Jury Pool Profile

Union County, Illinois

Republican +43 (2024)

Population: 16,972
Median household income: $56,420
Unemployment: 4.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 15,364 90.5%
Black or African American alone 135 0.8%
Asian alone 75 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 27 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 22 0.1%
Some other race alone 63 0.4%
Two or more races 1,286 7.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 882 5.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 44.3

Under 18 3,643 21.5%
18–24 1,111 6.5%
25–44 3,860 22.7%
45–64 4,607 27.1%
65 and over 3,751 22.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.5%; -0.06 pp vs. state
County GDP: $532.8M; 0.05% of state
Avg. annual pay: $45,223
Establishments: 329

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,791 33.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 831 15.5%
Natural resources & mining 573 10.7%
Leisure & hospitality 523 9.7%
Manufacturing 269 5.0%
Public administration 247 4.6%
Professional & business services 155 2.9%
Financial activities 130 2.4%
Other services 96 1.8%
Construction 84 1.6%
Information 14 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 76.8%
Median gross rent: $658
Owner-occupied: 5,312
Renter-occupied: 1,602

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 8,224 votes cast

Republican 5,837 71.0%
Democratic 2,285 27.8%
Other / third-party 102 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 752 4.7%
Tagalog 18 0.1%
Slavic languages 16 0.1%
German 13 0.1%
Other Indo-European 10 0.1%
Korean 10 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 7 0.0%
Chinese 6 0.0%
Vietnamese 6 0.0%
Other 4 0.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 6,914
Family households: 4,265; 61.7% of households
Married w/ children: 3,291
Single-mother households: 204
Veterans: 948; 7.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

44.6% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 6,577 38.1%
Mainline Protestant 741 4.3%
Catholic 300 1.7%
Black Protestant 76 0.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 4 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.4%
With a disability: 19.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 20.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 1st Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 12 (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: Cairo, Golconda, Harrisburg, Jonesboro, Marion, Metropolis, Mound City, Murphysboro, Vienna

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Illinois statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 6; 45.01 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023