Jury Pool Profile

Monroe County, Illinois

Republican +36 (2024)

Population: 34,969
Median household income: $101,635
Unemployment: 2.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 33,615 96.1%
Black or African American alone 208 0.6%
Asian alone 166 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 37 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 269 0.8%
Two or more races 674 1.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 656 1.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.5

Under 18 7,729 22.1%
18–24 2,344 6.7%
25–44 8,523 24.4%
45–64 9,785 28.0%
65 and over 6,588 18.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.9%; -1.72 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.3B; 0.12% of state
Avg. annual pay: $48,706
Establishments: 827

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,908 22.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,598 18.9%
Leisure & hospitality 1,421 16.8%
Professional & business services 798 9.5%
Financial activities 656 7.8%
Construction 569 6.7%
Other services 508 6.0%
Public administration 440 5.2%
Manufacturing 288 3.4%
Information 135 1.6%
Natural resources & mining 99 1.2%
Unclassified 1 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 83.8%
Median gross rent: $996
Owner-occupied: 11,589
Renter-occupied: 2,241

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 20,889 votes cast

Republican 14,055 67.3%
Democratic 6,473 31.0%
Other / third-party 361 1.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 348 1.1%
German 80 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 59 0.2%
Slavic languages 50 0.2%
Other Indo-European 25 0.1%
Chinese 23 0.1%
Tagalog 14 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 13,830
Family households: 9,833; 71.1% of households
Married w/ children: 8,267
Single-mother households: 622
Veterans: 2,309; 8.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

57.3% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 9,155 26.2%
Catholic 7,097 20.3%
Mainline Protestant 3,192 9.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 577 1.7%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 97.8%
With a disability: 10.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 38.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 24th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 8 (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: Chester, Nashville, Pinckneyville, Waterloo

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Illinois statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 7; 25.7 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 6

NHTSA FARS 2023