Jury Pool Profile

Edwards County, Illinois

Republican +71 (2024)

Population: 6,118
Median household income: $59,386
Unemployment: 4.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 5,851 95.6%
Black or African American alone 11 0.2%
Asian alone 27 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 22 0.4%
Two or more races 206 3.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 82 1.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 44.6

Under 18 1,379 22.5%
18–24 421 6.9%
25–44 1,302 21.3%
45–64 1,661 27.1%
65 and over 1,355 22.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.6%; +0.01 pp vs. state
County GDP: $320.6M; 0.03% of state
Avg. annual pay: $43,778
Establishments: 147

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 301 15.6%
Public administration 89 4.6%
Financial activities 88 4.6%
Other services 46 2.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 79.2%
Median gross rent: $746
Owner-occupied: 2,100
Renter-occupied: 553

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 3,288 votes cast

Republican 2,794 85.0%
Democratic 457 13.9%
Other / third-party 37 1.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 76 1.3%
German 19 0.3%
Other Indo-European 13 0.2%
Vietnamese 13 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 2,653
Family households: 1,700; 64.1% of households
Married w/ children: 1,275
Single-mother households: 139
Veterans: 346; 7.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

56.8% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 2,624 42.0%
Mainline Protestant 922 14.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.5%
With a disability: 20.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 13.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 2nd Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 12 (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: Albion, Benton, Carmi, Elizabethtown, Fairfield, Lawrenceville, McLeansboro, Mount Carmel, Mount Vernon, Olney, Robinson, Shawneetown

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Illinois statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 0; 0 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 0

NHTSA FARS 2023