Jury Pool Profile

Kendall County, Illinois

Democratic +2 (2024)

Population: 135,053
Median household income: $110,474
Unemployment: 4.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 93,354 69.1%
Black or African American alone 11,247 8.3%
Asian alone 4,306 3.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 449 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 7,888 5.8%
Two or more races 17,809 13.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 29,273 21.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 36

Under 18 37,150 27.5%
18–24 11,155 8.3%
25–44 38,668 28.6%
45–64 33,163 24.6%
65 and over 14,917 11.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.3%; -0.32 pp vs. state
County GDP: $5.4B; 0.47% of state
Avg. annual pay: $51,205
Establishments: 2,463

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 8,493 28.0%
Education & health services 6,697 22.1%
Leisure & hospitality 4,400 14.5%
Manufacturing 2,966 9.8%
Professional & business services 2,170 7.2%
Construction 1,564 5.2%
Other services 1,329 4.4%
Public administration 882 2.9%
Financial activities 839 2.8%
Information 205 0.7%
Natural resources & mining 168 0.6%
Unclassified 1 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 84.2%
Median gross rent: $1,763
Owner-occupied: 37,480
Renter-occupied: 7,046

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 65,970 votes cast

Democratic 32,977 50.0%
Republican 31,970 48.5%
Other / third-party 1,023 1.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

79.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 18,995 15.0%
Other Indo-European 2,542 2.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 1,220 1.0%
Slavic languages 1,111 0.9%
Tagalog 623 0.5%
Other 542 0.4%
Chinese 455 0.4%
French (incl. Cajun) 439 0.3%
Arabic 347 0.3%
German 169 0.1%
Korean 108 0.1%
Vietnamese 101 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 44,526
Family households: 34,666; 77.9% of households
Married w/ children: 27,056
Single-mother households: 2,994
Veterans: 3,992; 4.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

27.2% overall adherence rate

Catholic 23,197 17.6%
Evangelical Protestant 6,198 4.7%
Mainline Protestant 4,850 3.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,581 1.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.6%
With a disability: 7.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 36.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 23rd 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: Sycamore, Yorkville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Illinois statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 7; 7.15 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 7

NHTSA FARS 2023