Jury Pool Profile

Randolph County, Illinois

Republican +50 (2024)

Population: 30,142
Median household income: $68,870
Unemployment: 3.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 26,199 86.9%
Black or African American alone 2,404 8.0%
Asian alone 192 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 37 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 14 0.0%
Some other race alone 424 1.4%
Two or more races 872 2.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,094 3.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43

Under 18 6,138 20.4%
18–24 2,196 7.3%
25–44 7,400 24.6%
45–64 8,132 27.0%
65 and over 6,276 20.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.8%; -0.79 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.0B; 0.18% of state
Avg. annual pay: $55,632
Establishments: 596

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 2,418 21.2%
Education & health services 2,226 19.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,197 19.3%
Leisure & hospitality 1,033 9.1%
Construction 471 4.1%
Public administration 416 3.7%
Other services 404 3.5%
Financial activities 333 2.9%
Natural resources & mining 292 2.6%
Professional & business services 253 2.2%
Information 49 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 76.8%
Median gross rent: $760
Owner-occupied: 8,967
Renter-occupied: 2,704

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 14,332 votes cast

Republican 10,624 74.1%
Democratic 3,461 24.1%
Other / third-party 247 1.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 418 1.5%
Other Asian/Pacific 150 0.5%
Other 113 0.4%
German 75 0.3%
Other Indo-European 54 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 46 0.2%
Korean 20 0.1%
Arabic 7 0.0%
Tagalog 5 0.0%
Slavic languages 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 11,671
Family households: 7,399; 63.4% of households
Married w/ children: 5,418
Single-mother households: 682
Veterans: 2,048; 8.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

52.1% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 8,346 27.7%
Catholic 3,390 11.2%
Mainline Protestant 3,189 10.6%
Black Protestant 654 2.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 142 0.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.7%
With a disability: 20.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 14.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 24th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 8 (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: Chester, Nashville, Pinckneyville, Waterloo

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Illinois statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 12.5 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023