Jury Pool Profile
Ogle County, Illinois
- County seat
- Oregon
- Judicial district
- 15th Judicial Circuit Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 51,399
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 51,495.
At a glance
Ogle County is a 51,399-person venue. The county population is 86% White (Census race-alone categories). 12% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Median household income is $80,221, $3,106 below the IL state median of $83,327; 24.3% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 8.6% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish and German or other West Germanic. The largest employment sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 26.0% of covered employment, average pay $86,558/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.93%, above the 4.85% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 60% to 64% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 51,495
- Median household income
- $82,132
- Unemployment
- 4.9%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 86% / 1%.
Ogle County has a population of 51,495, with a median age of 42.2. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 85.6%; Black residents 1.2%. Independently, 11.9% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $80,221; 24.3% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 9.6% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Trade, transportation & utilities, about 26% of covered jobs.
Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest employment sector at 26.0% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 20.2%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.93%, above the Illinois state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 62%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Ogle County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 63.9% in 2024, 61.7% in 2020, 60.3% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 67% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 8.6% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
8.6% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic, Chinese. Veterans account for 8.7% of the adult civilian population (3,471 individuals).