Jury Pool Profile

Clay County, Illinois

Republican +67 (2024)

Population: 13,173
Median household income: $57,266
Unemployment: 5.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 12,562 95.4%
Black or African American alone 93 0.7%
Asian alone 40 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 27 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 29 0.2%
Two or more races 422 3.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 88 0.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.5

Under 18 3,034 23.0%
18–24 921 7.0%
25–44 3,105 23.6%
45–64 3,375 25.6%
65 and over 2,738 20.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.1%; +0.48 pp vs. state
County GDP: $699.4M; 0.06% of state
Avg. annual pay: $50,797
Establishments: 314

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 1,531 33.1%
Education & health services 1,028 22.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 886 19.2%
Leisure & hospitality 244 5.3%
Natural resources & mining 226 4.9%
Financial activities 170 3.7%
Public administration 168 3.6%
Information 106 2.3%
Professional & business services 105 2.3%
Other services 96 2.1%
Construction 58 1.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 80.7%
Median gross rent: $709
Owner-occupied: 4,383
Renter-occupied: 1,048

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 6,766 votes cast

Republican 5,610 82.9%
Democratic 1,054 15.6%
Other / third-party 102 1.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 112 0.9%
Vietnamese 11 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 7 0.1%
Slavic languages 6 0.0%
Other Indo-European 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 5,431
Family households: 3,343; 61.6% of households
Married w/ children: 2,589
Single-mother households: 338
Veterans: 821; 8.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

71.1% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 7,114 53.5%
Catholic 1,290 9.7%
Mainline Protestant 1,002 7.5%
Black Protestant 40 0.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.4%
With a disability: 18.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 15.6%

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: 3; 29.59 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023