Jury Pool Profile

Cook County, Illinois

Democratic +42 (2024)

Population: 5,185,812
Median household income: $81,797
Unemployment: 5.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 2,408,676 46.4%
Black or African American alone 1,165,825 22.5%
Asian alone 402,519 7.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 38,507 0.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 2,633 0.1%
Some other race alone 592,026 11.4%
Two or more races 575,626 11.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,374,034 26.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 37.8

Under 18 1,110,965 21.4%
18–24 443,761 8.6%
25–44 1,543,175 29.8%
45–64 1,281,604 24.7%
65 and over 806,307 15.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.1%; +0.52 pp vs. state
County GDP: $546.4B; 47.59% of state
Avg. annual pay: $86,931
Establishments: 137,804

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 632,262 24.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 490,326 19.1%
Professional & business services 452,157 17.6%
Leisure & hospitality 292,398 11.4%
Financial activities 205,100 8.0%
Manufacturing 176,786 6.9%
Other services 95,983 3.7%
Public administration 93,375 3.6%
Construction 75,390 2.9%
Information 50,208 2.0%
Natural resources & mining 1,303 0.1%
Unclassified 280 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 57.5%
Median gross rent: $1,381
Owner-occupied: 1,198,834
Renter-occupied: 885,744

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 2,056,800 votes cast

Democratic 1,447,821 70.4%
Republican 583,852 28.4%
Other / third-party 25,127 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

64.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,028,255 21.0%
Slavic languages 204,908 4.2%
Other Indo-European 163,635 3.3%
Chinese 67,828 1.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 54,556 1.1%
Arabic 48,573 1.0%
Tagalog 48,429 1.0%
Other 48,007 1.0%
Korean 25,306 0.5%
French (incl. Cajun) 23,101 0.5%
German 13,479 0.3%
Vietnamese 12,651 0.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 2,084,578
Family households: 1,211,099; 58.1% of households
Married w/ children: 816,180
Single-mother households: 131,906
Veterans: 136,264; 3.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

54.3% overall adherence rate

Catholic 1,522,714 28.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 469,477 8.9%
Evangelical Protestant 389,653 7.4%
Black Protestant 285,053 5.4%
Mainline Protestant 155,064 2.9%
Orthodox 40,685 0.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.0%
With a disability: 11.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 41.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Circuit Court of Cook County
Judges: 400 (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: Chicago

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Illinois statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 377; 9.25 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 357

NHTSA FARS 2023