Jury Pool Profile

Knox County, Illinois

Republican +9 (2024)

Population: 49,294
Median household income: $53,291
Unemployment: 5.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 41,048 83.3%
Black or African American alone 3,834 7.8%
Asian alone 501 1.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 36 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,004 2.0%
Two or more races 2,871 5.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,090 6.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.4

Under 18 9,949 20.2%
18–24 4,811 9.8%
25–44 11,207 22.7%
45–64 12,409 25.2%
65 and over 10,918 22.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.0%; +0.4 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.4B; 0.21% of state
Avg. annual pay: $46,491
Establishments: 980

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 6,372 37.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 3,571 20.9%
Leisure & hospitality 1,793 10.5%
Manufacturing 1,251 7.3%
Public administration 1,044 6.1%
Professional & business services 974 5.7%
Other services 538 3.1%
Construction 530 3.1%
Financial activities 418 2.4%
Natural resources & mining 167 1.0%
Information 77 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 69.8%
Median gross rent: $725
Owner-occupied: 14,490
Renter-occupied: 6,275

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 22,175 votes cast

Republican 11,917 53.7%
Democratic 9,838 44.4%
Other / third-party 420 1.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,530 3.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 362 0.8%
Other Indo-European 228 0.5%
Other 213 0.5%
German 138 0.3%
Vietnamese 80 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 70 0.2%
Tagalog 68 0.1%
Chinese 41 0.1%
Slavic languages 25 0.1%
Arabic 3 0.0%
Korean 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 20,765
Family households: 11,573; 55.7% of households
Married w/ children: 8,502
Single-mother households: 1,285
Veterans: 2,789; 7.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

24.6% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 5,260 10.5%
Evangelical Protestant 3,955 7.9%
Catholic 1,808 3.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 789 1.6%
Black Protestant 490 1.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.5%
With a disability: 14.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 20.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 9th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 9 (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: Carthage, Galesburg, Lewistown, Macomb, Monmouth, Oquawka

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Illinois statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 5; 12.71 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023