Jury Pool Profile

Gallatin County, Illinois

Republican +54 (2024)

Population: 4,857
Median household income: $54,626
Unemployment: 4.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 4,666 96.1%
Black or African American alone 33 0.7%
Asian alone 13 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 17 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 0 0.0%
Two or more races 128 2.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 38 0.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 47.3

Under 18 962 19.8%
18–24 302 6.2%
25–44 1,035 21.3%
45–64 1,312 27.0%
65 and over 1,246 25.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.7%; +0.11 pp vs. state
County GDP: $172.5M; 0.02% of state
Avg. annual pay: $51,088
Establishments: 125

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 216 24.7%
Natural resources & mining 163 18.6%
Manufacturing 42 4.8%
Other services 29 3.3%
Leisure & hospitality 23 2.6%
Professional & business services 22 2.5%
Construction 19 2.2%
Financial activities 15 1.7%
Public administration 5 0.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 80.4%
Median gross rent: $500
Owner-occupied: 1,685
Renter-occupied: 411

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 2,529 votes cast

Republican 1,923 76.0%
Democratic 561 22.2%
Other / third-party 45 1.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

99.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 10 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 10 0.2%
Arabic 9 0.2%
Other Indo-European 6 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 4 0.1%
Other 3 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 2,096
Family households: 1,291; 61.6% of households
Married w/ children: 990
Single-mother households: 145
Veterans: 300; 7.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

42.3% overall adherence rate

Catholic 1,050 21.2%
Evangelical Protestant 870 17.6%
Mainline Protestant 153 3.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 18 0.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 96.1%
With a disability: 25.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 15.3%

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