Jury Pool Profile

Ogle County, Illinois

Republican +29 (2024)

Population: 51,536
Median household income: $79,244
Unemployment: 4.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 45,203 87.7%
Black or African American alone 627 1.2%
Asian alone 232 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 267 0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 4 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,174 2.3%
Two or more races 4,029 7.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5,927 11.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42

Under 18 11,548 22.4%
18–24 4,050 7.9%
25–44 12,068 23.4%
45–64 13,904 27.0%
65 and over 9,966 19.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.7%; +0.07 pp vs. state
County GDP: $3.9B; 0.34% of state
Avg. annual pay: $58,187
Establishments: 1,030

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 3,705 24.8%
Education & health services 3,000 20.1%
Manufacturing 2,572 17.2%
Leisure & hospitality 1,290 8.6%
Public administration 1,070 7.2%
Financial activities 810 5.4%
Construction 741 5.0%
Professional & business services 617 4.1%
Other services 518 3.5%
Natural resources & mining 372 2.5%
Information 124 0.8%
Unclassified 3 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 74.5%
Median gross rent: $901
Owner-occupied: 15,420
Renter-occupied: 5,275

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 25,749 votes cast

Republican 16,450 63.9%
Democratic 8,883 34.5%
Other / third-party 416 1.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

92.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 3,210 6.6%
German 159 0.3%
Other Indo-European 146 0.3%
Slavic languages 126 0.3%
Chinese 122 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 60 0.1%
Arabic 51 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 26 0.1%
Tagalog 10 0.0%
Korean 3 0.0%
Other 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 20,695
Family households: 13,556; 65.5% of households
Married w/ children: 10,482
Single-mother households: 1,124
Veterans: 3,663; 9.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

47.4% overall adherence rate

Catholic 12,715 24.6%
Mainline Protestant 6,130 11.8%
Evangelical Protestant 5,041 9.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 657 1.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.7%
With a disability: 15.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 24.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 15th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 9 (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: Dixon, Freeport, Galena, Mount Carroll, Oregon

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Illinois statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 16; 40.01 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 14

NHTSA FARS 2023