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 8 (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: Charleston, Danville, Marshall, Paris, Toledo

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Illinois statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 4; 33.6 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023