Jury Pool Profile

Montgomery County, Illinois

Republican +44 (2024)

Population: 28,078
Median household income: $61,863
Unemployment: 4.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 26,225 93.4%
Black or African American alone 756 2.7%
Asian alone 153 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 37 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 6 0.0%
Some other race alone 116 0.4%
Two or more races 785 2.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 597 2.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.6

Under 18 5,649 20.1%
18–24 1,998 7.1%
25–44 7,091 25.3%
45–64 7,445 26.5%
65 and over 5,895 21.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.6%; +0.01 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.0B; 0.18% of state
Avg. annual pay: $83,351
Establishments: 697

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 2,149 24.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,138 24.3%
Leisure & hospitality 882 10.0%
Manufacturing 550 6.3%
Professional & business services 494 5.6%
Financial activities 463 5.3%
Public administration 458 5.2%
Natural resources & mining 454 5.2%
Construction 377 4.3%
Other services 183 2.1%
Information 111 1.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 76.3%
Median gross rent: $715
Owner-occupied: 8,591
Renter-occupied: 2,674

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 13,187 votes cast

Republican 9,378 71.1%
Democratic 3,573 27.1%
Other / third-party 236 1.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 361 1.4%
German 88 0.3%
Other Indo-European 70 0.3%
Other 59 0.2%
Slavic languages 53 0.2%
Chinese 22 0.1%
Arabic 6 0.0%
Korean 3 0.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 11,265
Family households: 6,758; 60.0% of households
Married w/ children: 5,422
Single-mother households: 410
Veterans: 1,957; 8.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

40.2% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 6,563 23.2%
Mainline Protestant 2,428 8.6%
Catholic 2,169 7.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 214 0.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.5%
With a disability: 17.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 18.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 4th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 14 (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: Carlyle, Effingham, Hillsboro, Louisville, Newton, Salem, Shelbyville, Taylorville, Vandalia

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Illinois statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 13; 57.96 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 9

NHTSA FARS 2023