Jury Pool Profile

Macon County, Illinois

Republican +19 (2024)

Population: 102,591
Median household income: $62,449
Unemployment: 5.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 77,128 75.2%
Black or African American alone 17,554 17.1%
Asian alone 1,427 1.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 27 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 69 0.1%
Some other race alone 922 0.9%
Two or more races 5,464 5.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,821 2.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.9

Under 18 23,234 22.6%
18–24 8,630 8.4%
25–44 24,039 23.4%
45–64 25,603 25.0%
65 and over 21,085 20.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.8%; +1.23 pp vs. state
County GDP: $9.1B; 0.79% of state
Avg. annual pay: $67,788
Establishments: 1,981

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 10,627 23.6%
Education & health services 9,608 21.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 9,355 20.8%
Leisure & hospitality 4,055 9.0%
Construction 3,778 8.4%
Professional & business services 2,083 4.6%
Financial activities 1,668 3.7%
Public administration 1,589 3.5%
Other services 1,222 2.7%
Information 322 0.7%
Natural resources & mining 100 0.2%
Unclassified 1 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 69.8%
Median gross rent: $797
Owner-occupied: 30,267
Renter-occupied: 13,067

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 45,224 votes cast

Republican 26,562 58.7%
Democratic 18,009 39.8%
Other / third-party 653 1.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,746 1.8%
Other Indo-European 662 0.7%
Slavic languages 299 0.3%
Tagalog 241 0.3%
Other 232 0.2%
German 218 0.2%
Chinese 160 0.2%
Korean 109 0.1%
Arabic 100 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 93 0.1%
Vietnamese 85 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 78 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 43,334
Family households: 25,234; 58.2% of households
Married w/ children: 19,183
Single-mother households: 2,424
Veterans: 5,623; 7.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

46.3% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 24,821 23.9%
Catholic 9,748 9.4%
Mainline Protestant 7,336 7.1%
Black Protestant 3,420 3.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,744 2.6%
Orthodox 50 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.9%
With a disability: 14.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 24.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 6th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 22 (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: Clinton, Decatur, Monticello, Sullivan, Tuscola, Urbana

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Illinois statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 20; 25.2 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 20

NHTSA FARS 2023