Jury Pool Profile

Henderson County, Illinois

Republican +39 (2024)

Population: 6,284
Median household income: $65,651
Unemployment: 4.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 5,980 95.2%
Black or African American alone 16 0.3%
Asian alone 2 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 12 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 85 1.4%
Two or more races 189 3.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 122 1.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 49.8

Under 18 1,188 18.9%
18–24 371 5.9%
25–44 1,246 19.8%
45–64 1,801 28.7%
65 and over 1,678 26.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.3%; -0.36 pp vs. state
County GDP: $224.5M; 0.02% of state
Avg. annual pay: $37,040
Establishments: 143

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 343 29.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 266 23.1%
Public administration 136 11.8%
Financial activities 100 8.7%
Leisure & hospitality 95 8.3%
Professional & business services 59 5.1%
Construction 51 4.4%
Natural resources & mining 38 3.3%
Manufacturing 23 2.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 85.5%
Median gross rent: $834
Owner-occupied: 2,277
Renter-occupied: 385

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 3,462 votes cast

Republican 2,369 68.4%
Democratic 1,026 29.6%
Other / third-party 67 1.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 27 0.5%
Other 23 0.4%
German 11 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 6 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 3 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 2,662
Family households: 1,806; 67.8% of households
Married w/ children: 1,455
Single-mother households: 160
Veterans: 470; 9.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

25.8% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 1,135 17.8%
Evangelical Protestant 358 5.6%
Catholic 150 2.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 97.2%
With a disability: 19.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 19.2%

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: 3; 58.87 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023