Jury Pool Profile

Henry County, Illinois

Republican +24 (2024)

Population: 48,948
Median household income: $69,912
Unemployment: 5.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 43,316 88.5%
Black or African American alone 1,071 2.2%
Asian alone 192 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 5 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 10 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,290 2.6%
Two or more races 3,064 6.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,284 6.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.4

Under 18 10,793 22.0%
18–24 3,309 6.8%
25–44 11,455 23.4%
45–64 13,027 26.6%
65 and over 10,364 21.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.1%; +0.52 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.0B; 0.18% of state
Avg. annual pay: $50,950
Establishments: 1,020

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 3,322 24.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,681 19.4%
Manufacturing 1,779 12.9%
Leisure & hospitality 1,232 8.9%
Construction 1,160 8.4%
Public administration 890 6.4%
Professional & business services 814 5.9%
Financial activities 667 4.8%
Natural resources & mining 518 3.8%
Other services 281 2.0%
Information 96 0.7%
Unclassified 1 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 80.4%
Median gross rent: $837
Owner-occupied: 16,287
Renter-occupied: 3,974

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 25,062 votes cast

Republican 15,359 61.3%
Democratic 9,226 36.8%
Other / third-party 477 1.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,488 3.2%
German 197 0.4%
Chinese 45 0.1%
Other Indo-European 43 0.1%
Other 39 0.1%
Tagalog 31 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 17 0.0%
Korean 11 0.0%
Slavic languages 10 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 20,261
Family households: 13,369; 66.0% of households
Married w/ children: 10,381
Single-mother households: 1,177
Veterans: 2,965; 7.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

43.6% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 11,188 22.7%
Catholic 6,192 12.6%
Evangelical Protestant 3,052 6.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,040 2.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.9%
With a disability: 13.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 24.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 14th 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: Aledo, Cambridge, Morrison, Rock Island

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Illinois statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 2; 5.24 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023