Jury Pool Profile

Johnson County, Illinois

Republican +58 (2024)

Population: 13,350
Median household income: $65,203
Unemployment: 5.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 10,971 82.2%
Black or African American alone 1,010 7.6%
Asian alone 33 0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 0 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 100 0.7%
Two or more races 1,236 9.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 567 4.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.7

Under 18 2,374 17.8%
18–24 1,286 9.6%
25–44 3,435 25.7%
45–64 3,530 26.4%
65 and over 2,725 20.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.1%; +0.5 pp vs. state
County GDP: $328.9M; 0.03% of state
Avg. annual pay: $58,740
Establishments: 196

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 593 24.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 297 12.2%
Leisure & hospitality 184 7.5%
Public administration 174 7.1%
Professional & business services 168 6.9%
Financial activities 130 5.3%
Construction 91 3.7%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 84.7%
Median gross rent: $634
Owner-occupied: 3,499
Renter-occupied: 634

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 6,103 votes cast

Republican 4,798 78.6%
Democratic 1,241 20.3%
Other / third-party 64 1.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 246 1.9%
German 128 1.0%
Vietnamese 16 0.1%
Other Indo-European 6 0.0%
Tagalog 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 4,133
Family households: 2,634; 63.7% of households
Married w/ children: 2,072
Single-mother households: 241
Veterans: 843; 7.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

28.3% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 2,900 21.8%
Mainline Protestant 412 3.1%
Black Protestant 300 2.3%
Catholic 157 1.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.1%
With a disability: 18.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 18.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 1st 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: Cairo, Golconda, Harrisburg, Jonesboro, Marion, Metropolis, Mound City, Murphysboro, Vienna

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Illinois statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 2; 18.22 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023