Jury Pool Profile

LaSalle County, Illinois

Republican +18 (2024)

Population: 109,049
Median household income: $72,281
Unemployment: 5.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 94,696 86.8%
Black or African American alone 2,956 2.7%
Asian alone 946 0.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 92 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 11 0.0%
Some other race alone 4,437 4.1%
Two or more races 5,911 5.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 11,806 10.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.1

Under 18 23,234 21.3%
18–24 8,559 7.8%
25–44 26,801 24.6%
45–64 29,247 26.8%
65 and over 21,208 19.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.4%; +0.77 pp vs. state
County GDP: $7.7B; 0.67% of state
Avg. annual pay: $58,537
Establishments: 2,450

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 10,919 27.8%
Education & health services 6,788 17.3%
Manufacturing 5,785 14.7%
Leisure & hospitality 4,188 10.7%
Professional & business services 3,059 7.8%
Public administration 1,668 4.3%
Construction 1,651 4.2%
Financial activities 1,586 4.0%
Other services 1,524 3.9%
Natural resources & mining 865 2.2%
Information 275 0.7%
Unclassified 6 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 73.9%
Median gross rent: $906
Owner-occupied: 33,328
Renter-occupied: 11,764

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 52,432 votes cast

Republican 30,717 58.6%
Democratic 21,029 40.1%
Other / third-party 686 1.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

92.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 6,175 6.0%
Other Indo-European 534 0.5%
German 467 0.5%
Slavic languages 305 0.3%
Chinese 173 0.2%
Other 146 0.1%
Tagalog 132 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 97 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 57 0.1%
Vietnamese 34 0.0%
Korean 11 0.0%
Arabic 11 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 45,092
Family households: 28,993; 64.3% of households
Married w/ children: 21,685
Single-mother households: 3,041
Veterans: 6,610; 7.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

39.3% overall adherence rate

Catholic 21,371 19.5%
Evangelical Protestant 11,748 10.7%
Mainline Protestant 8,694 7.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,307 1.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 96.0%
With a disability: 13.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 18.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 13th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 10 (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: Morris, Ottawa, Princeton

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Illinois statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 25; 29.13 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 22

NHTSA FARS 2023