Jury Pool Profile
Kendall County, Illinois
- County seat
- Yorkville
- Judicial district
- 23rd Judicial Circuit Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 145,470
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 137,675.
At a glance
Kendall County is a 145,470-person venue. The county population is 65% White and 8% Black (Census race-alone categories). 22% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Median household income is $120,075, $36,748 above the IL state median of $83,327; 36.9% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 21.8% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish, then other Indo-European languages (2.2%), a group the Census does not break out. The largest employment sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 28.9% of covered employment, average pay $48,204/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.61%, below the 4.85% state average. The county has not voted for the same party across the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles . See Section 3 for cycle-by-cycle breakdowns.
- Population
- 137,675
- Median household income
- $111,601
- Unemployment
- 4.6%
Who sits on a jury?
50–70% White and ≥15% Black. This county: 65% / 8%.
Kendall County has a population of 137,675, with a median age of 36.3. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 65.3%; Black residents 7.7%. Independently, 22.4% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $120,075; 36.9% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 4.2% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Trade, transportation & utilities, about 29% of covered jobs.
Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest employment sector at 28.9% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 22.3%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.61%, below the Illinois state average.
Political composition
Different parties won across the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles.
Kendall County was carried by the Democratic candidate with 50.0% of the vote in 2024; the Democratic candidate with 51.7% of the vote in 2020; the Republican candidate with 47.5% of the vote in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 77% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 21.8% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
21.8% 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 4.5% of the adult civilian population (4,537 individuals).