Jury Pool Profile

Menard County, Illinois

Republican +41 (2024)

Population: 12,169
Median household income: $81,334
Unemployment: 4.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 11,650 95.7%
Black or African American alone 56 0.5%
Asian alone 47 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 0 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 6 0.0%
Two or more races 410 3.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 188 1.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.8

Under 18 2,687 22.1%
18–24 877 7.2%
25–44 2,794 23.0%
45–64 3,354 27.6%
65 and over 2,457 20.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.1%; -0.5 pp vs. state
County GDP: $364.2M; 0.03% of state
Avg. annual pay: $42,242
Establishments: 229

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 425 24.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 353 19.9%
Leisure & hospitality 189 10.7%
Professional & business services 147 8.3%
Financial activities 132 7.4%
Construction 97 5.5%
Natural resources & mining 82 4.6%
Manufacturing 41 2.3%
Public administration 7 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 79.4%
Median gross rent: $780
Owner-occupied: 4,126
Renter-occupied: 1,069

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 6,423 votes cast

Republican 4,499 70.0%
Democratic 1,834 28.6%
Other / third-party 90 1.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 57 0.5%
French (incl. Cajun) 42 0.4%
Chinese 40 0.3%
Tagalog 12 0.1%
German 8 0.1%
Slavic languages 7 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 5,195
Family households: 3,686; 71.0% of households
Married w/ children: 2,917
Single-mother households: 326
Veterans: 954; 10.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

42.9% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 2,516 20.5%
Catholic 1,676 13.6%
Mainline Protestant 1,073 8.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 6 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 97.1%
With a disability: 16.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 26.5%

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: 0; 0 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 0

NHTSA FARS 2023