Pulaski County, Illinois

• White (non-Hispanic) 3,102 61.9%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 52 1.0%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1,683 33.6%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 8 0.2%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 166 3.3%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 4 0.1%

• Under 18 1,032 20.6%
• 18–24 544 10.8%
• 25–44 997 19.9%
• 45–64 1,270 25.3%
• 65 and over 1,172 23.4%

Median household income

$49,770

90% interval $43,909–$55,631

−$33,557 vs IL · 101st of 102

Below poverty line

21.7%

90% interval 16.4%–27.0%

+10.2 pp vs IL · 2nd of 102

Unemployment (12-mo)

6.4%

+1.51 pp vs. state

County GDP

$222.7M

0.02% of state

Avg. annual pay

$46,081

Establishments

105

• Trade, transportation & utilities 184 15.1%
• Natural resources & mining 74 6.1%
• Other services 64 5.2%
• Education & health services 51 4.2%
• Leisure & hospitality 51 4.2%
• Professional & business services 35 2.9%
• Public administration 2 0.2%

The sectors listed cover 37.8% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

68.2%

+1.1 pp vs IL · 93rd of 102

Median gross rent

$634

−$640 vs IL · 97th of 102

Owner-occupied

1,324

Renter-occupied

616

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 26% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Natural resources & mining, $49,631/yr) pays 3.6× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $13,896/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 12 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 1,583 66.6%
• Democratic 769 32.4%
• Other / third-party 25 1.1%

• Arabic 20 0.4%
• Spanish 15 0.3%
• Tagalog 3 0.1%

Households

1,940

Family households

1,081

55.7% of households

Married couples w/ children

175

16.2% of families

Single-mother families

144

13.3% of families

Veterans

458

11.5% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 2,791 53.7%
• Mainline Protestant 239 4.6%
• Black Protestant 202 3.9%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 47 0.9%

Health insured

95.3%

±2.2 pp

Uninsured

4.7%

±2.2 pp

64th of 102

With a disability

25.8%

±2.8 pp

2nd of 102

Bachelor's or higher

13.0%

±3.2 pp

−24.8 pp vs IL · 100th of 102

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

6.5%

90% interval 5.7%–7.3% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

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

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

2

50.21 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

2