Jury Pool Profile
Jackson County, Illinois
Democratic +4 (2024)
- Population
- 52,706
- Median household income
- $45,572
- Unemployment
- 4.7%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 38,775 73.6%
- Black or African American alone 7,605 14.4%
- Asian alone 1,895 3.6%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 107 0.2%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 81 0.2%
- Some other race alone 1,651 3.1%
- Two or more races 2,592 4.9%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,772 5.3%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 32.9
- Under 18 10,007 19.0%
- 18–24 10,895 20.7%
- 25–44 12,388 23.5%
- 45–64 10,839 20.6%
- 65 and over 8,577 16.3%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 4.7%
- +0.08 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $3.3B
- 0.29% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $56,398
- Establishments
- 1,137
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Education & health services 6,256 24.8%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 3,603 14.3%
- Leisure & hospitality 2,397 9.5%
- Professional & business services 1,518 6.0%
- Construction 1,210 4.8%
- Manufacturing 1,059 4.2%
- Financial activities 1,012 4.0%
- Public administration 892 3.5%
- Natural resources & mining 603 2.4%
- Other services 536 2.1%
- Information 113 0.4%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 49.3%
- Median gross rent
- $746
- Owner-occupied
- 11,388
- Renter-occupied
- 11,700
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 22,331 votes cast
- Democratic 11,394 51.0%
- Republican 10,614 47.5%
- Other / third-party 323 1.4%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
90.0% speak only English at home
- Spanish 1,904 3.8%
- Other Indo-European 871 1.7%
- Arabic 493 1.0%
- German 485 1.0%
- Chinese 275 0.6%
- Korean 242 0.5%
- Other Asian/Pacific 217 0.4%
- Slavic languages 177 0.4%
- French (incl. Cajun) 132 0.3%
- Tagalog 105 0.2%
- Other 57 0.1%
- Vietnamese 9 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 23,088
- Family households
- 11,201
- 48.5% of households
- Married w/ children
- 7,584
- Single-mother households
- 1,547
- Veterans
- 2,412
- 5.7% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
46.0% overall adherence rate
- Evangelical Protestant 13,360 25.2%
- Mainline Protestant 4,366 8.2%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 4,288 8.1%
- Catholic 1,540 2.9%
- Black Protestant 786 1.5%
- Orthodox 45 0.1%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 93.2%
- With a disability
- 17.1%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 35.1%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 1st 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
- Cairo, Golconda, Harrisburg, Jonesboro, Marion, Metropolis, Mound City, Murphysboro, Vienna
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
Illinois statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 9
- 21.08 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 8
NHTSA FARS 2023