Jury Pool Profile

Tazewell County, Illinois

Republican +27 (2024)

Population: 130,555
Median household income: $76,704
Unemployment: 4.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 122,633 93.9%
Black or African American alone 1,830 1.4%
Asian alone 1,333 1.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 144 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 22 0.0%
Some other race alone 531 0.4%
Two or more races 4,062 3.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,355 2.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.7

Under 18 29,099 22.3%
18–24 9,535 7.3%
25–44 32,601 25.0%
45–64 33,804 25.9%
65 and over 25,516 19.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.5%; -0.14 pp vs. state
County GDP: $7.8B; 0.68% of state
Avg. annual pay: $56,089
Establishments: 2,560

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 12,116 25.8%
Education & health services 8,995 19.2%
Leisure & hospitality 6,887 14.7%
Manufacturing 6,282 13.4%
Professional & business services 3,269 7.0%
Construction 3,108 6.6%
Financial activities 1,922 4.1%
Public administration 1,850 3.9%
Other services 1,534 3.3%
Information 465 1.0%
Natural resources & mining 449 1.0%
Unclassified 8 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 77.5%
Median gross rent: $898
Owner-occupied: 41,718
Renter-occupied: 12,094

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 67,966 votes cast

Republican 42,451 62.5%
Democratic 24,325 35.8%
Other / third-party 1,190 1.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,354 1.1%
Other Indo-European 363 0.3%
German 252 0.2%
Tagalog 218 0.2%
Chinese 183 0.1%
Korean 143 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 90 0.1%
Other 90 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 80 0.1%
Slavic languages 45 0.0%
Arabic 13 0.0%
Vietnamese 11 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 53,812
Family households: 34,017; 63.2% of households
Married w/ children: 27,191
Single-mother households: 2,524
Veterans: 7,474; 7.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

42.7% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 29,702 22.6%
Mainline Protestant 12,461 9.5%
Catholic 10,804 8.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,103 1.6%
Black Protestant 1,052 0.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.9%
With a disability: 12.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 28.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Illinois statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 12; 11.83 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 11

NHTSA FARS 2023