Jury Pool Profile
Jasper County, Illinois
- County seat
- Newton
- Judicial district
- 4th Judicial Circuit Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 9,032
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 9,180.
At a glance
Jasper County is a 9,032-person venue. The county population is 97% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $72,816, $10,511 below the IL state median of $83,327; 20.9% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 1.9% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest published sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 25.9% of covered employment, average pay $74,253/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.89%, below the 4.85% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 78% to 82% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 9,180
- Median household income
- $74,755
- Unemployment
- 3.9%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 97% / 0%.
Jasper County has a population of 9,180, with a median age of 44.3. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 96.9%; Black residents 0.1%. Independently, 1.3% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $72,816; 20.9% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 11.3% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Counting the cells BLS withholds (private jobs estimated from Census County Business Patterns, government jobs from the statewide mix), the two largest sectors are within 20% of each other: Trade, transportation & utilities about 560, Education & health services about 480.
Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest published sector at 25.9% of covered employment, followed by Leisure & hospitality at 11.8%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.89%, below the Illinois state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 80%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Jasper County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 82.1% in 2024, 80.5% in 2020, 77.8% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 70% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 1.9% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
1.9% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic, Russian, Polish, or other Slavic. Veterans account for 5.7% of the adult civilian population (407 individuals).