Jury Pool Profile

Richland County, Illinois

Republican +53 (2024)

Population: 15,675
Median household income: $60,404
Unemployment: 3.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 14,744 94.1%
Black or African American alone 71 0.5%
Asian alone 43 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 8 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 5 0.0%
Some other race alone 212 1.4%
Two or more races 592 3.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 298 1.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.5

Under 18 3,611 23.0%
18–24 1,143 7.3%
25–44 3,635 23.2%
45–64 4,075 26.0%
65 and over 3,211 20.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.7%; -0.87 pp vs. state
County GDP: $834.2M; 0.07% of state
Avg. annual pay: $50,035
Establishments: 392

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 2,340 40.1%
Education & health services 1,015 17.4%
Leisure & hospitality 545 9.3%
Manufacturing 377 6.5%
Financial activities 263 4.5%
Public administration 238 4.1%
Other services 185 3.2%
Construction 128 2.2%
Natural resources & mining 103 1.8%
Professional & business services 95 1.6%
Information 21 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 73.6%
Median gross rent: $754
Owner-occupied: 4,709
Renter-occupied: 1,692

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 7,743 votes cast

Republican 5,889 76.1%
Democratic 1,747 22.6%
Other / third-party 107 1.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 171 1.2%
German 75 0.5%
Other Indo-European 38 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 31 0.2%
Slavic languages 11 0.1%
Tagalog 11 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 6,401
Family households: 3,970; 62.0% of households
Married w/ children: 2,964
Single-mother households: 333
Veterans: 1,151; 9.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

45.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 3,461 21.9%
Catholic 1,760 11.1%
Mainline Protestant 1,689 10.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 278 1.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.2%
With a disability: 18.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 18.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 2nd 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: Albion, Benton, Carmi, Elizabethtown, Fairfield, Lawrenceville, McLeansboro, Mount Carmel, Mount Vernon, Olney, Robinson, Shawneetown

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Illinois statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 6; 49.73 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023