Jury Pool Profile

Kane County, Illinois

Democratic +9 (2024)

Population: 516,097
Median household income: $100,678
Unemployment: 4.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 318,622 61.7%
Black or African American alone 26,357 5.1%
Asian alone 20,442 4.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 5,248 1.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 703 0.1%
Some other race alone 68,099 13.2%
Two or more races 76,626 14.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 170,629 33.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.6

Under 18 125,866 24.4%
18–24 46,394 9.0%
25–44 129,829 25.2%
45–64 136,630 26.5%
65 and over 77,378 15.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.8%; +0.15 pp vs. state
County GDP: $37.1B; 3.23% of state
Avg. annual pay: $62,791
Establishments: 12,855

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 47,450 22.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 41,195 19.3%
Manufacturing 33,480 15.7%
Professional & business services 29,624 13.9%
Leisure & hospitality 23,904 11.2%
Construction 11,703 5.5%
Financial activities 8,044 3.8%
Public administration 7,546 3.5%
Other services 6,961 3.3%
Information 1,945 0.9%
Natural resources & mining 723 0.3%
Unclassified 35 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 75.7%
Median gross rent: $1,404
Owner-occupied: 138,755
Renter-occupied: 44,441

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 222,364 votes cast

Democratic 120,077 54.0%
Republican 99,260 44.6%
Other / third-party 3,027 1.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

68.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 127,519 26.2%
Other Indo-European 9,020 1.9%
Slavic languages 6,099 1.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 3,556 0.7%
Tagalog 3,193 0.7%
Other 1,367 0.3%
German 1,295 0.3%
Arabic 1,247 0.3%
Chinese 846 0.2%
Korean 634 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 587 0.1%
Vietnamese 322 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 183,196
Family households: 132,829; 72.5% of households
Married w/ children: 101,340
Single-mother households: 10,533
Veterans: 17,777; 4.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

56.4% overall adherence rate

Catholic 173,427 33.6%
Evangelical Protestant 45,437 8.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 44,162 8.5%
Mainline Protestant 23,562 4.6%
Black Protestant 3,472 0.7%
Orthodox 1,500 0.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.1%
With a disability: 9.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 37.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 16th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 31 (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: Geneva

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Illinois statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 48; 12.3 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 43

NHTSA FARS 2023