Jury Pool Profile

Lawrence County, Illinois

Republican +56 (2024)

Population: 15,137
Median household income: $53,438
Unemployment: 4.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 12,917 85.3%
Black or African American alone 1,020 6.7%
Asian alone 74 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 34 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 133 0.9%
Two or more races 959 6.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 352 2.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.6

Under 18 2,852 18.8%
18–24 1,235 8.2%
25–44 4,402 29.1%
45–64 3,892 25.7%
65 and over 2,756 18.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.6%; +0.01 pp vs. state
County GDP: $661.2M; 0.06% of state
Avg. annual pay: $51,158
Establishments: 258

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 863 21.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 585 14.6%
Leisure & hospitality 366 9.1%
Public administration 311 7.7%
Natural resources & mining 163 4.1%
Professional & business services 146 3.6%
Financial activities 88 2.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 75.0%
Median gross rent: $810
Owner-occupied: 4,062
Renter-occupied: 1,352

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 6,103 votes cast

Republican 4,715 77.3%
Democratic 1,283 21.0%
Other / third-party 105 1.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 376 2.6%
German 49 0.3%
Chinese 43 0.3%
Other Indo-European 20 0.1%
Vietnamese 14 0.1%
Arabic 10 0.1%
Tagalog 5 0.0%
Other 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 5,414
Family households: 3,110; 57.4% of households
Married w/ children: 2,435
Single-mother households: 249
Veterans: 1,005; 8.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

26.3% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 1,814 11.9%
Mainline Protestant 1,666 10.9%
Catholic 399 2.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 121 0.8%
Black Protestant 24 0.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.5%
With a disability: 20.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 14.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 2nd 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: Albion, Benton, Carmi, Elizabethtown, Fairfield, Lawrenceville, McLeansboro, Mount Carmel, Mount Vernon, Olney, Robinson, Shawneetown

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Illinois statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 6; 48.84 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023