Jury Pool Profile

Rock Island County, Illinois

Democratic +10 (2024)

Population: 142,995
Median household income: $66,768
Unemployment: 5.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 104,439 73.0%
Black or African American alone 15,668 11.0%
Asian alone 3,746 2.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 462 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 227 0.2%
Some other race alone 6,493 4.5%
Two or more races 11,960 8.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 20,013 14.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.3

Under 18 32,223 22.5%
18–24 12,563 8.8%
25–44 34,599 24.2%
45–64 34,919 24.4%
65 and over 28,691 20.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.2%; +0.63 pp vs. state
County GDP: $12.6B; 1.1% of state
Avg. annual pay: $72,332
Establishments: 2,880

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 17,177 24.5%
Education & health services 14,358 20.5%
Manufacturing 11,800 16.8%
Professional & business services 8,293 11.8%
Leisure & hospitality 5,946 8.5%
Public administration 3,994 5.7%
Construction 2,762 3.9%
Financial activities 2,269 3.2%
Other services 2,127 3.0%
Information 614 0.9%
Natural resources & mining 168 0.2%
Unclassified 4 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 68.6%
Median gross rent: $863
Owner-occupied: 41,997
Renter-occupied: 19,195

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 63,267 votes cast

Democratic 34,126 53.9%
Republican 28,061 44.4%
Other / third-party 1,080 1.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

86.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 10,278 7.6%
Other 2,045 1.5%
French (incl. Cajun) 1,887 1.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 1,515 1.1%
Other Indo-European 1,144 0.8%
Slavic languages 273 0.2%
Chinese 257 0.2%
Arabic 233 0.2%
German 209 0.2%
Tagalog 137 0.1%
Vietnamese 129 0.1%
Korean 13 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 61,192
Family households: 36,917; 60.3% of households
Married w/ children: 26,520
Single-mother households: 4,863
Veterans: 7,934; 7.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

31.6% overall adherence rate

Catholic 14,509 10.0%
Evangelical Protestant 11,602 8.0%
Mainline Protestant 10,279 7.1%
Black Protestant 4,978 3.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 3,931 2.7%
Orthodox 420 0.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.0%
With a disability: 15.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 24.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 14th 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: Aledo, Cambridge, Morrison, Rock Island

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Illinois statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 9; 8.12 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 8

NHTSA FARS 2023