Jury Pool Profile
Kane County, Illinois
- County seat
- Geneva
- Judicial district
- 16th Judicial Circuit Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 525,757
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 517,255.
At a glance
Kane County is a 525,757-person venue. The county population is 58% White (Census race-alone categories). 33% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Median household income is $103,587, $20,260 above the IL state median of $83,327; 38.1% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 31.8% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish, then other Indo-European languages (1.8%), a group the Census does not break out. The largest published sector is Education & health services, at 22.9% of covered employment, average pay $63,663/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 5.02%, above the 4.85% state average. The county carried the Democratic presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 51% to 56% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 517,255
- Median household income
- $103,163
- Unemployment
- 5.0%
Who sits on a jury?
50–70% White and ≥15% Black. This county: 58% / 5%.
Kane County has a population of 517,255, with a median age of 38.8. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 58.0%; Black residents 5.0%. Independently, 33.4% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $103,587; 38.1% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 7.3% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Counting the cells BLS withholds (private jobs estimated from Census County Business Patterns, government jobs from the statewide mix), the two largest sectors are within 20% of each other: Education & health services about 47,390, Trade, transportation & utilities about 41,690.
Education & health services is the largest published sector at 22.9% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 19.1%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 5.02%, above the Illinois state average.
Political composition
Democratic candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 54%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Kane County was carried by the Democratic candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 54.0% in 2024, 56.1% in 2020, 51.4% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 72% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 31.8% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
31.8% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Russian, Polish, or other Slavic, Tagalog. Veterans account for 4.3% of the adult civilian population (16,877 individuals).