Jury Pool Profile

Moultrie County, Illinois

Republican +49 (2024)

Population: 14,469
Median household income: $71,676
Unemployment: 3.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 13,894 96.0%
Black or African American alone 153 1.1%
Asian alone 19 0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 0 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 96 0.7%
Two or more races 307 2.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 228 1.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.4

Under 18 3,694 25.5%
18–24 1,049 7.2%
25–44 3,388 23.4%
45–64 3,596 24.9%
65 and over 2,742 19.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.8%; -0.84 pp vs. state
County GDP: $981.0M; 0.09% of state
Avg. annual pay: $51,569
Establishments: 342

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 1,859 36.2%
Education & health services 752 14.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 638 12.4%
Construction 494 9.6%
Leisure & hospitality 368 7.2%
Professional & business services 247 4.8%
Information 238 4.6%
Public administration 220 4.3%
Financial activities 175 3.4%
Natural resources & mining 84 1.6%
Other services 53 1.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 77.4%
Median gross rent: $773
Owner-occupied: 4,508
Renter-occupied: 1,314

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 6,523 votes cast

Republican 4,816 73.8%
Democratic 1,615 24.8%
Other / third-party 92 1.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

89.5% speak only English at home

German 1,244 9.1%
Spanish 81 0.6%
Other Indo-European 71 0.5%
Chinese 26 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 5,822
Family households: 4,035; 69.3% of households
Married w/ children: 3,228
Single-mother households: 345
Veterans: 695; 6.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

69.2% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 7,048 48.5%
Catholic 1,609 11.1%
Mainline Protestant 1,395 9.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 3 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 87.2%
With a disability: 13.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 18.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 6th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 22 (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: Clinton, Decatur, Monticello, Sullivan, Tuscola, Urbana

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Illinois statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 2; 18.56 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023