Jury Pool Profile

Pope County, Illinois

Republican +60 (2024)

Population: 3,757
Median household income: $62,500
Unemployment: 5.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 3,365 89.6%
Black or African American alone 189 5.0%
Asian alone 1 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 67 1.8%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 5 0.1%
Two or more races 130 3.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 96 2.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 50.8

Under 18 589 15.7%
18–24 301 8.0%
25–44 675 18.0%
45–64 1,214 32.3%
65 and over 978 26.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.2%; +0.55 pp vs. state
County GDP: $85.1M; 0.01% of state
Avg. annual pay: $41,535
Establishments: 48

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Leisure & hospitality 63 9.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 57 8.9%
Public administration 54 8.4%
Professional & business services 10 1.6%
Other services 10 1.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 86.1%
Median gross rent: $438
Owner-occupied: 1,174
Renter-occupied: 190

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 2,132 votes cast

Republican 1,698 79.6%
Democratic 416 19.5%
Other / third-party 18 0.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 75 2.1%
Other Indo-European 9 0.3%
Slavic languages 5 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 1,364
Family households: 857; 62.8% of households
Married w/ children: 741
Single-mother households: 47
Veterans: 357; 11.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

34.4% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 780 20.7%
Black Protestant 270 7.2%
Mainline Protestant 242 6.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 97.1%
With a disability: 21.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 16.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 1st Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 12 (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: Cairo, Golconda, Harrisburg, Jonesboro, Marion, Metropolis, Mound City, Murphysboro, Vienna

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Illinois statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 2; 63.13 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023