Jury Pool Profile

Morgan County, Illinois

Republican +32 (2024)

Population: 32,621
Median household income: $65,175
Unemployment: 4.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 28,824 88.4%
Black or African American alone 1,724 5.3%
Asian alone 247 0.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 35 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 229 0.7%
Two or more races 1,562 4.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 906 2.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.5

Under 18 6,303 19.3%
18–24 3,278 10.0%
25–44 7,808 23.9%
45–64 8,430 25.8%
65 and over 6,802 20.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.1%; -0.49 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.1B; 0.18% of state
Avg. annual pay: $53,188
Establishments: 714

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 3,673 26.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,857 20.5%
Manufacturing 2,353 16.9%
Leisure & hospitality 1,721 12.3%
Public administration 626 4.5%
Financial activities 608 4.4%
Professional & business services 551 4.0%
Construction 376 2.7%
Other services 311 2.2%
Information 89 0.6%
Natural resources & mining 68 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 71.6%
Median gross rent: $710
Owner-occupied: 9,404
Renter-occupied: 3,721

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 14,649 votes cast

Republican 9,607 65.6%
Democratic 4,848 33.1%
Other / third-party 194 1.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 451 1.5%
Korean 61 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 55 0.2%
German 52 0.2%
Slavic languages 41 0.1%
Arabic 28 0.1%
Chinese 26 0.1%
Other Indo-European 24 0.1%
Tagalog 24 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 16 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 13,125
Family households: 7,712; 58.8% of households
Married w/ children: 5,736
Single-mother households: 897
Veterans: 2,125; 8.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

41.2% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 4,804 14.6%
Catholic 3,926 11.9%
Evangelical Protestant 3,813 11.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 674 2.0%
Black Protestant 350 1.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 96.0%
With a disability: 17.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 23.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 7th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 16 (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: Carlinville, Carrollton, Jacksonville, Jerseyville, Springfield, Winchester

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Illinois statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 5; 19 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023