Jury Pool Profile

Pulaski County, Illinois

Republican +34 (2024)

Population: 5,074
Median household income: $43,227
Unemployment: 6.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 3,186 62.8%
Black or African American alone 1,640 32.3%
Asian alone 5 0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 0 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 10 0.2%
Two or more races 233 4.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 98 1.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.7

Under 18 1,040 20.5%
18–24 485 9.6%
25–44 1,113 21.9%
45–64 1,282 25.3%
65 and over 1,154 22.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 6.2%; +1.57 pp vs. state
County GDP: $222.7M; 0.02% of state
Avg. annual pay: $45,329
Establishments: 105

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 406 34.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 200 16.7%
Natural resources & mining 69 5.8%
Other services 60 5.0%
Professional & business services 54 4.5%
Leisure & hospitality 45 3.8%
Financial activities 30 2.5%
Public administration 3 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 67.5%
Median gross rent: $625
Owner-occupied: 1,257
Renter-occupied: 605

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 2,377 votes cast

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

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

99.1% speak only English at home

Arabic 30 0.6%
Spanish 5 0.1%
Tagalog 5 0.1%
Other Indo-European 3 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 1,862
Family households: 1,059; 56.9% of households
Married w/ children: 768
Single-mother households: 133
Veterans: 479; 11.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

63.1% overall adherence rate

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

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.6%
With a disability: 24.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 11.9%

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: 3; 74.37 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023