Jury Pool Profile

De Witt County, Illinois

Republican +45 (2024)

Population: 15,461
Median household income: $64,802
Unemployment: 3.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 14,610 94.5%
Black or African American alone 160 1.0%
Asian alone 31 0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 52 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 71 0.5%
Two or more races 537 3.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 520 3.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 44

Under 18 3,323 21.5%
18–24 1,099 7.1%
25–44 3,547 22.9%
45–64 4,395 28.4%
65 and over 3,097 20.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.9%; -0.71 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.6B; 0.14% of state
Avg. annual pay: $67,169
Establishments: 346

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 1,686 33.7%
Education & health services 874 17.5%
Professional & business services 701 14.0%
Leisure & hospitality 426 8.5%
Manufacturing 331 6.6%
Construction 290 5.8%
Public administration 261 5.2%
Financial activities 139 2.8%
Other services 135 2.7%
Natural resources & mining 117 2.3%
Information 17 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 76.8%
Median gross rent: $857
Owner-occupied: 5,104
Renter-occupied: 1,538

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 7,736 votes cast

Republican 5,529 71.5%
Democratic 2,058 26.6%
Other / third-party 149 1.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 307 2.1%
Other Indo-European 17 0.1%
Slavic languages 11 0.1%
Korean 7 0.0%
German 4 0.0%
Chinese 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 6,642
Family households: 4,044; 60.9% of households
Married w/ children: 3,202
Single-mother households: 336
Veterans: 1,165; 9.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

35.6% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 3,531 22.8%
Mainline Protestant 951 6.1%
Catholic 927 6.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 111 0.7%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 96.2%
With a disability: 13.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 21.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 6th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 22 (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: Clinton, Decatur, Monticello, Sullivan, Tuscola, Urbana

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Illinois statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 2; 16.48 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023