Richland County, Illinois

• White (non-Hispanic) 14,565 93.4%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 309 2.0%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 48 0.3%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 85 0.5%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 440 2.8%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 9 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 2 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 140 0.9%

• Under 18 3,584 23.0%
• 18–24 1,100 7.1%
• 25–44 3,662 23.5%
• 45–64 4,018 25.8%
• 65 and over 3,234 20.7%

Median household income

$68,273

90% interval $62,565–$73,981

−$15,054 vs IL · 53rd of 102

Below poverty line

13.0%

90% interval 10.1%–15.9%

+1.5 pp vs IL · 46th of 102

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.1%

−0.71 pp vs. state

County GDP

$834.2M

0.07% of state

Avg. annual pay

$51,334

Establishments

380

• Trade, transportation & utilities 2,326 40.6%
• Education & health services 1,001 17.5%
• Leisure & hospitality 522 9.1%
• Manufacturing 357 6.2%
• Financial activities 271 4.7%
• Public administration 240 4.2%
• Other services 158 2.8%
• Construction 131 2.3%
• Natural resources & mining 100 1.7%

The sectors listed cover 89.1% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

73.8%

+6.7 pp vs IL · 72nd of 102

Median gross rent

$805

−$469 vs IL · 53rd of 102

Owner-occupied

4,752

Renter-occupied

1,691

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 67% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $73,633/yr) pays 3.9× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $18,965/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 15 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 5,889 76.1%
• Democratic 1,747 22.6%
• Other / third-party 107 1.4%

• Spanish 191 1.3%
• German or other West Germanic 129 0.9%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 41 0.3%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 27 0.2%
• Tagalog 4 0.0%

Households

6,443

Family households

3,909

60.7% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,184

30.3% of families

Single-mother families

305

7.8% of families

Veterans

1,020

8.5% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

93.9%

±1.3 pp

Uninsured

6.1%

±1.3 pp

23rd of 102

With a disability

17.6%

±2.1 pp

33rd of 102

Bachelor's or higher

19.1%

±2.8 pp

−18.7 pp vs IL · 69th of 102

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

7.1%

90% interval 6.2%–8.0% · Census SAHIE

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

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

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

4

33.29 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

4