Jury Pool Profile
Moultrie County, Illinois
- County seat
- Sullivan
- Judicial district
- 6th Judicial Circuit Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 14,371
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 14,424.
At a glance
Moultrie County is a 14,371-person venue. The county population is 95% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $76,303, $7,024 below the IL state median of $83,327; 19.0% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 10.9% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly German or other West Germanic. The largest employment sector is Manufacturing, at 34.1% of covered employment, average pay $62,363/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.86%, below the 4.85% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 72% to 74% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 14,424
- Median household income
- $71,784
- Unemployment
- 3.9%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 95% / 1%.
Moultrie County has a population of 14,424, with a median age of 40.1. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 95.3%; Black residents 1.0%. Independently, 1.7% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $76,303; 19.0% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 9.3% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Manufacturing, about 34% of covered jobs.
Manufacturing is the largest employment sector at 34.1% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 15.4%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.86%, below the Illinois state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 73%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Moultrie County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 73.8% in 2024, 73.6% in 2020, 71.7% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 69% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 10.9% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
10.9% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are German or other West Germanic, Spanish, Chinese. Veterans account for 6.5% of the adult civilian population (694 individuals).