Jury Pool Profile

DuPage County, Illinois

Democratic +13 (2024)

Population: 927,263
Median household income: $110,502
Unemployment: 4.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 623,577 67.2%
Black or African American alone 46,564 5.0%
Asian alone 117,132 12.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 3,148 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 267 0.0%
Some other race alone 49,964 5.4%
Two or more races 86,611 9.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 145,993 15.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40

Under 18 207,574 22.4%
18–24 76,913 8.3%
25–44 239,999 25.9%
45–64 246,642 26.6%
65 and over 156,135 16.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.1%; -0.47 pp vs. state
County GDP: $129.7B; 11.3% of state
Avg. annual pay: $79,674
Establishments: 33,915

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 142,178 22.9%
Education & health services 131,580 21.2%
Professional & business services 124,868 20.1%
Manufacturing 59,322 9.5%
Leisure & hospitality 57,028 9.2%
Financial activities 35,373 5.7%
Construction 29,673 4.8%
Other services 18,888 3.0%
Public administration 11,659 1.9%
Information 9,018 1.4%
Natural resources & mining 634 0.1%
Unclassified 43 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 73.1%
Median gross rent: $1,628
Owner-occupied: 255,581
Renter-occupied: 93,916

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 449,660 votes cast

Democratic 251,164 55.9%
Republican 191,243 42.5%
Other / third-party 7,253 1.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

70.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 99,461 11.4%
Other Indo-European 61,150 7.0%
Slavic languages 34,169 3.9%
Other Asian/Pacific 19,056 2.2%
Chinese 11,524 1.3%
Tagalog 9,633 1.1%
Arabic 7,915 0.9%
Other 3,880 0.4%
Vietnamese 3,115 0.4%
Korean 3,029 0.3%
German 2,196 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 2,071 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 349,497
Family households: 244,074; 69.8% of households
Married w/ children: 196,912
Single-mother households: 15,012
Veterans: 25,869; 3.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

63.6% overall adherence rate

Catholic 337,802 36.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 97,262 10.4%
Evangelical Protestant 89,610 9.6%
Mainline Protestant 53,455 5.7%
Orthodox 11,417 1.2%
Black Protestant 3,502 0.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.7%
With a disability: 8.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 51.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 18th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 36 (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: Wheaton

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Illinois statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 48; 6.67 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 46

NHTSA FARS 2023