Jury Pool Profile

Marion County, Illinois

Republican +49 (2024)

Population: 37,294
Median household income: $60,839
Unemployment: 4.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 33,714 90.4%
Black or African American alone 1,572 4.2%
Asian alone 251 0.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 7 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 7 0.0%
Some other race alone 444 1.2%
Two or more races 1,299 3.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 798 2.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.3

Under 18 8,800 23.6%
18–24 2,652 7.1%
25–44 8,921 23.9%
45–64 9,523 25.5%
65 and over 7,398 19.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.7%; +0.11 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.8B; 0.15% of state
Avg. annual pay: $49,266
Establishments: 796

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 4,275 34.5%
Manufacturing 2,759 22.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,132 17.2%
Leisure & hospitality 1,039 8.4%
Construction 432 3.5%
Public administration 405 3.3%
Professional & business services 361 2.9%
Financial activities 354 2.9%
Other services 354 2.9%
Natural resources & mining 234 1.9%
Information 40 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 74.5%
Median gross rent: $771
Owner-occupied: 11,514
Renter-occupied: 3,951

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 16,756 votes cast

Republican 12,409 74.1%
Democratic 4,116 24.6%
Other / third-party 231 1.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 472 1.4%
Slavic languages 78 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 48 0.1%
Chinese 43 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 35 0.1%
Korean 31 0.1%
Other Indo-European 30 0.1%
Arabic 30 0.1%
German 24 0.1%
Other 15 0.0%
Tagalog 14 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 15,465
Family households: 9,510; 61.5% of households
Married w/ children: 7,039
Single-mother households: 1,159
Veterans: 2,404; 8.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

51.3% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 14,316 37.9%
Mainline Protestant 1,996 5.3%
Catholic 1,935 5.1%
Black Protestant 666 1.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 441 1.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.4%
With a disability: 18.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 17.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 4th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 14 (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: Carlyle, Effingham, Hillsboro, Louisville, Newton, Salem, Shelbyville, Taylorville, Vandalia

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Illinois statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 6; 21.06 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 6

NHTSA FARS 2023