Jury Pool Profile

Mercer County, Illinois

Republican +27 (2024)

Population: 15,619
Median household income: $71,710
Unemployment: 5.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 14,802 94.8%
Black or African American alone 88 0.6%
Asian alone 52 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 14 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 137 0.9%
Two or more races 526 3.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 514 3.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 44.5

Under 18 3,293 21.1%
18–24 1,174 7.5%
25–44 3,490 22.3%
45–64 4,310 27.6%
65 and over 3,352 21.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.0%; +0.43 pp vs. state
County GDP: $589.6M; 0.05% of state
Avg. annual pay: $43,706
Establishments: 306

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 594 20.0%
Manufacturing 422 14.2%
Leisure & hospitality 349 11.8%
Education & health services 305 10.3%
Public administration 244 8.2%
Professional & business services 148 5.0%
Financial activities 114 3.8%
Construction 84 2.8%
Natural resources & mining 74 2.5%
Other services 68 2.3%
Information 55 1.9%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 82.7%
Median gross rent: $757
Owner-occupied: 5,305
Renter-occupied: 1,108

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 8,345 votes cast

Republican 5,215 62.5%
Democratic 2,950 35.4%
Other / third-party 180 2.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 280 1.9%
Slavic languages 43 0.3%
Arabic 32 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 29 0.2%
Other 21 0.1%
Tagalog 11 0.1%
German 7 0.0%
Vietnamese 3 0.0%
Korean 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 6,413
Family households: 4,497; 70.1% of households
Married w/ children: 3,834
Single-mother households: 234
Veterans: 1,072; 8.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

36.6% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 3,319 21.1%
Catholic 1,500 9.6%
Evangelical Protestant 808 5.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 115 0.7%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.8%
With a disability: 12.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 18.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 14th 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: Aledo, Cambridge, Morrison, Rock Island

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Illinois statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 24.34 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023