Jury Pool Profile

Peoria County, Illinois

Democratic +5 (2024)

Population: 179,831
Median household income: $64,938
Unemployment: 5.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 123,328 68.6%
Black or African American alone 31,509 17.5%
Asian alone 8,101 4.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 441 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 98 0.1%
Some other race alone 4,173 2.3%
Two or more races 12,181 6.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 10,348 5.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.1

Under 18 43,056 23.9%
18–24 15,693 8.7%
25–44 46,253 25.7%
45–64 42,592 23.7%
65 and over 32,237 17.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.2%; +0.63 pp vs. state
County GDP: $17.0B; 1.48% of state
Avg. annual pay: $74,778
Establishments: 3,972

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 32,573 31.3%
Professional & business services 17,798 17.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 14,906 14.3%
Manufacturing 13,802 13.3%
Leisure & hospitality 8,741 8.4%
Other services 4,003 3.9%
Financial activities 3,897 3.7%
Construction 3,676 3.5%
Public administration 2,582 2.5%
Information 1,061 1.0%
Natural resources & mining 181 0.2%
Unclassified 23 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 67.0%
Median gross rent: $946
Owner-occupied: 51,630
Renter-occupied: 25,444

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 78,731 votes cast

Democratic 40,564 51.5%
Republican 36,896 46.9%
Other / third-party 1,271 1.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

91.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 5,326 3.2%
Other Indo-European 2,475 1.5%
Chinese 1,611 1.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 1,346 0.8%
Arabic 947 0.6%
Other 677 0.4%
French (incl. Cajun) 606 0.4%
Vietnamese 542 0.3%
Tagalog 511 0.3%
Slavic languages 333 0.2%
German 286 0.2%
Korean 112 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 77,074
Family households: 43,861; 56.9% of households
Married w/ children: 30,574
Single-mother households: 5,602
Veterans: 8,131; 6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

43.2% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 27,212 15.0%
Catholic 23,609 13.0%
Mainline Protestant 11,438 6.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 8,255 4.5%
Black Protestant 7,624 4.2%
Orthodox 325 0.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.0%
With a disability: 13.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 34.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 10th 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: Hennepin, Lacon, Pekin, Peoria, Toulon

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Illinois statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 16; 11.7 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 15

NHTSA FARS 2023