Jury Pool Profile

Macoupin County, Illinois

Republican +39 (2024)

Population: 44,566
Median household income: $68,518
Unemployment: 4.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 42,165 94.6%
Black or African American alone 534 1.2%
Asian alone 159 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 34 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 6 0.0%
Some other race alone 292 0.7%
Two or more races 1,376 3.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 587 1.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 44.3

Under 18 9,244 20.7%
18–24 3,368 7.6%
25–44 10,210 22.9%
45–64 12,330 27.7%
65 and over 9,414 21.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.5%; -0.14 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.5B; 0.13% of state
Avg. annual pay: $46,689
Establishments: 887

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 2,944 29.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,540 25.0%
Leisure & hospitality 1,002 9.9%
Manufacturing 968 9.5%
Public administration 699 6.9%
Professional & business services 391 3.9%
Financial activities 347 3.4%
Other services 337 3.3%
Construction 32 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 77.7%
Median gross rent: $789
Owner-occupied: 13,546
Renter-occupied: 3,885

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 23,403 votes cast

Republican 16,065 68.6%
Democratic 6,892 29.4%
Other / third-party 446 1.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 283 0.7%
Korean 79 0.2%
German 54 0.1%
Chinese 48 0.1%
Slavic languages 47 0.1%
Other Indo-European 30 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 17 0.0%
Vietnamese 3 0.0%
Tagalog 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 17,431
Family households: 11,400; 65.4% of households
Married w/ children: 8,561
Single-mother households: 1,208
Veterans: 2,767; 7.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

41.6% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 8,902 19.8%
Catholic 4,981 11.1%
Mainline Protestant 4,771 10.6%
Orthodox 25 0.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 5 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.7%
With a disability: 16.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 18.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 7th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 16 (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: Carlinville, Carrollton, Jacksonville, Jerseyville, Springfield, Winchester

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Illinois statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 0; 0 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 0

NHTSA FARS 2023