Jury Pool Profile
Lawrence County, Illinois
- County seat
- Lawrenceville
- Judicial district
- 2nd Judicial Circuit Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 13,790
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 15,031.
At a glance
Lawrence County is a 13,790-person venue. The county population is 84% White and 6% Black (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $56,743, $26,584 below the IL state median of $83,327; 14.9% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 3.0% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest published sector is Education & health services, at 21.0% of covered employment, average pay $44,024/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.99%, above the 4.85% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 75% to 77% of the vote across the three. At least 10% of residents here live in group quarters rather than households, barracks, dormitories, correctional facilities or nursing homes; the ACS survey and the 2020 census disagree on how many, and this is the lower of the two, so the figures above describe a population substantially larger than the one a summons reaches.
- Population
- 15,031
- Median household income
- $55,324
- Unemployment
- 5.0%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 84% / 6%.
Lawrence County has a population of 15,031, with a median age of 40.7. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 84.0%; Black residents 6.2%. Independently, 2.1% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $56,743; 14.9% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 14.7% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Counting the cells BLS withholds (private jobs estimated from Census County Business Patterns, government jobs from the statewide mix), the two largest sectors are within 20% of each other: Education & health services about 840, Manufacturing about 830.
Education & health services is the largest published sector at 21.0% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 13.8%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.99%, above the Illinois state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 76%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Lawrence County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 77.3% in 2024, 76.1% in 2020, 74.8% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 59% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 3.0% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
3.0% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic, Chinese. Veterans account for 7.1% of the adult civilian population (874 individuals).