Jury Pool Profile

Livingston County, Illinois

Republican +46 (2024)

Population: 35,659
Median household income: $70,796
Unemployment: 4.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 32,197 90.3%
Black or African American alone 1,253 3.5%
Asian alone 191 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 26 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 47 0.1%
Some other race alone 602 1.7%
Two or more races 1,343 3.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,975 5.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.9

Under 18 7,866 22.1%
18–24 2,624 7.4%
25–44 8,889 24.9%
45–64 9,165 25.7%
65 and over 7,115 20.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.0%; -0.58 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.9B; 0.25% of state
Avg. annual pay: $56,455
Establishments: 865

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 3,688 26.8%
Manufacturing 2,791 20.3%
Education & health services 2,670 19.4%
Leisure & hospitality 801 5.8%
Public administration 675 4.9%
Construction 643 4.7%
Financial activities 543 3.9%
Professional & business services 497 3.6%
Natural resources & mining 427 3.1%
Other services 267 1.9%
Information 48 0.3%
Unclassified 1 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 73.9%
Median gross rent: $855
Owner-occupied: 10,801
Renter-occupied: 3,813

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 16,538 votes cast

Republican 11,970 72.4%
Democratic 4,311 26.1%
Other / third-party 257 1.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 832 2.5%
Other Indo-European 114 0.3%
Slavic languages 72 0.2%
Tagalog 45 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 28 0.1%
German 27 0.1%
Other 9 0.0%
Arabic 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 14,614
Family households: 9,621; 65.8% of households
Married w/ children: 6,990
Single-mother households: 1,108
Veterans: 2,083; 7.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

41.8% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 7,369 20.6%
Evangelical Protestant 4,024 11.2%
Catholic 3,095 8.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 466 1.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.1%
With a disability: 13.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 18.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 11th 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: Bloomington, Eureka, Lincoln, Paxton, Pontiac

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Illinois statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 5; 17.99 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023