Cumberland County, Illinois

• White (non-Hispanic) 9,816 95.0%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 38 0.4%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 18 0.2%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 4 0.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 458 4.4%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

• Under 18 2,317 22.4%
• 18–24 723 7.0%
• 25–44 2,382 23.1%
• 45–64 2,739 26.5%
• 65 and over 2,173 21.0%

Median household income

$81,491

90% interval $72,191–$90,791

−$1,836 vs IL · 19th of 102

Below poverty line

9.8%

90% interval 7.4%–12.2%

−1.7 pp vs IL · 72nd of 102

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.9%

−0.98 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.8B

0.16% of state

Avg. annual pay

$49,319

Establishments

197

• Trade, transportation & utilities 703 24.3%
• Education & health services 364 12.6%
• Leisure & hospitality 228 7.9%
• Financial activities 173 6.0%
• Public administration 144 5.0%
• Natural resources & mining 109 3.8%
• Other services 68 2.4%

The sectors listed cover 61.9% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

84.2%

+17.1 pp vs IL · 7th of 102

Median gross rent

$772

−$502 vs IL · 77th of 102

Owner-occupied

3,515

Renter-occupied

662

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 45% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Natural resources & mining, $62,454/yr) pays 3.3× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $19,000/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 15 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 4,627 80.2%
• Democratic 1,059 18.4%
• Other / third-party 82 1.4%

• Spanish 30 0.3%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 21 0.2%
• German or other West Germanic 13 0.1%

Households

4,177

Family households

2,762

66.1% of households

Married couples w/ children

769

27.8% of families

Single-mother families

166

6.0% of families

Veterans

535

6.7% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 1,440 13.8%
• Catholic 979 9.4%
• Mainline Protestant 679 6.5%

Health insured

94.7%

±1.4 pp

Uninsured

5.3%

±1.4 pp

40th of 102

With a disability

14.2%

±1.9 pp

71st of 102

Bachelor's or higher

19.6%

±2.6 pp

−18.2 pp vs IL · 64th of 102

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

5.2%

90% interval 4.5%–5.9% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

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

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

1

12.47 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

1