Jury Pool Profile

Jersey County, Illinois

Republican +50 (2024)

Population: 21,336
Median household income: $79,104
Unemployment: 3.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 20,341 95.3%
Black or African American alone 124 0.6%
Asian alone 107 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 6 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 24 0.1%
Some other race alone 36 0.2%
Two or more races 698 3.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 330 1.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.2

Under 18 4,256 19.9%
18–24 2,105 9.9%
25–44 4,763 22.3%
45–64 5,923 27.8%
65 and over 4,289 20.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.7%; -0.89 pp vs. state
County GDP: $672.9M; 0.06% of state
Avg. annual pay: $45,258
Establishments: 389

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 1,045 20.0%
Education & health services 859 16.5%
Leisure & hospitality 776 14.9%
Construction 393 7.5%
Manufacturing 322 6.2%
Professional & business services 306 5.9%
Financial activities 191 3.7%
Natural resources & mining 48 0.9%
Public administration 9 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 77.9%
Median gross rent: $794
Owner-occupied: 6,221
Renter-occupied: 1,763

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 11,691 votes cast

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

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 177 0.9%
German 52 0.3%
Korean 33 0.2%
Other 27 0.1%
Chinese 23 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 17 0.1%
Slavic languages 17 0.1%
Tagalog 6 0.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 6 0.0%
Other Indo-European 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 7,984
Family households: 5,319; 66.6% of households
Married w/ children: 4,075
Single-mother households: 474
Veterans: 1,543; 9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

38.7% overall adherence rate

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%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.7%
With a disability: 13.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 20.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Illinois statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 5.85 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023