Jury Pool Profile

Hardin County, Illinois

Republican +62 (2024)

Population: 3,623
Median household income: $57,155
Unemployment: 5.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 3,488 96.3%
Black or African American alone 43 1.2%
Asian alone 0 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 0 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 25 0.7%
Two or more races 67 1.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 42 1.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 55

Under 18 494 13.6%
18–24 149 4.1%
25–44 734 20.3%
45–64 1,094 30.2%
65 and over 1,152 31.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.4%; +0.79 pp vs. state
County GDP: $125.5M; 0.01% of state
Avg. annual pay: $46,177
Establishments: 57

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 245 31.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 140 18.3%
Other services 8 1.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 80.7%
Median gross rent: $342
Owner-occupied: 1,198
Renter-occupied: 286

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 1,925 votes cast

Republican 1,546 80.3%
Democratic 357 18.5%
Other / third-party 22 1.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

99.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 31 0.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 1,484
Family households: 938; 63.2% of households
Married w/ children: 742
Single-mother households: 49
Veterans: 271; 8.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

38.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 1,123 30.8%
Catholic 250 6.9%
Mainline Protestant 30 0.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 96.2%
With a disability: 27.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 12.2%

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