Jury Pool Profile

Edgar County, Illinois

Republican +52 (2024)

Population: 16,637
Median household income: $56,909
Unemployment: 4.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 16,023 96.3%
Black or African American alone 104 0.6%
Asian alone 65 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 6 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 5 0.0%
Some other race alone 65 0.4%
Two or more races 369 2.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 238 1.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 46.4

Under 18 3,281 19.7%
18–24 1,090 6.6%
25–44 3,735 22.4%
45–64 4,546 27.3%
65 and over 3,985 24.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.2%; -0.39 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.0B; 0.09% of state
Avg. annual pay: $54,835
Establishments: 351

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 2,100 29.7%
Education & health services 1,757 24.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 958 13.6%
Leisure & hospitality 639 9.0%
Financial activities 343 4.9%
Natural resources & mining 206 2.9%
Construction 159 2.3%
Professional & business services 129 1.8%
Other services 102 1.4%
Information 26 0.4%
Public administration 15 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 72.7%
Median gross rent: $757
Owner-occupied: 5,531
Renter-occupied: 2,081

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 7,906 votes cast

Republican 5,955 75.3%
Democratic 1,816 23.0%
Other / third-party 135 1.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 150 0.9%
Other Indo-European 69 0.4%
Slavic languages 28 0.2%
German 23 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 19 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 14 0.1%
Tagalog 12 0.1%
Chinese 8 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 7,612
Family households: 4,830; 63.5% of households
Married w/ children: 3,774
Single-mother households: 426
Veterans: 786; 5.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

45.1% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 3,315 19.7%
Mainline Protestant 2,689 15.9%
Catholic 1,293 7.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 305 1.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.4%
With a disability: 18.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 20.1%

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: 2; 14.97 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023