Jury Pool Profile

Grundy County, Illinois

Republican +30 (2024)

Population: 52,920
Median household income: $93,060
Unemployment: 4.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 46,772 88.4%
Black or African American alone 1,127 2.1%
Asian alone 231 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 41 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,443 2.7%
Two or more races 3,306 6.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6,081 11.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.6

Under 18 13,072 24.7%
18–24 4,630 8.7%
25–44 13,486 25.5%
45–64 14,005 26.5%
65 and over 7,727 14.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.9%; +0.25 pp vs. state
County GDP: $6.0B; 0.53% of state
Avg. annual pay: $69,868
Establishments: 1,204

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 8,810 39.4%
Education & health services 5,039 22.5%
Construction 2,098 9.4%
Leisure & hospitality 1,841 8.2%
Manufacturing 1,190 5.3%
Professional & business services 1,077 4.8%
Public administration 700 3.1%
Financial activities 608 2.7%
Other services 584 2.6%
Natural resources & mining 262 1.2%
Information 95 0.4%
Unclassified 2 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 75.8%
Median gross rent: $1,137
Owner-occupied: 15,555
Renter-occupied: 4,963

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 26,539 votes cast

Republican 16,997 64.0%
Democratic 9,143 34.5%
Other / third-party 399 1.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

92.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 3,023 6.1%
Other Indo-European 163 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 137 0.3%
Tagalog 132 0.3%
Slavic languages 117 0.2%
German 82 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 56 0.1%
Chinese 52 0.1%
Arabic 37 0.1%
Vietnamese 17 0.0%
Other 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 20,518
Family households: 14,009; 68.3% of households
Married w/ children: 10,994
Single-mother households: 1,157
Veterans: 3,152; 7.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

36.1% overall adherence rate

Catholic 9,922 18.9%
Evangelical Protestant 4,493 8.6%
Mainline Protestant 3,697 7.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 877 1.7%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 96.3%
With a disability: 9.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 24.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 13th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 10 (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: Morris, Ottawa, Princeton

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Illinois statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 7; 17.57 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 7

NHTSA FARS 2023