Jury Pool Profile

Jo Daviess County, Illinois

Republican +17 (2024)

Population: 21,918
Median household income: $74,954
Unemployment: 3.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 20,607 94.0%
Black or African American alone 181 0.8%
Asian alone 124 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 68 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 13 0.1%
Some other race alone 168 0.8%
Two or more races 757 3.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 879 4.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 50.9

Under 18 4,062 18.5%
18–24 1,285 5.9%
25–44 4,241 19.3%
45–64 5,945 27.1%
65 and over 6,385 29.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.9%; -0.68 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.1B; 0.1% of state
Avg. annual pay: $46,804
Establishments: 742

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Leisure & hospitality 1,702 22.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,696 22.7%
Education & health services 1,283 17.1%
Manufacturing 707 9.4%
Construction 564 7.5%
Professional & business services 463 6.2%
Other services 391 5.2%
Public administration 323 4.3%
Financial activities 205 2.7%
Natural resources & mining 102 1.4%
Information 29 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 81.8%
Median gross rent: $795
Owner-occupied: 8,495
Renter-occupied: 1,890

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 12,385 votes cast

Republican 7,136 57.6%
Democratic 5,051 40.8%
Other / third-party 198 1.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 275 1.3%
Other Indo-European 48 0.2%
German 42 0.2%
Slavic languages 35 0.2%
Vietnamese 33 0.2%
Tagalog 22 0.1%
Arabic 19 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 14 0.1%
Chinese 1 0.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 10,385
Family households: 6,671; 64.2% of households
Married w/ children: 5,557
Single-mother households: 519
Veterans: 1,491; 8.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

42.6% overall adherence rate

Catholic 4,828 21.9%
Mainline Protestant 3,564 16.2%
Evangelical Protestant 902 4.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 98 0.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.8%
With a disability: 13.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 28.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 15th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 9 (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: Dixon, Freeport, Galena, Mount Carroll, Oregon

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Illinois statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 6; 33.6 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023