Jury Pool Profile

Jasper County, Illinois

Republican +65 (2024)

Population: 9,233
Median household income: $71,094
Unemployment: 3.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 8,966 97.1%
Black or African American alone 10 0.1%
Asian alone 14 0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 0 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 3 0.0%
Some other race alone 34 0.4%
Two or more races 206 2.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 106 1.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 44.2

Under 18 2,070 22.4%
18–24 672 7.3%
25–44 2,008 21.7%
45–64 2,591 28.1%
65 and over 1,892 20.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.7%; -0.9 pp vs. state
County GDP: $645.6M; 0.06% of state
Avg. annual pay: $47,286
Establishments: 240

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 554 25.3%
Leisure & hospitality 286 13.1%
Public administration 207 9.5%
Manufacturing 173 7.9%
Construction 154 7.0%
Financial activities 124 5.7%
Other services 99 4.5%
Natural resources & mining 97 4.4%
Education & health services 95 4.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 82.8%
Median gross rent: $766
Owner-occupied: 3,119
Renter-occupied: 647

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 5,421 votes cast

Republican 4,449 82.1%
Democratic 912 16.8%
Other / third-party 60 1.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 107 1.2%
German 15 0.2%
Slavic languages 4 0.0%
Other Indo-European 2 0.0%
Tagalog 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 3,766
Family households: 2,591; 68.8% of households
Married w/ children: 2,133
Single-mother households: 116
Veterans: 470; 6.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

43.8% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 1,841 19.8%
Catholic 1,504 16.2%
Mainline Protestant 685 7.4%
Black Protestant 40 0.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.2%
With a disability: 15.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 20.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 4th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 14 (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: Carlyle, Effingham, Hillsboro, Louisville, Newton, Salem, Shelbyville, Taylorville, Vandalia

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Illinois statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 41.88 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023