Stark County, Illinois

• White (non-Hispanic) 4,815 90.7%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 152 2.9%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 66 1.2%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 45 0.8%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 225 4.2%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 5 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

• Under 18 1,147 21.6%
• 18–24 381 7.2%
• 25–44 1,181 22.2%
• 45–64 1,384 26.1%
• 65 and over 1,215 22.9%

Median household income

$69,557

90% interval $61,774–$77,340

−$13,770 vs IL · 47th of 102

Below poverty line

10.5%

90% interval 7.8%–13.2%

−1.0 pp vs IL · 67th of 102

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.3%

+0.49 pp vs. state

County GDP

$340.0M

0.03% of state

Avg. annual pay

$57,520

Establishments

149

• Trade, transportation & utilities 406 24.3%
• Manufacturing 271 16.2%
• Construction 228 13.6%
• Natural resources & mining 167 10.0%
• Education & health services 133 7.9%
• Financial activities 76 4.5%
• Other services 60 3.6%
• Public administration 5 0.3%

The sectors listed cover 80.5% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

80.1%

+13.0 pp vs IL · 26th of 102

Median gross rent

$735

−$539 vs IL · 83rd of 102

Owner-occupied

1,831

Renter-occupied

454

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 54% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Other services, $103,028/yr) pays 3.2× the lowest (Natural resources & mining, $31,803/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 11 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 1,983 71.8%
• Democratic 725 26.3%
• Other / third-party 53 1.9%

• Spanish 90 1.8%
• Vietnamese 28 0.6%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 19 0.4%
• Arabic 16 0.3%
• Tagalog 14 0.3%
• German or other West Germanic 9 0.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 1 0.0%

Households

2,285

Family households

1,441

63.1% of households

Married couples w/ children

372

25.8% of families

Single-mother families

79

5.5% of families

Veterans

354

8.5% of civilians 18+

• Mainline Protestant 637 11.8%
• Catholic 550 10.2%
• Evangelical Protestant 531 9.8%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 3 0.1%

Health insured

94.2%

±1.9 pp

Uninsured

5.8%

±1.9 pp

29th of 102

With a disability

14.7%

±2.1 pp

65th of 102

Bachelor's or higher

21.4%

±3.2 pp

−16.4 pp vs IL · 46th of 102

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

5.5%

90% interval 4.8%–6.2% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

10th 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

Hennepin, Lacon, Pekin, Peoria, Toulon

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

2

48.07 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

2