Jury Pool Profile

Cumberland County, Illinois

Republican +62 (2024)

Population: 10,378
Median household income: $69,826
Unemployment: 3.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 9,960 96.0%
Black or African American alone 15 0.1%
Asian alone 10 0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 0 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 10 0.1%
Two or more races 383 3.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 33 0.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.3

Under 18 2,475 23.8%
18–24 662 6.4%
25–44 2,388 23.0%
45–64 2,745 26.5%
65 and over 2,108 20.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.6%; -0.96 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.8B; 0.16% of state
Avg. annual pay: $47,709
Establishments: 188

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 705 24.4%
Education & health services 381 13.2%
Leisure & hospitality 205 7.1%
Financial activities 153 5.3%
Public administration 147 5.1%
Natural resources & mining 118 4.1%
Other services 64 2.2%
Professional & business services 18 0.6%
Information 10 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 83.5%
Median gross rent: $756
Owner-occupied: 3,489
Renter-occupied: 691

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 5,768 votes cast

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

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

99.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 39 0.4%
German 19 0.2%
Slavic languages 18 0.2%
Tagalog 10 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 4,180
Family households: 2,783; 66.6% of households
Married w/ children: 2,262
Single-mother households: 132
Veterans: 481; 6.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

29.6% overall adherence rate

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

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.4%
With a disability: 13.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 18.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Illinois statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 5; 63.27 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023