Jo Daviess County, Illinois

• White (non-Hispanic) 20,080 91.9%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 912 4.2%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 166 0.8%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 114 0.5%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 474 2.2%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 24 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 11 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 70 0.3%

• Under 18 3,972 18.2%
• 18–24 1,275 5.8%
• 25–44 4,162 19.0%
• 45–64 5,901 27.0%
• 65 and over 6,541 29.9%

Median household income

$70,046

90% interval $62,876–$77,216

−$13,281 vs IL · 45th of 102

Below poverty line

9.8%

90% interval 7.9%–11.7%

−1.7 pp vs IL · 73rd of 102

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.1%

−0.78 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.1B

0.1% of state

Avg. annual pay

$49,577

Establishments

736

• Leisure & hospitality 1,712 22.7%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,659 22.0%
• Education & health services 1,306 17.3%
• Manufacturing 698 9.2%
• Construction 651 8.6%
• Professional & business services 479 6.3%
• Other services 384 5.1%
• Public administration 317 4.2%
• Financial activities 192 2.5%
• Natural resources & mining 100 1.3%
• Information 29 0.4%

Home ownership

80.4%

+13.3 pp vs IL · 23rd of 102

Median gross rent

$825

−$449 vs IL · 47th of 102

Owner-occupied

8,352

Renter-occupied

2,039

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 62% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Construction, $80,948/yr) pays 3.2× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $25,322/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 10 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 7,136 57.6%
• Democratic 5,051 40.8%
• Other / third-party 198 1.6%

• Spanish 324 1.5%
• German or other West Germanic 48 0.2%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 32 0.2%
• Arabic 27 0.1%
• Vietnamese 24 0.1%
• Tagalog 23 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 15 0.1%
• Chinese 4 0.0%

Households

10,391

Family households

6,620

63.7% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,484

22.4% of families

Single-mother families

478

7.2% of families

Veterans

1,305

7.3% of civilians 18+

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

Health insured

95.3%

±1.2 pp

Uninsured

4.7%

±1.2 pp

62nd of 102

With a disability

13.8%

±1.3 pp

75th of 102

Bachelor's or higher

28.9%

±2.4 pp

−8.9 pp vs IL · 20th of 102

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

6.6%

90% interval 5.8%–7.4% · Census SAHIE

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

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

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

0

0 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

0