Jury Pool Profile

Jefferson County, Illinois

Republican +48 (2024)

Population: 36,808
Median household income: $61,102
Unemployment: 4.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 31,241 84.9%
Black or African American alone 2,398 6.5%
Asian alone 369 1.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 76 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 8 0.0%
Some other race alone 245 0.7%
Two or more races 2,471 6.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,003 2.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.1

Under 18 8,263 22.4%
18–24 2,703 7.3%
25–44 9,060 24.6%
45–64 9,521 25.9%
65 and over 7,261 19.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.9%; +0.31 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.4B; 0.21% of state
Avg. annual pay: $57,833
Establishments: 858

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 5,216 27.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 4,663 24.2%
Manufacturing 4,534 23.5%
Leisure & hospitality 1,576 8.2%
Professional & business services 838 4.3%
Financial activities 566 2.9%
Public administration 475 2.5%
Construction 418 2.2%
Other services 359 1.9%
Natural resources & mining 101 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 71.9%
Median gross rent: $862
Owner-occupied: 10,638
Renter-occupied: 4,167

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 16,639 votes cast

Republican 12,189 73.3%
Democratic 4,240 25.5%
Other / third-party 210 1.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.1% speak only English at home

German 531 1.5%
Spanish 431 1.2%
Tagalog 126 0.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 57 0.2%
Arabic 49 0.1%
Chinese 39 0.1%
Slavic languages 26 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 25 0.1%
Korean 23 0.1%
Vietnamese 18 0.1%
Other Indo-European 15 0.0%
Other 5 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 14,805
Family households: 9,669; 65.3% of households
Married w/ children: 6,966
Single-mother households: 1,152
Veterans: 2,335; 8.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

46.8% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 13,247 35.7%
Mainline Protestant 1,404 3.8%
Catholic 1,306 3.5%
Black Protestant 890 2.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 530 1.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.5%
With a disability: 18.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 18.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 2nd 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: Albion, Benton, Carmi, Elizabethtown, Fairfield, Lawrenceville, McLeansboro, Mount Carmel, Mount Vernon, Olney, Robinson, Shawneetown

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Illinois statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 11; 38.54 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 8

NHTSA FARS 2023