Jury Pool Profile

Schuyler County, Illinois

Republican +47 (2024)

Population: 6,826
Median household income: $66,059
Unemployment: 5.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 6,297 92.3%
Black or African American alone 318 4.7%
Asian alone 45 0.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 0 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 30 0.4%
Two or more races 136 2.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 169 2.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 48.8

Under 18 1,180 17.3%
18–24 363 5.3%
25–44 1,525 22.3%
45–64 2,041 29.9%
65 and over 1,717 25.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.0%; +0.41 pp vs. state
County GDP: $346.0M; 0.03% of state
Avg. annual pay: $52,053
Establishments: 163

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 306 17.8%
Leisure & hospitality 160 9.3%
Education & health services 158 9.2%
Construction 131 7.6%
Natural resources & mining 62 3.6%
Financial activities 52 3.0%
Other services 36 2.1%
Manufacturing 35 2.0%
Professional & business services 24 1.4%
Information 6 0.3%
Public administration 5 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 79.5%
Median gross rent: $836
Owner-occupied: 2,173
Renter-occupied: 559

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 3,756 votes cast

Republican 2,720 72.4%
Democratic 961 25.6%
Other / third-party 75 2.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 110 1.7%
French (incl. Cajun) 38 0.6%
Other Indo-European 25 0.4%
Other 22 0.3%
Tagalog 20 0.3%
German 11 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 2,732
Family households: 1,639; 60.0% of households
Married w/ children: 1,306
Single-mother households: 149
Veterans: 639; 11.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

34.2% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 1,132 16.4%
Evangelical Protestant 1,073 15.5%
Catholic 153 2.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 4 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.9%
With a disability: 18.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 18.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 8th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 10 (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: Hardin, Havana, Mount Sterling, Petersburg, Pittsfield, Quincy, Rushville, Virginia

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Illinois statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 0; 0 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 0

NHTSA FARS 2023