Jury Pool Profile

Putnam County, Illinois

Republican +23 (2024)

Population: 5,600
Median household income: $77,526
Unemployment: 5.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 5,202 92.9%
Black or African American alone 13 0.2%
Asian alone 36 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 13 0.2%
Some other race alone 156 2.8%
Two or more races 179 3.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 359 6.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 47.2

Under 18 1,103 19.7%
18–24 365 6.5%
25–44 1,230 22.0%
45–64 1,566 28.0%
65 and over 1,336 23.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.0%; +0.35 pp vs. state
County GDP: $427.9M; 0.04% of state
Avg. annual pay: $69,607
Establishments: 165

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 554 27.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 380 18.9%
Education & health services 180 8.9%
Professional & business services 130 6.5%
Public administration 105 5.2%
Leisure & hospitality 69 3.4%
Financial activities 62 3.1%
Other services 32 1.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 80.7%
Median gross rent: $804
Owner-occupied: 1,996
Renter-occupied: 477

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 3,331 votes cast

Republican 2,014 60.5%
Democratic 1,254 37.6%
Other / third-party 63 1.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 140 2.6%
Slavic languages 19 0.4%
Other Indo-European 15 0.3%
German 8 0.1%
Tagalog 7 0.1%
Vietnamese 5 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 2,473
Family households: 1,694; 68.5% of households
Married w/ children: 1,389
Single-mother households: 74
Veterans: 353; 7.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

40.1% overall adherence rate

Catholic 1,350 23.9%
Mainline Protestant 774 13.7%
Evangelical Protestant 138 2.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 96.9%
With a disability: 15.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 24.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 10th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 16 (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: Hennepin, Lacon, Pekin, Peoria, Toulon

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Illinois statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 2; 44.47 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023