Jury Pool Profile

Mason County, Illinois

Republican +42 (2024)

Population: 12,878
Median household income: $62,127
Unemployment: 4.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 12,368 96.0%
Black or African American alone 113 0.9%
Asian alone 15 0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 25 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 44 0.3%
Two or more races 313 2.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 189 1.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 45.5

Under 18 2,649 20.6%
18–24 885 6.9%
25–44 2,823 21.9%
45–64 3,558 27.6%
65 and over 2,963 23.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.9%; +0.25 pp vs. state
County GDP: $633.8M; 0.06% of state
Avg. annual pay: $42,271
Establishments: 298

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,077 38.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 657 23.2%
Leisure & hospitality 248 8.8%
Public administration 210 7.4%
Natural resources & mining 147 5.2%
Manufacturing 124 4.4%
Financial activities 120 4.2%
Other services 84 3.0%
Construction 70 2.5%
Professional & business services 38 1.3%
Information 21 0.7%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 80.6%
Median gross rent: $760
Owner-occupied: 4,603
Renter-occupied: 1,111

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 6,371 votes cast

Republican 4,464 70.1%
Democratic 1,773 27.8%
Other / third-party 134 2.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 167 1.4%
French (incl. Cajun) 21 0.2%
Tagalog 15 0.1%
German 14 0.1%
Other Indo-European 14 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 5,714
Family households: 3,432; 60.1% of households
Married w/ children: 2,643
Single-mother households: 278
Veterans: 785; 7.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

31.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 2,909 22.2%
Mainline Protestant 970 7.4%
Black Protestant 150 1.1%
Catholic 90 0.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.4%
With a disability: 17.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 17.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 8th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 10 (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: Hardin, Havana, Mount Sterling, Petersburg, Pittsfield, Quincy, Rushville, Virginia

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Illinois statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 7; 68.43 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 7

NHTSA FARS 2023