Jury Pool Profile

Fulton County, Illinois

Republican +24 (2024)

Population: 33,259
Median household income: $58,617
Unemployment: 4.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 30,913 92.9%
Black or African American alone 858 2.6%
Asian alone 91 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 201 0.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 242 0.7%
Two or more races 954 2.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 808 2.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.7

Under 18 6,566 19.7%
18–24 2,406 7.2%
25–44 8,273 24.9%
45–64 9,003 27.1%
65 and over 7,011 21.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.8%; +0.18 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.1B; 0.1% of state
Avg. annual pay: $44,887
Establishments: 655

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 3,020 34.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,663 19.2%
Leisure & hospitality 762 8.8%
Public administration 572 6.6%
Financial activities 426 4.9%
Professional & business services 382 4.4%
Other services 357 4.1%
Construction 334 3.9%
Manufacturing 318 3.7%
Natural resources & mining 265 3.1%
Information 109 1.3%
Unclassified 2 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 77.9%
Median gross rent: $808
Owner-occupied: 10,831
Renter-occupied: 3,071

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 16,137 votes cast

Republican 9,827 60.9%
Democratic 5,980 37.1%
Other / third-party 330 2.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 499 1.6%
German 135 0.4%
Chinese 42 0.1%
Other Indo-European 36 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 30 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 30 0.1%
Slavic languages 17 0.1%
Other 17 0.1%
Vietnamese 10 0.0%
Arabic 6 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 13,902
Family households: 8,658; 62.3% of households
Married w/ children: 6,548
Single-mother households: 811
Veterans: 2,098; 7.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

30.1% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 4,171 12.4%
Mainline Protestant 4,170 12.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,343 4.0%
Catholic 440 1.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 96.0%
With a disability: 15.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 17.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 9th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 9 (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: Carthage, Galesburg, Lewistown, Macomb, Monmouth, Oquawka

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Illinois statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 6; 22.48 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 6

NHTSA FARS 2023