Jury Pool Profile
Saline County, Illinois
Republican +49 (2024)
- Population
- 23,387
- Median household income
- $54,945
- Unemployment
- 4.5%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 21,617 92.4%
- Black or African American alone 654 2.8%
- Asian alone 174 0.7%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 20 0.1%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 11 0.0%
- Some other race alone 103 0.4%
- Two or more races 808 3.5%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 486 2.1%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 43.2
- Under 18 4,887 20.9%
- 18–24 1,470 6.3%
- 25–44 5,588 23.9%
- 45–64 6,552 28.0%
- 65 and over 4,890 20.9%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 4.5%
- -0.08 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $1.1B
- 0.1% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $46,586
- Establishments
- 503
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Education & health services 3,209 38.6%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 1,865 22.5%
- Public administration 654 7.9%
- Leisure & hospitality 536 6.5%
- Financial activities 527 6.3%
- Construction 419 5.0%
- Professional & business services 304 3.7%
- Manufacturing 277 3.3%
- Information 245 2.9%
- Other services 170 2.0%
- Natural resources & mining 71 0.9%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 74.9%
- Median gross rent
- $711
- Owner-occupied
- 7,509
- Renter-occupied
- 2,523
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 10,602 votes cast
- Republican 7,830 73.9%
- Democratic 2,634 24.8%
- Other / third-party 138 1.3%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
98.0% speak only English at home
- Spanish 203 0.9%
- German 129 0.6%
- Tagalog 47 0.2%
- Chinese 28 0.1%
- Other Asian/Pacific 14 0.1%
- Slavic languages 11 0.1%
- French (incl. Cajun) 4 0.0%
- Other Indo-European 4 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 10,032
- Family households
- 6,353
- 63.3% of households
- Married w/ children
- 4,630
- Single-mother households
- 570
- Veterans
- 1,487
- 8% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
58.3% overall adherence rate
- Evangelical Protestant 11,808 49.7%
- Mainline Protestant 1,001 4.2%
- Catholic 400 1.7%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 349 1.5%
- Black Protestant 290 1.2%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 94.1%
- With a disability
- 23.1%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 20.2%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 1st 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
- Cairo, Golconda, Harrisburg, Jonesboro, Marion, Metropolis, Mound City, Murphysboro, Vienna
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
Illinois statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 9
- 48.65 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 9
NHTSA FARS 2023