Jury Pool Profile

McLean County, Illinois

Democratic +5 (2024)

Population: 170,882
Median household income: $78,329
Unemployment: 3.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 135,586 79.3%
Black or African American alone 14,421 8.4%
Asian alone 8,402 4.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 501 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 32 0.0%
Some other race alone 2,336 1.4%
Two or more races 9,604 5.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 10,700 6.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 34.2

Under 18 36,679 21.5%
18–24 28,511 16.7%
25–44 42,922 25.1%
45–64 38,485 22.5%
65 and over 24,285 14.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.9%; -0.76 pp vs. state
County GDP: $16.9B; 1.47% of state
Avg. annual pay: $66,183
Establishments: 3,357

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Financial activities 18,408 20.7%
Education & health services 16,464 18.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 13,032 14.7%
Leisure & hospitality 10,072 11.3%
Manufacturing 9,817 11.0%
Professional & business services 7,433 8.4%
Public administration 3,387 3.8%
Other services 2,708 3.0%
Construction 2,639 3.0%
Information 460 0.5%
Natural resources & mining 386 0.4%
Unclassified 10 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 65.2%
Median gross rent: $992
Owner-occupied: 45,046
Renter-occupied: 24,026

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 86,168 votes cast

Democratic 44,495 51.6%
Republican 40,290 46.8%
Other / third-party 1,383 1.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

91.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 5,575 3.5%
Other Asian/Pacific 2,780 1.7%
Other Indo-European 2,069 1.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 918 0.6%
Chinese 593 0.4%
Slavic languages 466 0.3%
Arabic 413 0.3%
German 370 0.2%
Tagalog 354 0.2%
Other 307 0.2%
Vietnamese 268 0.2%
Korean 228 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 69,072
Family households: 39,987; 57.9% of households
Married w/ children: 31,512
Single-mother households: 3,754
Veterans: 7,756; 5.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

44.3% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 38,209 22.4%
Mainline Protestant 16,076 9.4%
Catholic 9,543 5.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 9,165 5.4%
Black Protestant 2,584 1.5%
Orthodox 75 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.6%
With a disability: 9.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 46.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 11th 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: Bloomington, Eureka, Lincoln, Paxton, Pontiac

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Illinois statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 22; 16.39 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 22

NHTSA FARS 2023