Jury Pool Profile

Pike County, Illinois

Republican +64 (2024)

Population: 14,625
Median household income: $58,029
Unemployment: 4.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 14,052 96.1%
Black or African American alone 74 0.5%
Asian alone 48 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 5 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 97 0.7%
Some other race alone 83 0.6%
Two or more races 266 1.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 283 1.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.9

Under 18 3,369 23.0%
18–24 1,048 7.2%
25–44 3,323 22.7%
45–64 3,716 25.4%
65 and over 3,169 21.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.8%; +0.19 pp vs. state
County GDP: $824.6M; 0.07% of state
Avg. annual pay: $47,124
Establishments: 411

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,249 32.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 982 25.3%
Leisure & hospitality 408 10.5%
Public administration 264 6.8%
Natural resources & mining 251 6.5%
Financial activities 245 6.3%
Construction 180 4.6%
Manufacturing 115 3.0%
Professional & business services 81 2.1%
Other services 80 2.1%
Information 15 0.4%
Unclassified 1 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 78.5%
Median gross rent: $659
Owner-occupied: 4,562
Renter-occupied: 1,253

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 7,506 votes cast

Republican 6,086 81.1%
Democratic 1,302 17.3%
Other / third-party 118 1.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 115 0.8%
German 88 0.6%
Other Indo-European 82 0.6%
Tagalog 29 0.2%
Chinese 7 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 5,815
Family households: 3,440; 59.2% of households
Married w/ children: 2,598
Single-mother households: 402
Veterans: 942; 8.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

43.2% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 3,197 21.7%
Catholic 1,507 10.2%
Mainline Protestant 1,448 9.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 210 1.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.1%
With a disability: 17.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 18.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 8th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 10 (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: Hardin, Havana, Mount Sterling, Petersburg, Pittsfield, Quincy, Rushville, Virginia

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Illinois statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 8; 71.07 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 7

NHTSA FARS 2023