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Logan County, Illinois

Republican +41.5 (2024)
County seat
Lincoln
Judicial district
11th Judicial Circuit Court
Population (July 2025 estimate)
27,182
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 27,713.

At a glance

Logan County is a 27,182-person venue. The county population is 87% White and 5% Black (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $68,362, $14,965 below the IL state median of $83,327; 20.9% 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 Trade, transportation & utilities, at 23.2% of covered employment, average pay $51,205/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.96%, above the 4.85% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 67% to 70% of the vote across the three.

Population
27,713
Median household income
$66,358
Unemployment
5.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Predominantly White

≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 87% / 5%.

Logan County has a population of 27,713, with a median age of 41.1. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 87.1%; Black residents 5.4%. Independently, 3.5% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $68,362; 20.9% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 11.3% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 23,807 85.9%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 966 3.5%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1,483 5.4%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 130 0.5%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,287 4.6%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 18 0.1%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 4 0.0%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 18 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 41.1

  • Under 18 5,338 19.3%
  • 18–24 2,565 9.3%
  • 25–44 7,374 26.6%
  • 45–64 7,027 25.4%
  • 65 and over 5,409 19.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$68,362
90% interval $62,016–$74,708
−$14,965 vs IL · 52nd of 102
Below poverty line
11.3%
90% interval 9.1%–13.5%
−0.2 pp vs IL · 61st of 102

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Led by trade & transportation and healthcare & education

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: Trade, transportation & utilities about 1,770, Education & health services about 1,620.

Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest published sector at 23.2% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 21.3%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.96%, above the Illinois state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
5.0%
+0.11 pp vs. state
County GDP
$1.3B
0.12% of state
Avg. annual pay
$54,017
Establishments
551

U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Trade, transportation & utilities 1,768 23.2%
  • Education & health services 1,623 21.3%
  • Manufacturing 974 12.8%
  • Leisure & hospitality 788 10.3%
  • Public administration 390 5.1%
  • Other services 358 4.7%
  • Professional & business services 237 3.1%
  • Information 27 0.4%

The sectors listed cover 80.7% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
68.5%
+1.4 pp vs IL · 91st of 102
Median gross rent
$829
−$445 vs IL · 45th of 102
Owner-occupied
7,716
Renter-occupied
3,550

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • Moderately concentrated

    Top three sectors employ 57% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

  • Moderate wage spread

    Highest-paid sector (Manufacturing, $64,519/yr) pays 3.0× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $21,572/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

  • Mixed business scale

    Average establishment employs 14 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

BLS QCEW 2025

Political composition

Consistently strongly Republican

Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 69%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Logan County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 69.7% in 2024, 68.7% in 2020, 67.3% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 12,555 votes cast

  • Republican
  • Democratic
Presidential vote share by year
YearRepublicanDemocratic
201667.3%27.2%
202068.7%28.9%
202469.7%28.2%
  • Republican 8,757 69.7%
  • Democratic 3,543 28.2%
  • Other / third-party 255 2.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-majority, English-speaking

Family households are 63% 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, Chinese, German or other West Germanic. Veterans account for 6.3% of the adult civilian population (1,410 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

97.0% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 522 2.0%
  • Chinese 47 0.2%
  • German or other West Germanic 38 0.1%
  • Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 37 0.1%
  • Tagalog 22 0.1%
  • French, Haitian, or Cajun 12 0.0%
  • Korean 6 0.0%
  • Vietnamese 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
11,266
Family households
7,089
62.9% of households
Married couples w/ children
1,669
23.5% of families
Single-mother families
892
12.6% of families
Veterans
1,410
6.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

47.3% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 9,660 34.5%
  • Mainline Protestant 2,542 9.1%
  • Catholic 744 2.7%
  • Black Protestant 202 0.7%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 100 0.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
97.4%
±0.6 pp
Uninsured
2.6%
±0.6 pp
98th of 102
With a disability
14.7%
±1.3 pp
64th of 102
Bachelor's or higher
20.9%
±2 pp
−16.9 pp vs IL · 52nd of 102
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
5.7%
90% interval 5.0%–6.4% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Court infrastructure

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

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Logan totals, 2024 — the per-100k rate is based on 4 recorded deaths, too few to be statistically reliable

Traffic fatalities
4
17.88 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes
4

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Logan County, Illinois to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2024 · U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2024 · US Religion Census 2020.

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