Jury Pool Profile

Lake County, Illinois

Democratic +21 (2024)

Population: 711,885
Median household income: $108,917
Unemployment: 4.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 455,739 64.0%
Black or African American alone 47,294 6.6%
Asian alone 60,193 8.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 6,319 0.9%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 335 0.0%
Some other race alone 59,380 8.3%
Two or more races 82,625 11.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 173,796 24.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.9

Under 18 168,098 23.6%
18–24 72,327 10.2%
25–44 171,576 24.1%
45–64 191,060 26.8%
65 and over 108,824 15.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.7%; +0.12 pp vs. state
County GDP: $82.9B; 7.22% of state
Avg. annual pay: $91,042
Establishments: 19,967

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 71,153 21.6%
Education & health services 63,479 19.3%
Professional & business services 54,283 16.5%
Manufacturing 52,776 16.0%
Leisure & hospitality 34,857 10.6%
Financial activities 17,444 5.3%
Construction 12,776 3.9%
Other services 9,231 2.8%
Public administration 8,971 2.7%
Information 3,268 1.0%
Natural resources & mining 533 0.2%
Unclassified 21 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 74.4%
Median gross rent: $1,434
Owner-occupied: 190,963
Renter-occupied: 65,697

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 309,323 votes cast

Democratic 184,642 59.7%
Republican 120,402 38.9%
Other / third-party 4,279 1.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

69.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 128,642 19.1%
Other Indo-European 19,831 2.9%
Slavic languages 19,818 2.9%
Other Asian/Pacific 11,764 1.7%
Chinese 7,611 1.1%
Tagalog 6,383 0.9%
Korean 4,475 0.7%
German 3,112 0.5%
French (incl. Cajun) 2,738 0.4%
Other 2,395 0.4%
Arabic 1,223 0.2%
Vietnamese 924 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 256,660
Family households: 183,939; 71.7% of households
Married w/ children: 146,563
Single-mother households: 13,670
Veterans: 27,341; 5.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

51.1% overall adherence rate

Catholic 221,958 31.1%
Evangelical Protestant 55,265 7.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 47,385 6.6%
Mainline Protestant 26,253 3.7%
Black Protestant 11,496 1.6%
Orthodox 2,655 0.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.1%
With a disability: 9.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 47.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 19th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 33 (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: Waukegan

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Illinois statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 60; 11.03 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 57

NHTSA FARS 2023