Jury Pool Profile

Ford County, Illinois

Republican +48 (2024)

Population: 13,396
Median household income: $60,782
Unemployment: 4.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 12,258 91.5%
Black or African American alone 112 0.8%
Asian alone 100 0.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 4 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 291 2.2%
Two or more races 631 4.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 621 4.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.5

Under 18 3,120 23.3%
18–24 980 7.3%
25–44 3,125 23.3%
45–64 3,587 26.8%
65 and over 2,584 19.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.2%; -0.39 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.1B; 0.1% of state
Avg. annual pay: $55,831
Establishments: 367

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,876 32.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,352 23.6%
Manufacturing 940 16.4%
Professional & business services 406 7.1%
Leisure & hospitality 284 5.0%
Construction 205 3.6%
Public administration 179 3.1%
Financial activities 162 2.8%
Natural resources & mining 147 2.6%
Other services 106 1.9%
Information 39 0.7%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 74.1%
Median gross rent: $836
Owner-occupied: 4,245
Renter-occupied: 1,483

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 6,547 votes cast

Republican 4,778 73.0%
Democratic 1,643 25.1%
Other / third-party 126 1.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 339 2.7%
Other Asian/Pacific 61 0.5%
German 37 0.3%
Other Indo-European 34 0.3%
Slavic languages 24 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 22 0.2%
Tagalog 4 0.0%
Other 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 5,728
Family households: 3,594; 62.7% of households
Married w/ children: 2,758
Single-mother households: 388
Veterans: 876; 8.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

46.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 2,652 19.6%
Mainline Protestant 2,213 16.4%
Catholic 1,424 10.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 3 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.4%
With a disability: 14.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 19.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 11th 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: Bloomington, Eureka, Lincoln, Paxton, Pontiac

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Illinois statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 4; 38.93 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023