Jury Pool Profile

Madison County, Illinois

Republican +13 (2024)

Population: 264,631
Median household income: $74,800
Unemployment: 3.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 222,292 84.0%
Black or African American alone 22,853 8.6%
Asian alone 2,683 1.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 312 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 63 0.0%
Some other race alone 2,456 0.9%
Two or more races 13,972 5.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 11,039 4.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.2

Under 18 56,984 21.5%
18–24 23,162 8.8%
25–44 67,724 25.6%
45–64 69,160 26.1%
65 and over 47,601 18.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.9%; -0.69 pp vs. state
County GDP: $16.6B; 1.44% of state
Avg. annual pay: $57,153
Establishments: 5,398

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 28,569 27.2%
Education & health services 23,059 21.9%
Leisure & hospitality 12,927 12.3%
Manufacturing 9,524 9.1%
Professional & business services 9,080 8.6%
Construction 6,752 6.4%
Public administration 3,748 3.6%
Other services 3,627 3.4%
Financial activities 3,611 3.4%
Information 767 0.7%
Natural resources & mining 329 0.3%
Unclassified 9 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 73.6%
Median gross rent: $969
Owner-occupied: 80,521
Renter-occupied: 28,864

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 132,599 votes cast

Republican 73,925 55.8%
Democratic 56,341 42.5%
Other / third-party 2,333 1.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 5,641 2.3%
Other Indo-European 675 0.3%
Other 668 0.3%
Slavic languages 441 0.2%
Chinese 355 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 346 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 304 0.1%
Vietnamese 290 0.1%
German 268 0.1%
Tagalog 252 0.1%
Korean 169 0.1%
Arabic 77 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 109,385
Family households: 69,800; 63.8% of households
Married w/ children: 51,570
Single-mother households: 6,910
Veterans: 17,249; 8.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

47.8% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 53,167 20.0%
Catholic 40,798 15.3%
Mainline Protestant 20,017 7.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 6,998 2.6%
Black Protestant 5,634 2.1%
Orthodox 400 0.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.2%
With a disability: 15.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 30.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 3rd Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 18 (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: Edwardsville, Greenville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Illinois statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 39; 18.78 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 32

NHTSA FARS 2023