Jury Pool Profile

Sangamon County, Illinois

Republican +5 (2024)

Population: 195,217
Median household income: $74,114
Unemployment: 4.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 154,464 79.1%
Black or African American alone 24,703 12.7%
Asian alone 4,134 2.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 143 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 32 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,699 0.9%
Two or more races 10,042 5.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5,451 2.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.8

Under 18 42,980 22.0%
18–24 15,474 7.9%
25–44 48,939 25.1%
45–64 50,939 26.1%
65 and over 36,885 18.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.3%; -0.32 pp vs. state
County GDP: $15.7B; 1.36% of state
Avg. annual pay: $69,350
Establishments: 4,970

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Public administration 47,177 35.1%
Education & health services 27,253 20.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 16,946 12.6%
Professional & business services 10,483 7.8%
Leisure & hospitality 9,985 7.4%
Financial activities 5,098 3.8%
Other services 4,411 3.3%
Manufacturing 3,631 2.7%
Construction 3,497 2.6%
Information 3,091 2.3%
Natural resources & mining 454 0.3%
Unclassified 2 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 70.6%
Median gross rent: $954
Owner-occupied: 59,521
Renter-occupied: 24,769

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 98,845 votes cast

Republican 50,979 51.6%
Democratic 46,074 46.6%
Other / third-party 1,792 1.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 2,923 1.6%
Other Indo-European 1,309 0.7%
French (incl. Cajun) 746 0.4%
Tagalog 678 0.4%
Other 534 0.3%
Arabic 525 0.3%
Chinese 508 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 449 0.2%
German 367 0.2%
Slavic languages 209 0.1%
Vietnamese 194 0.1%
Korean 124 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 84,290
Family households: 48,878; 58.0% of households
Married w/ children: 35,761
Single-mother households: 5,547
Veterans: 10,603; 7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

47.1% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 37,081 18.9%
Catholic 30,114 15.3%
Mainline Protestant 15,065 7.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 5,136 2.6%
Black Protestant 4,944 2.5%
Orthodox 180 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 96.2%
With a disability: 13.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 35.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 7th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 16 (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: Carlinville, Carrollton, Jacksonville, Jerseyville, Springfield, Winchester

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Illinois statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 28; 18.39 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 28

NHTSA FARS 2023