Jury Pool Profile

Douglas County, Illinois

Republican +46 (2024)

Population: 19,686
Median household income: $74,186
Unemployment: 3.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 17,814 90.5%
Black or African American alone 267 1.4%
Asian alone 89 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 61 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 336 1.7%
Two or more races 1,119 5.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,603 8.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.9

Under 18 4,836 24.6%
18–24 1,586 8.1%
25–44 4,904 24.9%
45–64 4,717 24.0%
65 and over 3,643 18.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.6%; -1 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.4B; 0.13% of state
Avg. annual pay: $54,270
Establishments: 603

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 2,770 36.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,314 17.2%
Education & health services 1,085 14.2%
Leisure & hospitality 780 10.2%
Construction 532 7.0%
Public administration 345 4.5%
Financial activities 244 3.2%
Professional & business services 212 2.8%
Natural resources & mining 154 2.0%
Information 24 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 79.1%
Median gross rent: $818
Owner-occupied: 6,186
Renter-occupied: 1,635

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 8,404 votes cast

Republican 6,076 72.3%
Democratic 2,198 26.2%
Other / third-party 130 1.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

80.0% speak only English at home

German 2,232 12.1%
Spanish 1,176 6.4%
Other Indo-European 86 0.5%
Slavic languages 68 0.4%
Tagalog 50 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 22 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 17 0.1%
Arabic 15 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 7,821
Family households: 5,439; 69.5% of households
Married w/ children: 4,493
Single-mother households: 391
Veterans: 976; 6.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

63.2% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 5,819 29.5%
Catholic 3,364 17.0%
Mainline Protestant 2,889 14.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 318 1.6%
Black Protestant 76 0.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 83.3%
With a disability: 13.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 20.2%

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: 4; 26.94 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023