Jury Pool Profile

Piatt County, Illinois

Republican +31 (2024)

Population: 16,702
Median household income: $87,516
Unemployment: 3.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 15,970 95.6%
Black or African American alone 266 1.6%
Asian alone 32 0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 12 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 46 0.3%
Two or more races 376 2.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 261 1.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.5

Under 18 3,661 21.9%
18–24 1,132 6.8%
25–44 3,979 23.8%
45–64 4,509 27.0%
65 and over 3,421 20.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.5%; -1.07 pp vs. state
County GDP: $719.1M; 0.06% of state
Avg. annual pay: $46,937
Establishments: 382

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 978 26.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 704 19.0%
Public administration 493 13.3%
Leisure & hospitality 443 12.0%
Manufacturing 221 6.0%
Construction 216 5.8%
Financial activities 206 5.6%
Professional & business services 180 4.9%
Natural resources & mining 151 4.1%
Other services 62 1.7%
Information 37 1.0%
Unclassified 1 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 85.4%
Median gross rent: $950
Owner-occupied: 5,851
Renter-occupied: 1,000

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 9,496 votes cast

Republican 6,104 64.3%
Democratic 3,204 33.7%
Other / third-party 188 2.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 202 1.3%
German 58 0.4%
French (incl. Cajun) 35 0.2%
Tagalog 22 0.1%
Other Indo-European 19 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 6 0.0%
Korean 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 6,851
Family households: 4,777; 69.7% of households
Married w/ children: 3,972
Single-mother households: 208
Veterans: 796; 6.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

36.6% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 2,659 15.9%
Evangelical Protestant 2,283 13.7%
Catholic 1,152 6.9%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 97.0%
With a disability: 12.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 31.9%

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: 4; 30.67 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023