Jury Pool Profile

Clinton County, Illinois

Republican +52 (2024)

Population: 36,899
Median household income: $82,314
Unemployment: 3.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 33,710 91.4%
Black or African American alone 1,164 3.2%
Asian alone 206 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 42 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 390 1.1%
Two or more races 1,387 3.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,430 3.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.4

Under 18 7,966 21.6%
18–24 2,552 6.9%
25–44 9,564 25.9%
45–64 10,125 27.4%
65 and over 6,692 18.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.3%; -1.36 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.6B; 0.14% of state
Avg. annual pay: $50,189
Establishments: 940

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 2,952 23.4%
Education & health services 2,925 23.2%
Leisure & hospitality 1,157 9.2%
Construction 1,067 8.5%
Manufacturing 883 7.0%
Natural resources & mining 829 6.6%
Professional & business services 453 3.6%
Financial activities 430 3.4%
Other services 371 2.9%
Information 10 0.1%
Public administration 9 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 79.3%
Median gross rent: $934
Owner-occupied: 11,475
Renter-occupied: 2,988

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 19,215 votes cast

Republican 14,407 75.0%
Democratic 4,447 23.1%
Other / third-party 361 1.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 921 2.6%
Other Indo-European 150 0.4%
German 117 0.3%
Other 73 0.2%
Slavic languages 58 0.2%
Tagalog 55 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 39 0.1%
Korean 9 0.0%
Chinese 8 0.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 5 0.0%
Vietnamese 5 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 14,463
Family households: 9,634; 66.6% of households
Married w/ children: 7,986
Single-mother households: 621
Veterans: 2,575; 8.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

58.0% overall adherence rate

Catholic 16,093 43.6%
Evangelical Protestant 3,542 9.6%
Mainline Protestant 1,638 4.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 111 0.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.1%
With a disability: 13.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 24.4%

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: 6; 20.74 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 6

NHTSA FARS 2023