Jury Pool Profile
Effingham County, Illinois
- County seat
- Effingham
- Judicial district
- 4th Judicial Circuit Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 34,519
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 34,522.
At a glance
Effingham County is a 34,519-person venue. The county population is 96% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $81,668, $1,659 below the IL state median of $83,327; 26.9% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 3.2% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest employment sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 25.4% of covered employment, average pay $52,940/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.97%, below the 4.85% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 78% to 79% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 34,522
- Median household income
- $80,404
- Unemployment
- 4.0%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 96% / 0%.
Effingham County has a population of 34,522, with a median age of 40.0. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 95.8%; Black residents 0.3%. Independently, 2.8% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $81,668; 26.9% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 8.1% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Trade, transportation & utilities, about 25% of covered jobs.
Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest employment sector at 25.4% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 20.6%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.97%, below the Illinois state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 79%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Effingham County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 79.3% in 2024, 78.6% in 2020, 78.1% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 65% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 3.2% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
3.2% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic, French, Haitian, or Cajun. Veterans account for 6.9% of the adult civilian population (1,799 individuals).