Jury Pool Profile

Shelby County, Illinois

Republican +60 (2024)

Population: 20,867
Median household income: $68,457
Unemployment: 4.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 20,200 96.8%
Black or African American alone 24 0.1%
Asian alone 60 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 92 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 10 0.0%
Some other race alone 80 0.4%
Two or more races 401 1.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 241 1.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 45.5

Under 18 4,458 21.4%
18–24 1,339 6.4%
25–44 4,561 21.9%
45–64 5,610 26.9%
65 and over 4,899 23.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.1%; -0.53 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.1B; 0.1% of state
Avg. annual pay: $48,311
Establishments: 468

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 1,102 22.7%
Education & health services 1,087 22.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 921 19.0%
Leisure & hospitality 415 8.6%
Professional & business services 382 7.9%
Public administration 291 6.0%
Construction 207 4.3%
Financial activities 154 3.2%
Other services 146 3.0%
Natural resources & mining 112 2.3%
Information 13 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 78.5%
Median gross rent: $762
Owner-occupied: 6,907
Renter-occupied: 1,888

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 11,664 votes cast

Republican 9,267 79.4%
Democratic 2,240 19.2%
Other / third-party 157 1.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 186 0.9%
Slavic languages 158 0.8%
Tagalog 30 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 12 0.1%
German 6 0.0%
Other 4 0.0%
Other Indo-European 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 8,795
Family households: 5,911; 67.2% of households
Married w/ children: 4,802
Single-mother households: 359
Veterans: 1,593; 9.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

46.8% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 6,001 28.6%
Mainline Protestant 2,097 10.0%
Catholic 1,610 7.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 117 0.6%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.0%
With a disability: 14.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 17.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 4th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 14 (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: Carlyle, Effingham, Hillsboro, Louisville, Newton, Salem, Shelbyville, Taylorville, Vandalia

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Illinois statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 18.28 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023