Jury Pool Profile

Hancock County, Illinois

Republican +50 (2024)

Population: 17,434
Median household income: $65,044
Unemployment: 3.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 16,571 95.0%
Black or African American alone 132 0.8%
Asian alone 57 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 21 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 4 0.0%
Some other race alone 158 0.9%
Two or more races 491 2.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 352 2.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 46.3

Under 18 3,680 21.1%
18–24 1,173 6.7%
25–44 3,666 21.0%
45–64 4,748 27.2%
65 and over 4,167 23.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.8%; -0.8 pp vs. state
County GDP: $824.4M; 0.07% of state
Avg. annual pay: $45,832
Establishments: 412

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,138 27.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 814 19.6%
Natural resources & mining 584 14.1%
Leisure & hospitality 363 8.8%
Public administration 280 6.8%
Manufacturing 262 6.3%
Financial activities 198 4.8%
Construction 190 4.6%
Professional & business services 163 3.9%
Other services 80 1.9%
Information 43 1.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 81.3%
Median gross rent: $755
Owner-occupied: 6,108
Renter-occupied: 1,407

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 9,058 votes cast

Republican 6,708 74.1%
Democratic 2,183 24.1%
Other / third-party 167 1.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 243 1.5%
Other Indo-European 54 0.3%
German 35 0.2%
Tagalog 19 0.1%
Slavic languages 14 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 12 0.1%
Vietnamese 10 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 9 0.1%
Other 8 0.0%
Korean 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 7,515
Family households: 4,801; 63.9% of households
Married w/ children: 3,981
Single-mother households: 348
Veterans: 975; 7.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

43.8% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 3,395 19.3%
Evangelical Protestant 2,262 12.8%
Catholic 1,139 6.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 926 5.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.5%
With a disability: 20.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 24.2%

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: 2; 14.54 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023