Jury Pool Profile

McHenry County, Illinois

Republican +5 (2024)

Population: 311,366
Median household income: $102,836
Unemployment: 4.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 256,708 82.4%
Black or African American alone 4,854 1.6%
Asian alone 9,058 2.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 932 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 25 0.0%
Some other race alone 10,519 3.4%
Two or more races 29,270 9.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 48,557 15.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.4

Under 18 71,656 23.0%
18–24 25,321 8.1%
25–44 76,580 24.6%
45–64 88,277 28.4%
65 and over 49,532 15.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.4%; -0.19 pp vs. state
County GDP: $16.0B; 1.39% of state
Avg. annual pay: $55,107
Establishments: 7,928

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 22,087 22.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 20,921 21.6%
Manufacturing 12,350 12.7%
Leisure & hospitality 11,842 12.2%
Professional & business services 10,562 10.9%
Construction 7,517 7.8%
Public administration 3,971 4.1%
Other services 3,437 3.5%
Financial activities 2,452 2.5%
Information 877 0.9%
Natural resources & mining 753 0.8%
Unclassified 20 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 82.6%
Median gross rent: $1,358
Owner-occupied: 96,063
Renter-occupied: 20,266

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 161,699 votes cast

Republican 83,933 51.9%
Democratic 75,370 46.6%
Other / third-party 2,396 1.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

84.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 29,580 10.0%
Slavic languages 5,488 1.9%
Other Indo-European 3,722 1.3%
Tagalog 2,046 0.7%
German 1,301 0.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 801 0.3%
Korean 534 0.2%
Other 479 0.2%
Vietnamese 426 0.1%
Chinese 415 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 373 0.1%
Arabic 264 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 116,329
Family households: 84,313; 72.5% of households
Married w/ children: 67,660
Single-mother households: 6,118
Veterans: 13,223; 5.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

38.3% overall adherence rate

Catholic 80,090 25.8%
Mainline Protestant 17,797 5.7%
Evangelical Protestant 17,068 5.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 3,913 1.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.3%
With a disability: 9.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 35.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 22nd 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: Woodstock

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Illinois statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 10; 4.17 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 10

NHTSA FARS 2023