Jersey County, Illinois

• White (non-Hispanic) 20,132 94.6%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 340 1.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 118 0.6%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 143 0.7%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 503 2.4%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 5 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 22 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 11 0.1%

• Under 18 4,207 19.8%
• 18–24 2,101 9.9%
• 25–44 4,769 22.4%
• 45–64 5,806 27.3%
• 65 and over 4,391 20.6%

Median household income

$77,236

90% interval $69,247–$85,225

−$6,091 vs IL · 28th of 102

Below poverty line

9.5%

90% interval 7.4%–11.6%

−2.0 pp vs IL · 77th of 102

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.0%

−0.87 pp vs. state

County GDP

$672.9M

0.06% of state

Avg. annual pay

$47,411

Establishments

384

• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,059 20.7%
• Leisure & hospitality 802 15.7%
• Education & health services 760 14.9%
• Construction 402 7.9%
• Professional & business services 276 5.4%
• Financial activities 180 3.5%
• Public administration 7 0.1%

The sectors listed cover 68.3% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

80.5%

+13.4 pp vs IL · 22nd of 102

Median gross rent

$846

−$428 vs IL · 40th of 102

Owner-occupied

6,415

Renter-occupied

1,550

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 51% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Professional & business services, $66,826/yr) pays 3.1× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $21,224/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 13 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 8,684 74.3%
• Democratic 2,816 24.1%
• Other / third-party 191 1.6%

• Spanish 170 0.8%
• German or other West Germanic 55 0.3%
• Chinese 44 0.2%
• Korean 28 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 19 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 14 0.1%

Households

7,965

Family households

5,275

66.2% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,228

23.3% of families

Single-mother families

456

8.6% of families

Veterans

1,485

8.7% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 4,216 19.6%
• Evangelical Protestant 2,260 10.5%
• Mainline Protestant 1,743 8.1%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 116 0.5%

Health insured

95.0%

±1.7 pp

Uninsured

5.0%

±1.7 pp

54th of 102

With a disability

13.2%

±1.8 pp

84th of 102

Bachelor's or higher

22.6%

±3.1 pp

−15.2 pp vs IL · 40th of 102

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

5.3%

90% interval 4.6%–6.0% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

7th Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

16 (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

Carlinville, Carrollton, Jacksonville, Jerseyville, Springfield, Winchester

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

5

29.3 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

5