Jury Pool Profile

Lee County, Illinois

Republican +22 (2024)

Population: 34,058
Median household income: $68,459
Unemployment: 4.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 29,546 86.8%
Black or African American alone 1,826 5.4%
Asian alone 181 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 28 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 6 0.0%
Some other race alone 385 1.1%
Two or more races 2,086 6.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,443 7.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43

Under 18 6,778 19.9%
18–24 2,256 6.6%
25–44 8,812 25.9%
45–64 9,159 26.9%
65 and over 7,053 20.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.6%; +0 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.2B; 0.19% of state
Avg. annual pay: $58,453
Establishments: 692

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 3,088 25.0%
Manufacturing 3,063 24.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,162 17.5%
Leisure & hospitality 906 7.3%
Other services 470 3.8%
Financial activities 383 3.1%
Professional & business services 359 2.9%
Construction 206 1.7%
Natural resources & mining 91 0.7%
Information 19 0.2%
Public administration 9 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 73.3%
Median gross rent: $853
Owner-occupied: 9,804
Renter-occupied: 3,578

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 16,091 votes cast

Republican 9,680 60.2%
Democratic 6,105 37.9%
Other / third-party 306 1.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 900 2.8%
Slavic languages 183 0.6%
Tagalog 89 0.3%
Arabic 64 0.2%
Other Indo-European 59 0.2%
German 50 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 15 0.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 8 0.0%
Korean 8 0.0%
Chinese 2 0.0%
Vietnamese 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 13,382
Family households: 8,381; 62.6% of households
Married w/ children: 6,142
Single-mother households: 882
Veterans: 1,871; 6.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

45.8% overall adherence rate

Catholic 7,847 23.0%
Mainline Protestant 4,900 14.4%
Evangelical Protestant 1,984 5.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 844 2.5%
Black Protestant 76 0.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 96.4%
With a disability: 16.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 19.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 15th 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: Dixon, Freeport, Galena, Mount Carroll, Oregon

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Illinois statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 2; 7.33 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023