Jury Pool Profile

Iroquois County, Illinois

Republican +57 (2024)

Population: 26,746
Median household income: $62,439
Unemployment: 4.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 23,962 89.6%
Black or African American alone 182 0.7%
Asian alone 99 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 86 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,069 4.0%
Two or more races 1,348 5.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,132 8.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 44.4

Under 18 5,802 21.7%
18–24 2,045 7.6%
25–44 5,759 21.5%
45–64 7,201 26.9%
65 and over 5,939 22.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.9%; +0.32 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.4B; 0.12% of state
Avg. annual pay: $50,100
Establishments: 675

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 2,212 30.0%
Education & health services 2,159 29.3%
Manufacturing 597 8.1%
Construction 470 6.4%
Leisure & hospitality 449 6.1%
Public administration 396 5.4%
Financial activities 380 5.2%
Natural resources & mining 243 3.3%
Professional & business services 236 3.2%
Other services 144 2.0%
Information 64 0.9%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 78.5%
Median gross rent: $793
Owner-occupied: 8,901
Renter-occupied: 2,432

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 13,307 votes cast

Republican 10,376 78.0%
Democratic 2,747 20.6%
Other / third-party 184 1.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,329 5.3%
Tagalog 67 0.3%
German 58 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 31 0.1%
Other Indo-European 25 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 9 0.0%
Chinese 3 0.0%
Vietnamese 2 0.0%
Slavic languages 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 11,333
Family households: 7,153; 63.1% of households
Married w/ children: 5,430
Single-mother households: 671
Veterans: 1,465; 7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

43.1% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 6,292 23.2%
Mainline Protestant 3,383 12.5%
Catholic 1,869 6.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 137 0.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.7%
With a disability: 17.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 16.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 21st 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: Kankakee, Watseka

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Illinois statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 10; 47.75 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 9

NHTSA FARS 2023