Jury Pool Profile

Massac County, Illinois

Republican +49 (2024)

Population: 13,958
Median household income: $62,584
Unemployment: 4.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 12,270 87.9%
Black or African American alone 883 6.3%
Asian alone 53 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 10 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 22 0.2%
Two or more races 720 5.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 388 2.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 45

Under 18 2,956 21.2%
18–24 905 6.5%
25–44 3,121 22.4%
45–64 3,988 28.6%
65 and over 2,988 21.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.0%; -0.58 pp vs. state
County GDP: $508.9M; 0.04% of state
Avg. annual pay: $53,753
Establishments: 198

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 985 34.5%
Leisure & hospitality 632 22.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 555 19.4%
Other services 156 5.5%
Financial activities 87 3.0%
Construction 70 2.4%
Manufacturing 50 1.7%
Professional & business services 13 0.5%
Natural resources & mining 9 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 79.0%
Median gross rent: $793
Owner-occupied: 4,332
Renter-occupied: 1,150

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 6,676 votes cast

Republican 4,939 74.0%
Democratic 1,683 25.2%
Other / third-party 54 0.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 244 1.8%
Korean 35 0.3%
Slavic languages 29 0.2%
Arabic 26 0.2%
Other Indo-European 17 0.1%
German 16 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 12 0.1%
Chinese 4 0.0%
Tagalog 2 0.0%
Other 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 5,482
Family households: 3,608; 65.8% of households
Married w/ children: 2,844
Single-mother households: 326
Veterans: 1,018; 9.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

64.2% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 7,559 53.3%
Mainline Protestant 1,053 7.4%
Black Protestant 252 1.8%
Catholic 125 0.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 114 0.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.0%
With a disability: 18.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 16.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 1st Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 12 (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: Cairo, Golconda, Harrisburg, Jonesboro, Marion, Metropolis, Mound City, Murphysboro, Vienna

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Illinois statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 2; 18.18 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023