Jury Pool Profile

Scott County, Illinois

Republican +61 (2024)

Population: 4,847
Median household income: $73,013
Unemployment: 5.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 4,637 95.7%
Black or African American alone 60 1.2%
Asian alone 21 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 4 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 54 1.1%
Two or more races 71 1.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 71 1.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 44.3

Under 18 1,038 21.4%
18–24 376 7.8%
25–44 1,052 21.7%
45–64 1,381 28.5%
65 and over 1,000 20.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.1%; +0.52 pp vs. state
County GDP: $207.8M; 0.02% of state
Avg. annual pay: $49,729
Establishments: 101

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 208 22.6%
Public administration 177 19.2%
Leisure & hospitality 98 10.7%
Financial activities 38 4.1%
Construction 32 3.5%
Professional & business services 19 2.1%
Other services 8 0.9%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 79.1%
Median gross rent: $669
Owner-occupied: 1,607
Renter-occupied: 425

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 2,587 votes cast

Republican 2,071 80.1%
Democratic 488 18.9%
Other / third-party 28 1.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 67 1.4%
Other Indo-European 17 0.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 8 0.2%
German 4 0.1%
Tagalog 3 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 2,032
Family households: 1,401; 68.9% of households
Married w/ children: 1,101
Single-mother households: 133
Veterans: 284; 7.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

52.4% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 1,224 24.7%
Mainline Protestant 863 17.4%
Catholic 506 10.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.9%
With a disability: 15.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 22.2%

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: 1; 26.25 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023