Jury Pool Profile

Crawford County, Illinois

Republican +53 (2024)

Population: 18,588
Median household income: $67,614
Unemployment: 3.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 16,942 91.1%
Black or African American alone 656 3.5%
Asian alone 36 0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 220 1.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 32 0.2%
Two or more races 702 3.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 470 2.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.4

Under 18 3,756 20.2%
18–24 1,275 6.9%
25–44 4,941 26.6%
45–64 4,991 26.9%
65 and over 3,625 19.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.9%; -0.76 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.7B; 0.14% of state
Avg. annual pay: $61,683
Establishments: 424

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 1,919 25.6%
Education & health services 1,537 20.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,155 15.4%
Leisure & hospitality 688 9.2%
Professional & business services 503 6.7%
Construction 394 5.3%
Public administration 304 4.1%
Financial activities 260 3.5%
Other services 182 2.4%
Natural resources & mining 172 2.3%
Information 57 0.8%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 80.4%
Median gross rent: $761
Owner-occupied: 5,959
Renter-occupied: 1,452

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 8,927 votes cast

Republican 6,727 75.4%
Democratic 2,048 22.9%
Other / third-party 152 1.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 345 2.0%
German 107 0.6%
Slavic languages 27 0.2%
Other Indo-European 22 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 14 0.1%
Vietnamese 11 0.1%
Arabic 6 0.0%
Tagalog 4 0.0%
Other 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 7,411
Family households: 4,837; 65.3% of households
Married w/ children: 4,008
Single-mother households: 328
Veterans: 1,158; 7.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

40.7% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 5,127 27.4%
Mainline Protestant 1,100 5.9%
Catholic 955 5.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 271 1.5%
Black Protestant 150 0.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.8%
With a disability: 15.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 20.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 2nd Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 12 (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: Albion, Benton, Carmi, Elizabethtown, Fairfield, Lawrenceville, McLeansboro, Mount Carmel, Mount Vernon, Olney, Robinson, Shawneetown

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Illinois statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 2; 13.48 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023